Sienkiewicz o własnej twórczości na podstawie korespondencji prywatnej.Część I. Cechy językowe

Abstract

The article is devoted to Henryk Sienkiewicz's statements about his own work, which have not been analyzed so far. Rich lexical material collected from the entire private correspondence of the writer, which consisted of single words, word combinations of various nature (continuous and discontinuous), heterogeneous in terms of meaning (literal and metaphorical) and structure (expressions, turns of phrases, phrases). A review of over 400 units proved that Sienkiewicz approached the issues discussed in the letters – related to his own creative work – in expressive manner. He also shared willingly his observations and feelings on these issues with all family members. In terms of language and style, the collected passages consist mainly of colloquial, expressive, and metaphorical expressions.

Keywords

• private correspondence
• Sienkiewicz
• idiolect
• lexis
• stylistic devices