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Introduction
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explainshermotives.Thisoffersauniqueopportunitytoconfrontthe
author’sfictionwithhersocialandpoliticalawareness.
ThemajorityofcriticalmaterialsonUrsulaK.LeGuin’sworkscome
fromthe1970sand80s.Sinceshewasanauthorworkinginnumerous
genres,classifyingherstoriescanbetroublesome.Thedrasticshiftinher
feministawarenessstartinginthemid-1970s,alongwithherlaterretelling
ofsomeofheroriginalconceptsofpowerandknowledge,madesomeof
theliterarycritiquesfromthe1960sand70sirrelevant.DuetoLeGuin’s
steadilydeepeningcommitmentstofeminism,theclassificationand
literarycriticismofherworksislessthanuniform.Lastlydespitethe
greatpopularityofLeGuin’sworksamongreaders,therearehardlyany
criticalmaterialspublishedabouttheminPoland.Theauthorexpressesher
immensegratitudetoprofessorAndrzejWicherforhispreciousremarks
andacademicdiscussion.