Językowa kreacja świata starego Szlangbauma w „Lalce” Bolesława Prusa
The linguistic creation of the world of old Szlangbaum in „Lalka” („The Doll”) by Bolesław Prus

Summary/Abstract: In his novel „Lalka” („The Doll”) Bolesław Prus created a realistic vision of the world of old Szlangbaum to whom he ascribed the role of a representative of the Jewish minority. He skillfully used a whole range of basic linguistic-stylistic means so as to present various elements of the world of the character in question. These means are the following: appearance, age, personality, opinions, family relations, language, work, way of spending leisure time etc. All the linguistic indicators and mechanisms as used by the writer contributed to making this, drawn as stereotypically Jewish (i.e. as a conservative, religious, thrifty, using Polish with interferences from Yiddish) a realistic, plausible and individualized (e.g. by showing his love for riddles) character.

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