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Mechademia, 2020

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Artykuł zawiera omówienie japońskich i koreańskich seriali popularnych, określanych mianem gender... more Artykuł zawiera omówienie japońskich i koreańskich seriali popularnych, określanych mianem gender bender oraz gender confusion. Autorka bada, w jaki sposób te pojęcia, oznaczające chwilową zmianę płci głównej bohaterki, są wykorzystywane, a także jak funkcjonują w pojęciowym systemie Zachodu. Analizuje również romansowe narracje tychże seriali, zastanawiając się nad zaletami podobnego motywu, i porusza kwestię faktycznego wyginania płci bądź jej braku w omawianych produkcjach.

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Welcome to Night Vale (2012–) is an intertextual podcast in the tradition of popular horror and w... more Welcome to Night Vale (2012–) is an intertextual podcast in the tradition of popular horror and weird tales. Listeners are meant to be part of a (fictional) community, listening to the radio in the small desert town of Night Vale in the Southwestern United States, although neither the state nor the exact time are specified. We follow the host of the program, Cecil Palmer, as he describes the town's community life, although the events presented in the show are far from normal. The first episode was published online June 15, 2012, with no marketing to accompany the event. Many had first heard about Welcome to Night Vale through fan art available via social media, including Tumblr, Soup.io, blog communities, Facebook groups, and deviantArt. Although the production is available in English only, it has a Polish fandom. We describe the difference in perception of this popular text based on differences in the cultural background and literary knowledge of the listeners. We also attend to fan practices such as fan art surrounding Welcome to Night Vale because their content correlates with the creator's culture of origin, as well as the issue of funding the free podcast among fans from different countries and different economies.

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Seriale w kontekście kulturowym: gatunki, konwergencja, recepcja

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Cities are civilization, though they were created as means to keep people safe from outside threa... more Cities are civilization, though they were created as means to keep people safe from outside threats, that is why they were surrounded by walls or other kind of fences. However in modern times they resemble labyrinths in which people feel lost and unsafe. In Margaret Atwood's novel The Year of the Flood the author had portrayed an anonymous metropolis ruled by a corporate police force and divided into smaller enclaves of the wealthy corporate workers and plebsopolises, of the poor and outlawed live. Both spheres of the metropolis resemble hell for its inhabitants, though from different reasons. People leaving in corporate complexes are tools to be used and discarded when no longer useful or expendable, those living in plebspolises have to fight to survive the harsh environment, to not get caught, sold or used as unwilling organ donors. One of the main characters, Toby, had to descend to plebsopolis in order to survive. She had suffered a sexual abuse from her boss's hands until an unexpected rescue from God Gardener's hands. Ren, the second main character, had been brought up among the Gardener's until her mother had taken her back to one of the complexes. The transition from plebospolis into the complex is the most visible in the architecture of the buildings and amount of security. In a deteriorating metropolis a paradise can be found on the roofs of the abandoned building, where God Gardener's gardens bloom. Ren found a new paradise in a sex club, where she worked as an exclusive trapeze dancer and prostitute. The city's ecosystem had been destroyed when the metropolis began to grow, the moment it reach the critical point, the human induced Flood had come to wipe out the human race and to re-establish the homoeostasis of the world. One more time reminding people of the importance of social bonds and importance of lives. The city was slowly engulfed by plants and as such one more time incorporated into the natural cycle of living.

Rok Potopu Margaret Atwood jest powieścią gatunkowo eklektyczną, balansującą na granicy wielu prozatorskich trendów, najbardziej skłaniającą się ku fantastyce miejskiej, dystopii i apokalipsie. Świat przedstawiony ogranicza się do przestrzeni miejskiej, podzielonej na plebsopolie i enklawy zamieszkane jedynie przez wyższe klasy pracowników korporacyjnych. To właśnie korporacje sprawiły, że wszelkie demokratyczne rządy przestały mieć sens, a władzę i wpływy nad wszystkim zdobył KorpuSOKorp. W tak dystopicznym świecie Atwood wykreowała przeciwwagę – niewielką sektę Bożych Ogrodników, którzy wyrzekają się wszelkich dóbr technologicznych na rzecz powrotu ku naturze. Zasiedlają opuszczone budynki, na ich dachach tworzą kwitnące ogrody pełne warzyw, owoców, ziół oraz grzybów.
W utworach fantastycznych wykreowane przestrzenie zyskują swoje własne znaczenia, stanowią dopełnienie opowiadanej historii, jeśli same się nią nie stają. Podzielone na piekło i raj miasta Roku Potopu przedstawiają czytelnikowi dwie główne bohaterki – Toby oraz Ren. Przekraczają nieostre granice obu światów w swojej życiowej podróży, obnażając mechanizmy działania obu części miast, bardzo często prezentując niepokojące obrazy.
Artykuł prześledzi związki pomiędzy miejską architekturą a prezentowanym w powieści ekologicznym odczytaniem nauki chrześcijańskiej. Sprawdzi, czy dystopiczna urbanizacja może stać się manifestem nawołującym do radykalnego zwrotu ku ekologii i wegetarianizmu. Przyjrzy się również losom głównych bohaterek, których życia stanowią dwie możliwe drogi Ogrodniczek odłączonych od wspólnoty.

