https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2024.33.19
This article is a review of the newly published monograph by Julia Elena Goldmann entitled Fan Fiction Genres: Gender, Sexuality, Relationships and Family in the Fandoms “Star Trek” and “Supernatural”. This dissertation seems important for several reasons. It is an interesting contribution to the field of fan studies, which has only recently been developing in Poland; is interdisciplinary in nature; bridges a gap, especially in literary studies of the literary activity of fans; and raises the problem of representing such important social phenomena as gender, sexuality and family in fan works. The review presents subsequent chapters of the publication, focusing primarily on the methodological aspect. Goldmann discusses fan works based on a sample consisting of several most popular fan fictions concerning two selected fandoms, belonging to
specific subgenres within slash – a genre of fan fiction showing the love story of two men. The aim of the analysis of these texts is to identify narrative patterns typical of each of these subgenres, mainly by verifying the presence of motifs observed by scientists who have previously studied slash. In parallel, the author looks at the representation of gender, sexuality, and family in samples of each species. Despite some methodological reservations, the study ends with the conclusion that the very dissertation constitutes a rich and reliable analysis of the phenomena under consideration, which determines its usefulness for all researchers of fandom, especially its amateur literary work.
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Vol. 33 No. 1 (2024)
Published: 2024-04-04
10.31261/PS_P
English
Język Polski