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Dydaktyka w Wirydarzu krześcijańskim Jakuba Lubelczyka
Didacticism work in the “Christian garden” by Jakub Lubelczyk

Author(s): Żaneta Polanin
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: garden; Jakub Lubelczyk; didactics; persuasion, religious literature

Summary/Abstract: The article is based on the analysis of the way that didacticism works in the “Christian garden” (“Wirydarz krześcijański”) by Jakub Lubelczyk (1530–1563). The paper focuses primarily on the characteristics of the main character (Krześcijanin) and his spiritual transformation, which is the result of a conversation with the guides. The next stages of the Krześcijanin development have shown the persuasion, which was used by the author through deliberative rhetoric (genus deliberativum), encouraging (suasio), and discouraging (dissuasio) statements. Lubelczyk articulates his arguments based on the Holy Bible, moral guidelines and ideas created from a perspective of the Reformation movement. “Christian garden” was juxtaposed with the selected literary works of Mikołaj Rej, which show that the rhetorical measures used by Lubelczyk for didactic purposes were also used by other artists.

  • Issue Year: 11/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 7-19
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish