Wyrazić niewyrażalne – język miłości w Rozmowach listownych Wojciecha Stanisława Chrościńskiego

• Authors: Maciejewska Iwona

Title variants

EN

Expressing the Inexpressible – the Language of Love in Rozmowy listowne (Conversations by Post) by Wojciech Stanisław Chrościński

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In analyzing Rozmowy listowne by W. S. Chrościński (1695), a translation of Ovid’s Heroides, the author seeks to present the ways in which the translator captured a wide range of love-related emotions in a compilation of imaginary letters by mythological characters. To match the artistic quality of the original, the translator reached for the centuries-old European literary tradition. He creatively employed the universal language-of-love convention which abounds with metaphors. His imagery caters to the tastes and literary habits of the Polish Baroque readers. In exploring the emotions of the main characters, Chrościński avoided monotony by the skillful and frequent use of synonyms. His work gained immense popularity in the 18th century – it inspired Aleksander Paweł Zatorski to write the first Polish romance in the form of letters.

Keywords

PL

metaforyka; leksyka; konwencja języka miłosnego

EN

metaphorics; lexis; language of love

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Prace Językoznawcze
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 135-146

Contributors

author

Maciejewska Iwona

• Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie