TY - JOUR N2 - 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. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/116953/PDF/2020-02-RL-01-Barski.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/116953 PY - 2020 IS - No 2 (359) EP - 128 DO - 10.24425/rl.2020.133843 KW - Polish literature at the turn of the 19th century KW - realism KW - futurology KW - utopia KW - Bolesław Prus (1847–1912) A1 - Barski, Kamil PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział w Krakowie Komisja Historycznoliteracka PB - Uniwersytet Jagielloński Wydział Polonistyki DA - 2020.11.24 T1 - Futurology and utopia in Bolesław Prus's short story “Phantoms” SP - 115 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/116953 T2 - Ruch Literacki ER -