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"Fan fiction as a literary practice, or literary genre, has grown exponentially since the widespr... more "Fan fiction as a literary practice, or literary genre, has grown exponentially since the widespread of the Internet. Fan fiction is defined as literary spin off of culture texts wrote by fans to their favorite TV shows, books, movies or games. The article tries to characterize fan fiction in correspondence to its unique background combining both audiovisual and literary practices. It tries to identify if fan fiction is a contemporary literary practice or is it a continuation of a much larger and more historical process. Additionally the article looks at fan fiction from Barthes's perspective, that makes fan fiction an evidence of his theory that texts are constantly re-read. John Fiske's culture economy explains further why fans mostly work on texts coming from the popular culture. The article also aims to place the fan fiction phenomenon in the area of culture studies' interests. And that is why fan fictions are compared to fan videos, two different types of fannish practice that are sometimes examined as the same.
Fan fiction has rooted deeply into fans' lives, and thus has developed a certain system of distribution and editorship. Before the age of Internet they had been printed in zines and circled only between people that knew each other, nowadays such stories are published in the Internet. The lack of pre-print editing had created a system of beta-readers who check the written texts. The initial secrecy of fan fiction circulation was based on fear of legal persecution, thus the history of legal struggles and authors' stances are described."

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Z szerszej perspektywy: Gender

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Papers by Agata Wlodarczyk

Ambiguous Selves: Contesting Gender Binaries in Literature, Film and the Media, 2019

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by Nicolle Lamerichs, Anne Kustritz, Javier Lozano Delmar, Melanie Bourdaa, Justyna Janik, Joanna Płaszewska, Piotr Sterczewski, Pia Sundqvist, Vera Cuntz-Leng, Abby Waysdorf, Eleonora Benecchi, Marta Tyminska, Agata Wlodarczyk, and Bethan Jones

Transformative Works and Cultures, 2015

Guest Edited Issue Table of Contents Editorial: "Fan studies as global media and audience stu... more Guest Edited Issue

Table of Contents
Editorial: "Fan studies as global media and audience studies," by Anne Kustritz

Praxis
"Antifan activism as a response to MTV's The Valleys," by Bethan Jones

"Springsteen fans, #bruceleeds, and the tweeting of locality," by Bill Wolff

"Representation of American versus non-American fans in Baillie Walsh's Springsteen & I," by Maryn Claire Wilkinson

"Cultural differences: Polish fandom of Welcome to Night Vale," by Agata Włodarczyk, Marta Tyminska

"Online Italian fandoms of American TV shows," by Eleonora Benecchi

"The creation of football slash fan fiction," by Abby Waysdorf

Pedagogy
"Fandom: The classroom of the future," by Paul J. Booth

"Watching Dallas again 1: Doing retro audience research," by Amanda Gilroy

"Watching Dallas again 2: Locating viewing pleasures—An audience study of the new Dallas," by Raquel L. Raj, Mabel Wale, Joscha-Nicolai Spoellmink, Arelis Dania, Amanda Gilroy

"Watching Dallas again 3: Reassessing Ien Ang's Watching Dallas," by Toon Heesakkers, Ward van Hoof, Anne Jager, Amanda Gilroy

Symposium
"A brief history of fan fiction in Germany," by Vera Cuntz-Leng, Jacqueline Meintzinger

"A connected country: Sweden—Fertile ground for digital fandoms," by Christina Olin-Scheller, Pia Sundqvist

"Finding Poland: Negotiating the local and the global and the semiperipheral identity of Polish SF&F fandom," by Joanna Kucharska, Piotr Sterczewski, Bartłomiej Schweiger, Joanna Płaszewska, Justyna Janik

"Case study of French and Spanish fan reception of Game of Thrones," by Mélanie Bourdaa, Javier Lozano Delmar

"Slash fandom, sociability, and sexual politics in Putin's Russia," by Sudha Rajagopalan

Review:
"Online games, social narratives, by Esther MacCallum-Stewart," by Nicolle Lamerichs

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One of the longest running British TV series is due to have its 50th anniversary on November 23,... more One of the longest running British TV series is due to have its 50th anniversary on November 23, 2013. The show has become an icon of British culture both domestically and internationally. It was designed as a countermeasure to audiences shifting towards private TV broadcasters – a show that was both entertaining and educational for younger audience. Through time the Doctor was portrayed by eleven different actors, bringing something new or fresh to the series and evoking different reactions from the show's fans. His companions, who are depicted as necessary for the hero to remain sane, change with every season or two. The change can be observed not only in the Doctor's image or behaviour, but also in the fans’ reactions and the mean age of the viewers. As a show that has gained a transnational fandom, who, despite not living in Great Britain, still enjoy the show, Doctor Who has been re-read and re-written countless times by its highly attuned and show-educated fans. The article examines the change in the development of the hero and fans’ reading during those 50 years.

