Published: 2021-07-31

Magical Warsaw: Fantastic Spaces of the Polish Capital in Children’s and Young Adult Literature – Selected Examples

Marta Niewieczerzał
Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura
Section: Studies
DOI https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.818

Abstract

The article contains an analysis of the image of Warsaw in selected Polish-language fantasy and science fiction works for children and young adults. The author discusses, among others, such books as Tajemnice Łazienek [The Secrets of Łazienki] by Zuzanna Rabska (1920), A gdzie ja się, biedniuteńki, podzieję? [Where Am I Going to Go, Poor Thing?] by Joanna Papuzińska (1972), Felix, Net i Nika oraz Pułapka Nieśmiertelności [Felix, Net & Nika and the Trap of Immortality] by Rafał Kosik (2007), Omega and Klątwa dziewiątych urodzin [The Curse of the Ninth Birthday] by Marcin Szczygielski (2009, 2019). She attempts to indicate which places on the map of the Polish capital appear in these works the most frequently and what tools and tricks the authors of the discussed texts use to show the space of Warsaw as magical and fantasy-like.

Supporting Agencies

The article is based on a paper presented during the 29th Varsovian Session “Warsaw in Children’s and Young Adult Culture” and financed by the Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province.

Keywords:

Joanna Papuzińska, fantasy and science fiction, children’s and young adult literature, Marcin Szczygielski, city, Rafał Kosik, space, Warsaw, Zuzanna Rabska

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Niewieczerzał, M. (2021). Magical Warsaw: Fantastic Spaces of the Polish Capital in Children’s and Young Adult Literature – Selected Examples. Dzieciństwo. Literatura I Kultura, 3(1), 53–66. https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.818

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