The paper discusses the literary aspects of the early eighteen century diary of Mikołaj Dyakowski. Its author as an young nobleman has served as the courtier to king John III Sobieski during his most famous war campaign - the relief of Vienna in 1683. Almost fifty years later he has written the short memoir, in which he wanted to describe the great battle as he has remembered it from his own point of view. The article describes the narration in Dyakowski’s Diary o f Vienna Cammpaign as an interesting literary problem. Its specific character testifies the evolution of narrative techniques in old Polish memoirism which is noticeable in seventeen and early eighteen century. The essay also briefs the biography of Mikołaj Dyakowski and the current state of research on analyzed text.
The paper analyses the literary aspects of 17th century diary by Mikołaj Jemiołowski. Its author was a noble soldier who served as a heavy cavalryman in the times of war with Cossack uprising in Ukraine led by Bohdan Chmielnicki, Swedish invasion known as “the deluge”, wars in the east borders of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with Grand Duchy of Moscow and struggle against the Turkish expansion. The Diary was written in the end of the century, but it describes the period of 1648-1679. Literary aspect of this text is an interesting problem, because Jemiołowski focuses rather on historical facts than his own experiences, and so that his diary in many ways resembles the chronicle. The essay also briefs the biography of Mikołaj Jemiołowski and the current state of research on analysed text.
The paper describes the structure of relation in two diaries of Bogusław Kazimierz Maskiewicz. Its author was a 17th century noble who served as a hussar and managed an estate in Lithuania. Maskiewicz has left two memoirs. First of them mainly relates the period of 1648-1649 - initial years of war with Cossack uprising in Ukraine led by Bohdan Chmielnicki, in which Maskiewicz has fought in the cavalry regiments of dukes Jeremi Wiśniowiecki and Bogusław Radziwiłł. The second shows war from another perspective: it reflects the time of Russian invasion of Lithuania in 1660 seen by the landlord, inhabitant of occupied country. The essay also briefs the biography of В. K. Maskiewicz and the current state of research on analyzed text.
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