dr Przemysław Grabowski-Górniak
Deparment of British Literature
assistant professor
Room number: 2.243
email: p.grabowski-gorniak@uw.edu.pl
Friday 8:00-9:30 (by appointment)
Research interests and projects
- Medieval literature
- Medievalism
- Medieval martial culture
- Medieval manuscripts (especially fencing treatises)
- Speculative fiction, fantasy, comic books
Selected publications
„Tournaments and Judicial Duels in George R.R. Martin's The World of Ice & Fire and A Song of Ice and Fire”. Memory and Medievalism in George R. R. Martin and Game of Thrones. The Keeper of All our Memories. London 2022: Bloomsbury.
”Cykl o Conanie w świetle antycznej i średniowiecznej tradycji epickiej”. Epos od Homera do Martina. Gdańsk 2019: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Katedra.
“Conan the Cinematic: John Milius’ Conan the Barbarian as a cultural phenomenon”. Fastitocalon: Studies in Fantasticism Ancient to Modern. Vol. VIII. Trier 2019: WVT.
”The Age Undreamed of: Reality and History in Robert E. Howard’s Fantasy”. Fantastyka a realism/ The Fantastic and Realism. Białystok 2019: Temida 2.
“The Caped Messiah: Christian Symbolism in Superman-Related Stories”. The Light of Life: Essays in Honour of Professor Barbara Kowalik. Kraków 2017: Wydawnictwo LIBRON.
“Robert E. Howard’s Conan Cycle as Modern Epic”. Basic Categories of Fantastic Literature Revisited. Cambridge 2014: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
”The Dual Portrayal of the Character of Sir Gawain in Middle English Narratives”. Anglica an International Journal of English Studies. Tom 21 Nr 1 r. 2012, str. 107-116.
“Sir Thomas Malory’s Battle of Salisbury against the background of the Battle of Towton”. Acta Philologica. Tom 41 r. 2012, str. 11-16.
Older publications can be found on the complete list in PBN
Other
- Member of the Research Group for the Study of Manuscripts SIGLUM
- Historical Martial Arts Instructor at the Foundation for Historical Martial Arts