O wzniosłości w dyskursie religijnym (z perspektywy słownictwa)

• Authors: Marzena Makuchowska

Title variants

EN

Sublimity in religious discourse (from the perspective of lexis)

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article is devoted to sublimity as one of the rule shaping religious discourse (especially in Christian religious tradition). In the first part the author presents three ways of understanding of the term sublime/sublimity, which have developed during historical reflection on this category: sublimity as a grand style (one of the three rhetoric styles); as a grand (high) speech (Pseudo-Longinus); as an ambivalent experience of dread and fascination (Rudolf Otto), that arouses in the believer feelings of numinous. The second part examines the lexis (vocabulary) as a mean to achieve sublimity in religious texts. The author points out however, that the effect of sublimity is achieved not only by means of lexis, hence further research is needed.

Keywords

PL

religious discourse; sublimity; high style; lexis

EN

religious discourse; sublimity; high style; lexis

• Publisher: Instytut Polonistyki i Kulturoznawstwa Uniwersytetu Opolskiego
• Journal: Stylistyka
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 26
• Pages: 251-268

Dates

published

2018-10-03

Contributors

author

Marzena Makuchowska

Identifiers

DOI

10.25167/Stylistyka26.2017.16