WIZJA BOGA W FARAONIE BOLESŁAWA PRUSA – ANALIZA LINGWISTYCZNA OKREŚLEŃ JEDNOWYRAZOWYCH
THE PICTURE OF GOD IN FARAON BY BOLESŁAW PRUS. SOME CHOSEN ASPECTS OF THE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS

Summary/Abstract: The article intends to outline Prus’ vision of religion, and of God in particular, included in the novel on ancient Egypt. The text comprises two basic parts: 1) “Genesis of Faraon”, 2) “Religions in Faraon”. One-word terms relating to God/gods. Essentially, the author discusses the semantic and stylistic content of the lexeme God/gods conditioned by the historical and literary reality as well as its discursive presentation which, in turn, depends on the type of narration (a 19th century narrator and an ancient one). Moreover, other one-word terms relating to God/gods are analysed, vitally the names of particular divine forms. The paper’s conclusion is that Faraon offers a monotheistic picture of God albeit the monotheism incorporates two beings which cannot be fully identified with each other. One of them is God in the general sense, with whom Prus seems closely affiliated, and the other one is the Jewish God who treats his followers as the chosen people. The polytheistic vision of gods pictured in Faraon can be accounted for primarily by educational, political and ecological factors.

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