Chaos a upłynnienie : o twórczości Jacka Dukaja

Abstract

Civilisational advancement in Jacek Dukaj’s novels is connected with a hierarchical and conservative society; hence, it bases on a specific order. On the other hand, however, there is a space for chaos, for an external code, for an element which makes it possible to break the impasse to which any evolution must unavoidably lead. A developed society is in a sense liberal and an individual becomes indefinite, fluid, especially in the post-postmodern times. This fluidity is particularly well visible in the sexuality of the virtual human being, who will aim at annulling sexual delimitations, towards postgenderism. The article attempts to describe these categories and interpret some of the threads in selected novels by Jacek Dukaj: Czarne oceany (Black Oceans), Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość (An Ideal Imperfection), Linia oporu (Line of Resistance), and Oko potwora (The Eye of the Monster).