Biblická udalosť ako prvok básnickej figurálnosti v diele Hugolína Gavloviča Valaská škola (1755)
The biblical event as an element of poetic figuration in Hugolín Gavlovič’s Valaská škola [Shepherd school] (1755)

Summary/Abstract: This study offers a detailed examination of the function and intent of the poetic expression of the Baroque author and Franciscan preacher Hugolín Gavlovič (1712–1787). Building on the research of Gizela Gáfriková (1945–2014), it examines the process of his creative and original innovation of traditional/topical imagery, in the sense of adapting them to the specific historical, cultural, and social context of the contemporary reader as a relevant participant in literary communication. Through the interpretation and poetological analysis of the introductory cantos of the individual parts (notes) of Valaská škola [Shepherd school], it reveals the fundamental principles of Gavlovič’s selection and subsequent thematic, motivic and poetic adaptation of the original biblical stories. It draws attention to the process of creatively grasping the category of the event, its contextual actualisation and appropriation. It examines how Gavlovič utilises it as a fully-fledged poetic figure with a broad field of connotations and, at the same time, as an instrument of spiritual formation transcending the boundaries of the Baroque moralising genre.

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