TY - JOUR
TI - Novel-as-Mashup, Contemporary Cultural-Literary Remix. Why Zombie, Werewolves and Vampires Populate Victorian Novels?
AU - Szeremeta, Katarzyna
TI - Novel-as-Mashup, Contemporary Cultural-Literary Remix. Why Zombie, Werewolves and Vampires Populate Victorian Novels?
AB - 
	The following article aims to expound the phenomenon of parodical genre of literary mashups (or novels-as-mashups). This recent pop-cultural trend, initiated by Seth Grahame-Smith and Quirk Classics’ series Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, has witnessed numerous followers and generated a new type of projected reader. This controversial, verging on plagiarism collaborative endeavour pairs contemporary writers and the authors of (mainly Victorian) classics. However, the latter’s participation is of posthumous nature. The following literary and cultural phenomenon has large intermedial potential, since several mashups have recently welcomed film adaptations. The main objective is to discuss the definition and typology of mashups, the origins of this pop-cultural phenomenon, its genological hybridity, commercial success, projected readers’ competences as well as ensuing nostalgic and ironic implications of literary mashups.  
VL - 2020
IS - Volume 15, Issue 1
PY - 2020
SN - 1897-3035
C1 - 2084-3933
SP - 71
EP - 83
DO - 10.4467/20843933ST.20.006.11750
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-litteraria-uic/article/powiesc-mashupowa-jako-wspolczesny-kulturowo-literacki-miszmasz-czyli-dlaczego-wiktorianskie-powiesci-nawiedzily-zombie-wilkolaki-i-wampiry
KW - novel-as-mashup
KW - zombie fiction
KW - warewolf fiction
KW - vampire fiction
KW - prosumer culture
KW - neo-Victorianism
KW - parodical retellings of classics