Sakralne elementy w staropolskim zbiorze Daniela Bratkowskiego „Świat po części przeyzrzany”
Sacral Elements in the Old Polish Book ‘Partly Revised World’ by Daniel Bratkowski

Summary/Abstract: In an old poetic Polish collection “Świat po części przeyzrzany” (‘Partly revised world’) you will come across sacral elements which have not yet been studied by scientists as an important aspect of the work of Daniel Bratkowski. The goal of this paper is to systematize hierophanies in Bratkowski’s poems and to analyze them according to their content and form used in the texts. This only book of poetry by Daniel Bratkowski was released in large numbers in Krakow in 1697 and became a manifesto of his worldview. It is a satirical look at the monarchical world ruled by injustice, bribery, lure, and not by moral and Christian values. The poet judged the social order, which was the beginning of his public protest and led to his martyrdom (death), for political reasons. In his poetry Daniel Bratkowski presented the world of Volyn, which was divided into different social strata within a national context, which allows for the analysis of its specific universalism. His poetic images defy heaven and hell, life on earth and eternal life, true and false faith, the Church and society, the court of the world and the court of God. The righteous expect to be rewarded in the heavenly palaces where God equals everything and provides true gifts. Sacral elements in the poems of Daniel Bratkowski are most often presented in the form of a complex concept that can be divided into metaphorical, toponymic, allegorical, hyperbolic concepts, etc. This set of rhetoric measures serves to show the majesty of God as the Creator of all things, in which humanistic desires of man are reflected. The issue of the sacrality assumes that a writer belongs to the world of religion, which he wants to see as being clear and unwavering. Analyzed and systematized sacral elements allow for the continuation of research on the universal dimension of Daniel Bratkowski’s work and make his poems up to date.

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