Konwencja epistolograficzna i bezpośredniość wyrazu w listach Jana III Sobieskiego do Marysieńki
EPISTOLOGRAPHY CONVENTION AND DIRECTNESS OF EXPRESSION IN JAN III SOBIESKI’S LETTERS TO MARYSIEŃKA

Summary/Abstract: The article recounts about Jan III Sobieski’s epistles from 1655–1683 which were written to his wife Maria Kazimiera d’Arquien. The division of listing’s model, which was made by Robert Ganszyniec, and the framing of letters’ type according to Stefania Skwarczyńska were taken as a basis in creation of interesting epistolographic convection category typical for Sobieski. Furthermore the text reveals the manner in which Sobieski reaches a directness of the statements as well as the themes which dominate in his letters and the way of taboo implementation. However, the article does not present the letters in detachment with historical and socio-cultural reality. The correspondence of Jan and Maria Sobieski is not only an evidence of great love but also reveals historical events from the participants’ perspective with signs of baroque. The article includes many citations from epistles written by Jan III Sobieski in order to present the reader the discussed issues sufficiently. It also presents the stand of the most accomplished literary historians such as Stefania Skwarczyńska, Alojzy Sajkowski or Leszek Kukulski.

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