The picture of the nineteenth century Malopolska village on the basis of Iwkowa’s Comedies and Stories Cover Image

Obraz społeczności XIX-wiecznej wsi małopolskiej na podstawie Gawęd i Komedyj iwkowskich
The picture of the nineteenth century Malopolska village on the basis of Iwkowa’s Comedies and Stories

Author(s): Rafał Kurzydło
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
Keywords: language stereotypes; lexicald field; rural society; Lesser Poland; 19th century; Iwkowa; Jan Piechota

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to reconstruct the picture of the nineteenth century rural society from Iwkowa – one of the Malopolska district villages. The key to reach the goal is to choose out of one hundred and twenty folk stories – the most important lexis and analyse them in the ethnolinguistic context. The conception of the linguistic picture of the world has been used in here as well as the definition of the lexical-semantic field (according to R. Tokarski). The chosen characters such as: a peasant, a cottage-worker, a bailiff, an old man, a priest, a squire, a Jew have been simultaneously presented in the opposition orbis interior – orbis exterior, which was supported by the system worked out by L. Mroz: our (we) – not our (others) – strangers.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 104-119
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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