Leksykalno-stylistyczne wykładniki opisu w prozie reporterskiej XIX w. (na wybranych przykładach)
Lexical and stylistic exponents of description in 19th-century report prose (based on selected examples)

Summary/Abstract: The analyses aim to identify the ways of creating a description in report prose in the 19th century from genological perspective, including 19th-century changes affecting travel reportage. The basic of the material consists of texts that mark the caesuras in the development of 19th-century travel reportage: Wspomnienia Wołynia, Polesia i Litwy [Memories of Wolyn, Polesie and Lithuania] (1840) by Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski, Listy z podroży do Ameryki [Letters from a Journey to America] (1876‒1878) and Listy z Afryki [Letters from Africa] (1891‒1892) by Henryk Sienkiewicz, and Listy z Brazylii [Letters from Brazil] (1890) by Adolf Dygasiński. The analyses carried out show that in the 19th century two trends clearly clashed: artistic and factual. The stylistic layer of the descriptions was conditioned by the needs and defined purpose of the statement, while their final appearance depended, on the one hand, on individual decisions regarding the construction and selection of linguistic means, and on the other, on the artistic capabilities of the writers, their talent and sensitivity.

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