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""Fantasy books offer worlds filled with magic and wonders, usually distracting readers from the ... more ""Fantasy books offer worlds filled with magic and wonders, usually distracting readers from the character’s psychological makeup. Mercedes Lackey’s Magic’s Pawn book offers a different approach, where the world and magic compliment the main hero, Vanyel’s, maturing and entering adulthood.
Being forced by his father to become someone he was not, Vanyel’s rebellion and emotional suffering made cold and distant. It took a forced journey to the capital and finding his first lover to make the main hero capable of shaping his own self-identity. The identity that later on shattered, when all of what he hold dear was taken away by his lover’s suicidal death. Mourning and at a loss, Vanyel once again was forced to redefine both who he was and who he wanted to become. This essay analyzes the forming are reforming of Vanyel’s Ashkevron identity was formed, how he reacted to the constant imposition of identity, how finding a lover helped him find his own path, and at the end – how the tragedy of a loss did not defeat the main hero of the story, but shaped him to become a Herald-Mage.""

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Conference Presentations by Agata Wlodarczyk

Crocheting and knitting, as an internet meme stats, a post-apocalyptic survival skill, but in ter... more Crocheting and knitting, as an internet meme stats, a post-apocalyptic survival skill, but in terms of contemporary lives and fan activities this particular skill can provide fans with handmade goods that are by nature unique among many available factory produced merchandise. Most commonly made, shared, sold or requested are crocheted plushies called amigurumi. They are not hard to make, since they require simple crocheting techniques, sewing and optionally – glue. Fans wanting to create an amigurumi can use multiple resources created by broader community of crochetters – video tutorials, descriptions, chats, Facebook groups, multiple pages and blogs offer help for those who seek it. As a result one can create crocheted plushies of favored characters or a remix of different ones – a Bunny-Deadpool or Bunny-Batman, mini-Iron Man, or Cthulhu-Pikachu. Most of the chrochetters are not members of just one fandom, which is often seen in their works, which can include Marvel and DC superheroes, as well as anime characters and/or TV show-associated symbols or merchandise.
Presentation will concentrate on the gift economy – in terms of sharing patterns, helping with problems, inspirations and remixes of meanings that can be observed in some of the works. It will also talk about the crocheting as a possible income for fans and its implications in participation in fandoms and possible problems with trademark holders.

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Young adult novels (YA) are considered to be the most popular contemporary literary genre. The co... more Young adult novels (YA) are considered to be the most popular contemporary literary genre. The commercial success of both novels and their film adaptations suggest that YA titles are those that are and will rule the bestseller lists. Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series, Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth or The Lunar Chronicles written by Melissa Meyer are the most recognisable examples of this trend.

Great variety of those stories are set in more or less distant, often dystopian future. In those narratives main characters, mostly heroines, are designed to be special, different than others and as the story follows - being the ones that save the day. Those narratives often hint their connection to science fiction genre - for example the worlds are aftermaths of world wars, the technology at the characters disposal is yet unattainable today. And yet the science fiction of young adult novels differs significantly from the classic, hard science fiction novels.

The presentation aim is to analyse how the heros in the young adult novels are constructed and how those literary constructions transgress the norms of the normal, with heroines becoming a mixture of human and the machine. The most important question in the presentations will seek an answer to - is the young adult science fiction the real science fiction or if it should belong to a different category altogether. It will also analyse more closely how the world is set - in terms of the urban maps, importance of technology as well as the probability of such worlds. The relation between post-human creations and gender will be touched upon.

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Presented during the Parallel International Conferences: Scholars as Fictionists, or On-/Off-Camp... more Presented during the Parallel International Conferences: Scholars as Fictionists, or On-/Off-Campus Creative Writing and 'Pictures from an Institution': Academy Across Time and Media; Gdańsk October, 1st-4th, 2015

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Prezentacja poruszy kwestię negatywnych, pełnych poczucia wstrętu i niechęci reakcji czytelników ... more Prezentacja poruszy kwestię negatywnych, pełnych poczucia wstrętu i niechęci reakcji czytelników i czytelniczek mang na obecność w ofercie wydawniczej tytułów boys’ love (yaoi), czyli mang rysowanych przez kobiety dla kobiet o męskiej, homoseksualnej miłości. Od 2012 roku na polskim rynku funkcjonuje wydawnictwo Kotori, specjalizującego się właśnie w yaoi. Dotychczas czytelniczki boys’ love ulubione mangi czytały w Internecie lub ściągały zagraniczne wydania, pozostając poza nawiasem głównego fandomu, ignorowane przez wydawnictwa, wyśmiewane na konwentach, uważane za dziwne, „nienormalne”. Powstanie i sukces Kotori sprawiły, że wiodące wydawnictwa również przygotowały ofertę dla tych klientek. Wystąpienie przeanalizuje główne zarzuty i żale stałych czytelników tychże wydawnictw umieszczane na Facebooku przy okazji ogłoszenia nowych tytułów. W czasie prezentacji zostaną poruszone możliwe interpretacje podobnej niechęci oraz wstrętu kierowanego pod adresem czytelniczek, gatunku oraz wydawnictw.