text by Barbara Braid Metafiction is typically associated with the postmodern novel. The most well-known definition, coined by Patricia Waugh in 1984, specifically pertains to this medium, describing metafiction as fiction that “self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artefact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality” (2). […]
text by Maria Szafrańska-Chmielarz The world of anime is full of references to and adaptations of other cultures, with Victorian culture among the most recurring themes. Be it the aesthetics of Gothic Lolita, the mix of novels and urban legends such as Kuroshitsuji (2008-2009), or an original story set in Victorian Britain like Emma: A […]
text by Agnieszka Sienkiewicz-Charlish In 1727, an elderly woman named Janet Horne was executed in the Scottish Highlands for the crime of witchcraft. Nearly three centuries later, her story still lingers – fragmented, uncertain, and filtered through rumor rather than record. In The Last Witch of Scotland (2023), novelist Philip Paris revisits this haunting episode […]
