Góry wołają i milczą. O antropomorfizacji, personifikacji i prozopopei
The Mountains Call or Stay Silent: On Anthropomorphism, Personification and Prosopopeia

Summary/Abstract: Calling or silent mountains as the examples of common animations are frequently employed tropes in the ‘mountain literature.’ By means of tools such as topothropography and geopoetics the author of this article examines the literary space established by such anthropomorphisms and personifications. The interpretation of Rafał Malczewski’s introduction to "Góry wołają. Wędrówka z obiektywem od Olzy po Czeremosz" [The Mountains Are Calling. Wandering with a Camera from Olza to Cheremosh River] indicates the main functions and meanings of the voice and silence of the mountain peaks. Based on this and in the context of other literary pieces the author exposes the ecocritical dimension of the animations of mountains and also, points out the growing interest in applying prosopopeia in the literature devoted to highland regions.

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