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Słowo gra znaczy świat. Przestrzeń gry wideo w kognitywnej teorii narracji
(Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2017) Maj, Krzysztof M.; Uniwersytet Jagielloński
Maj outlines the main concepts of post-classical (cognitive and trans-medial) narrative theory (especially storyworld) in order to reintegrate the category of fiction and the fictional world into video game research. This integration of questions of mimeticism, representation (and its realism) or the intensity of the reception goes hand in hand with a discussion on Lisbeth Klastrup's notion of "a world’s worldness" as well as the history of theoretical and narratological concepts of perceiving the world, world-building and inhabiting fictional worlds. In the final part Maj draws on Tadeusz Sławek's oikological reflections to explore the increasingly frequent occurrence of houses and the inhabitation of virtual space in world-building video games - a phenomenon that suggests that a literary theory offers an apt perspective to tackle the most recent problems in games studies.
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Silmarillion – allotopia J. R. R. Tolkiena w perspektywie ardologicznej
(Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta, 2017) Maj, Krzysztof M.; Uniwersytet Jagielloński; Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta
The article Silmarillion—J. R. R. Tolkien’s Allotopia From Ardological Perspective aims at outlining the methodology for studying Tolkien’s world-building project without the need of acknowledging the text-centered reading paradigm. Having differentiated tolkienology, as text-focused, philological studies, from ardology, understood as world-building studies, Maj deconstructs the use of Tolkienian’s “subcreation” in literary theory as far too indebted in the metaphysics of presence to establish a neutral framework for studying the process of constructing a fictional reality. With the examples from Silmarillion—perhaps the best instance of modern mythography, in no way resembling the narrative arc of a prototypical fantasy novel—the author builds up on the notion of “allotopia” as the world independent insofar to create its own ontologies, topographies, languages, philosophy, history, literature, art, or even physical artifacts—without the need of anchoring the overall creation in a metaphysical paradigm. Correspondingly, the text offers an insight to a number of theories in postclassical narratology or postmodern philosophy that may help in understanding the scale of Tolkien’s solemn contribution to the art of fantastic world-building.
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Między Oksfordem a Mordorem
(Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta, 2017) Mroczkowska-Brand, Katarzyna; Binczyc­ka-Gacek, Elżbieta; Szymczak-Maciejczyk, Barbara; Maj, Krzysztof M.; Całek, Anita; Uniwersytet Jagielloński; Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. KEN w Krakowie
Rozmowa o profesorze Przemysławie Mroczkowskim i jego związkach z Johnem Ronaldem Reuelem Tolkienem
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Fantastyczna geopoetyka
(Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta, 2017) Maj, Krzysztof M.; Uniwersytet Jagielloński
Recenzja książki "Geografia krain zmyślonych. Wokół kategorii miejsca i przestrzeni w literaturze dziecięcej, młodzieżowej i fantastycznej" (red. Weronika Kostecka, Maciej Skowera, seria „Literatura dla Dzieci i Młodzieży. Studia”, tom VII, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Stowarzyszenia Bibliotekarzy Polskich 2016; ISBN:978-83-64203-68-8)
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Groza systemowej niewiedzy. O dystopijnej rzeczywistości "Przeglądu Końca Świata" Miry Grant
(Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta, 2016-08-24) Maj, Krzysztof M.; Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta; Uniwersytet Jagielloński
In the chapter Horror of the Systemic Unawareness. On A Dystopian Reality of Mira Grant’s “Newslfesh” Krzysztof M. Maj invites a Foucauldian reading of the epony-mous fear of being unaware of the truth about the “founding lie” of dystopian socio-stasis. While doing so, he proceeds with an analysis of the basic components of dysto-pian narrative, pondering on the subtle relationships between the so-called young adult dystopias, postapocalyptic lore, and “political technology of the body”—with the latter being an ultimate tool of authoritatian control observed in Newsflesh trilogy. Simultaneously, the chapter serves as a concise introduction to contemporary world-centered dystopian narratives, greatly inspired by a deconstructive approach to utopian and dystopian studies, with a particular emphasis on the subversion of metaphysical paradigms and binary oppositions, critique of logocentrism and panopticism, or dis-semination of power/knowledge. Finally, Maj argues that the state of unawareness may be both a curse and a blessing in a dystopian reality—a curse, as it strikes fear into the hearts of subdued citizens who learn thereby to be afraid of any rebellious activities, and a blessing, as it may inspire a strong individual to overcome their fear and challenge the reign of oppressive authorities.

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