Topolův Anděl: změněný stav vědomí jako prostředek vstupu fantastického prvku do literárního prostoru
| Title in English | Topol's Anděl: Altered State of Consciousness as a Means of Fantastic Element's Entry into Literary Space |
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | This paper analyzes how fantastic elements enter the fictional world of Jáchym Topol's novel Anděl (1995) through altered states of consciousness. Using the main character Jatek as a case study, it examines how drugs and mental state co-create thresholds between the natural and supernatural worlds. The central space of the Anděl crossroad functions as a mythological center of the fictional world, connecting three vertical planes: the bleeding sky, the space of city dwellers, and the metro entrance as the underworld. The novel is contextualized within Czech postmodern fantastic prose of the 1990s, characterized by the disruption of boundaries between fictional worlds and questioning the nature of reality. |
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