Lord Dukaj albo fantasta wobec "mainstreamu"

Abstract

The article presents a literary career of Jacek Dukaj (b. 1974), commonly regarded as the most interesting Polish prose writer from the science fiction circle since the time of Stanisław Lem. Dukaj’s literary ambitions go beyond the circulation of the sf literature. His books have been also recognised among the critics representing the so called mainstream recently. A detailed interpretation covered two articles: a debut Xavras Wyżryn (1997) and Extensa (2002), that is the former published by a mainstream and prestigious Wydawnictwo Literackie. The author of the article pays attention to such problematic threads and poetic qualities of Dukaj’s works that correspond to the tendencies in the poetry of the main stream. At the same time, he underlines the fact that the writer aims at maintaining his own identity both in relation to the circulation of the sf literature, as well as the main stream.