ORATIONS FROM 'DISMISSAL OF THE GRECIAN ENVOYS' IN THE LIGHT OF THE SEYM SPEECHES OF JAN KOCHANOWSKI'S TIME

• Authors: Plachcinska K.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In his 'Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys' Kochanowski put five speeches, after hearing of which the Council decides upon the outbreak of the war. A rhetorical analysis of those speeches and the comparison of the model of proceedings made up by Kochanowski with a real picture of the Polish Seym orations points at many similarities. They made the then receivers notice dangerous analogies. As a result, 'Dismissal...' became a warning against a destructive state of affairs for the nation, which, when exposed to demagogy, could not be prevented by the democratic system. Nevertheless, the Troyan proceedings were devoid of some - in the eyes of the nobility - key rules of the Polish Seym. They were: the importance of the constituted laws, the responsibility of the representatives before the nation, and a relatively high position of the king. Thus, the warning became a postulate on the special concern on our anchors of the political system that lacked in Troy.

Keywords

EN

KOCHANOWSKI J. ('DISMISSAL OF THE GRECIAN ENVOYS'); POLISH SEYM ORATIONS

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
• Journal: Pamiętnik Literacki
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 97
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 203-228
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Plachcinska K.

• K. Plachcinska, Uniwersytet Lódzki, ul. Narutowicza 65, 90-131 Lódz, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01833921