@ARTICLE{Barski_Kamil_Futurology_2020, author={Barski, Kamil}, number={No 2 (359)}, journal={Ruch Literacki}, pages={115-128}, howpublished={online}, year={2020}, publisher={Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział w Krakowie Komisja Historycznoliteracka}, publisher={Uniwersytet Jagielloński Wydział Polonistyki}, abstract={This article examines Bolesław Prus's use of futurology and utopia in his short story Phantoms (Widziadła). A closer look at the story's images and their sequence not only gives us an insight into the author's philosophy of history but also reveals a utopian vision which can hardly be squared with the realism of his previous work. Thus ‘Widziadła’, written in 1911, can be seen as an important piece of evidence of a change in the writer's beliefs and worldview. It was at that late stage of his life that Prus, a hard-nosed realist and critic of the Romantics, turned into an impassioned idealist who, disillusioned with the world around him, sought refuge in literature. It was to be, however, a fiction like ‘Widziadła’, looking beyond the conventions of realism, unashamedly eclectic and visionary.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Futurology and utopia in Bolesław Prus's short story “Phantoms”}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/116953/PDF/2020-02-RL-01-Barski.pdf}, doi={10.24425/rl.2020.133843}, keywords={Polish literature at the turn of the 19th century, realism, futurology, utopia, Bolesław Prus (1847–1912)}, }