“Painting with words” – on the style of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s reports from painting exhibitions Cover Image

„Malowanie słowem” – o stylu sprawozdań Henryka Sienkiewicza z wystaw malarskich
“Painting with words” – on the style of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s reports from painting exhibitions

Author(s): Magdalena Pietrzak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Henryk Sienkiewicz; journalism; style

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to characterize the style of H. Sienkiewicz’s reports from painting exhibitions. The stylistic features have been determined from the genological perspective, with the assumption that the report is an alternative template for the review. The main stylistic features of the analysed texts are: 1. suggestiveness, graphical character, and persuasiveness, as features resulting from how the intention of the text was realized; 2. weakened adherance to templates, owing to the possibility of realization of various structural variants; and 3. eclectic nature, related to the richness of stylistic registers, including a sizeable repertory of means belonging to the artistic style, thematic vocabulary, and vocabulary directly linked to the subject of painting. Specialist vocabulary, concepts and terms characteristic of the art of painting, constitute a specific group.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 111-122
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish