Abstrakt: | The article discusses the range of important changes, which occurred in the fantastic
genre in both Russian and Polish literature since socio-political transformations of 1980s and 1990s. The author notices that there is a strong tendency to blend established
genres and mix different styles in the fantastic. In addition, so-called hard
science fiction, concerned with social consequences of scientific and technological
revolution, which for a long time occupied a privileged position within the genre,
gives way to other variations, most noticeably fantasy, alternative history, social
science-fiction, post-apocalypse fiction, and horror. Despite similarities in Russian
and Polish fantastic literature, some of the Russian-specific genres do not appear
in Polish fiction. This includes, for example, imperial and Orthodox fantasy. On the
other hand, the genre of liberpunk attracts many Polish writes, even if the name of
the sub-genre does not function in Polish literature. |