Relacje: człowiek – świat zwierząt w porównaniach występujących w tekstach Stefana Żeromskiego
Relation: the human being – the animal world in the similes (comparisons) in the texts of Stefan Żeromski

Summary/Abstract: The article is a partitive study of the comparisons (similes) that appear in the texts of the writer in question, and at the same time it precedes a volume from a series Słownictwo pism Stefana Żeromskiego – Świat zwierząt [The Vocabulary in the Texts Written by Stefan Żeromski – the Animal World].The animal world, as understood here, is wide, defined as the whole of living beings, both existing in reality and depicted symbolically (images, symbols, monuments, the signs of the zodiac).While researching the vocabulary referring to the animal world the author of the article uses not isolated lexemes but contexts, which are the basis for analyses and interpretations.The material basis of the article consists of comparisons occurring in Uroda życia and in the first two volumes of Popioły – altogether 124 contexts, which illustrate various relations of thesides.Stefan Żeromski was a master of comparisons, which is testified not only by their large number but first of all by their diversity from the point of view of their structure, meaning and lexical variety of components being compared. The writer knew his native language perfectly, and could skilfully take the full advantage of its potential, thanks to which he was able to create his literary world.

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