Towards or Back to Human Values? ─ Spiritual and Moral Dimensions of Contemporary Fantasy

Dr. Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak is Assistant Professor of Literature at the Institute of English Studies, University of Wroclaw, Poland, where she has taught courses on British literature and fantasy. She is the author of Rushdie in Wonderland: Fairytaleness in Salman Rushdie's Fiction (Peter Lang 2004), and a recipient of numerous grants-the last being 2005 fellowship at the International Youth Library, Munich, Germany. Marek Oziewicz received his Ph. D. from the University of Wroclaw, Poland, where he has taught courses on literature and mythopoeia since 1997, with a break in 2005 to research American fantasy on a Fulbright fellowship. He is the author of the first in the Polish language monograph on C. S. Lewis: The Magical Spell of Narnia. Poetics and Philosophy in C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia (2005). Committed to ethical criticism, Justyna and Marek are co-founders of the Center for Children's and Young Adult Fiction at their home institution. They are also members of numerous professional organizations, including IRSCL and the Mythopoeic Society.