Open AccessTemat poszukiwania ojca w twórczości Jacka Dukaja
Author(s) -
Piotr Przytuła
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
prace literaturoznawcze
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-0798
pISSN - 2353-5164
DOI - 10.31648/pl.6989
Subject(s) - theme (computing) , hero , daughter , identity (music) , literature , genealogy , philosophy , psychoanalysis , art , history , aesthetics , psychology , law , political science , computer science , operating system
This essay discusses an important theme in Jacek Dukaj’s writings, namely the difficult relationship between father and son. It examines Dukaj’s works, such as The Plunderer's Daughter and Ice, in which the figure of the absent father who must be found by his child is presented. The son’s journey in search of his lost parent (and his own identity) reflects the pattern of the mythical hero’s journey described by Joseph Campbell and thus ends with a symbolic reconciliation with his father.