Animist realism. Współczesne mitoznawstwo a komparatystyka literacka

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Binczycka-Gacek, Elżbieta
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2016
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
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Abstract
Animist realism, introduced by Harry Garuba in his article Ben Okri: Animist Realism and the Famished Genre is a relatively new term. Garuba links it to African literature, while others (Ato Quayson, Graham Harvey) use it in association with a broader spectrum of fiction. The main objective of this article is to redefine the category of animist realism as a subgenre of magical realism with its own connecting characteristics and its formal difference. Author of the article argues that animist realism is applicable especially to postcolonial and indigenous literature permeated with myths and other elements derived from traditional belief systems.
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comparative literature    animist realism    magic realism    myth    postcolonial literature    myth studies
komparatystyka literacka    realizm animistyczny    realizm magiczny    mit    literatura postkolonialna    mitoznawstwo
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https://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/15881
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