Browsing Analyses/Rereadings/Theories Journal (2015), vol. 3 nr 1 by Title
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Of Monsters, Myths and Marketing: The Case of the Loch Ness Monster
(Department of Studies in Drama and Pre-1800 English Literature, University of Łódź, 2015)This paper examines the status of the Loch Ness Monster within a diverse body of literature relating to Scotland. Within cryptozoology this creature is considered as a source of investigation, something to be taken ... -
The Ambiguous Identity of a Dog as a Mongrelized Storyteller in John Berger's King (1999)
(Department of Studies in Drama and Pre-1800 English Literature, University of Łódź, 2015)The dog named King, the central character and narrator of John Berger’s “King” published in 1999, is the offshoot of many apparently incongruent genre conventions as well as the offspring of the ambivalent prejudice and ... -
Threats or Victims: The Ambiguous Nature of Supernatural Creatures in Andrzej Sapkowski’s and George R. R. Martin’s Fantasy
(Department of Studies in Drama and Pre-1800 English Literature, University of Łódź, 2015)Many postcolonial readings of fantasy fiction focus on exploring complicated relationships between different fantastic races that inhabit a certain secondary world. However, such studies often overlook interactions of ...