The function of colours in the creation of Izabela Łącka in „The Doll” by Bolesław Prus Cover Image

Funkcje barw w językowej kreacji świata Izabeli Łęckiej w „Lalce” Bolesława Prusa
The function of colours in the creation of Izabela Łącka in „The Doll” by Bolesław Prus

Author(s): Róża Modrzejewska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: idiolect; linguistic creation; lexical-stylistic phenomena

Summary/Abstract: In creating the fictional world of the protagonist of „The Doll”, Bolesław Prus used a range of basic terminology concerning colours and chiaroscuro. The text provides those terms in the form of mainly adjectives, nouns and verbs, rarely participles, which directly or indirectly describe the colour or its shade. Stylistically speaking, the author of the novel used epithets and a few conventional colour similies. Lexical and stylistic indicators which name colours in the creation of Izabela's character are chosen mostly on the basis of probability and their primary function is to make the portrait of the character more real and credible (the descriptive and expressive function of colours).

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 157-171
  • Page Count: 15