Linguistic Stylisation in Historical Films about the Origins of the Polish State (“Bolesław the Bold”, “The Nest”)

Jakub Bobrowski

Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie

Abstract

The article discusses exponents of linguistic stylisation that occur in two polish historical films: Boles³aw the Bold (Dir. Witold Lesiewicz, 1971) and The Nest (Dir. Jan Rybkowski, 1974). Stylistic means are divided into three basic groups: grammatical (syntactic), semantic and pragmatic. The research has shown that the creators of both films applied similar methods of stylisation. They most often used following linguistic tools: analytical forms of the Polish past tense, inversion, item archaisms, bookish vocabulary and old honorific expressions. However, one may notice quantitative differences between analysed works. Exponents of stylisation more often appear in Bolesław the Bold. On the other hand, they exhibit greater diversity in The Nest. In the final part of the article, the author claims that research into film dialogues should become an integral part of Polish stylistics.

Keywords:

stylisation, archaisms, film dialogue, artistic language


Published
2018-10-03

Cited by

Bobrowski, J. (2018). Linguistic Stylisation in Historical Films about the Origins of the Polish State (“Bolesław the Bold”, “The Nest”). Stylistyka, 26, 321–335. https://doi.org/10.25167/Stylistyka26.2017.20

Authors

Jakub Bobrowski 

Statistics

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.


License

1. Copyrights to published works are held by the University of Opole (to the collective work) and the Authors (to individual parts of the collective work that have an independent meaning).

2. Only previously undistributed works can be published in the scientific journal "Stylistics".

3. The University of Opole does not restrict the possibility of the author's further dissemination of his work on condition that the scientific journal "Stylistics" is indicated as the original place of publication and the consent of the University Publishing House.

4. Consent to the publication of the work in the scientific journal "Stylistics" is tantamount to granting the author a non-exclusive license to the University of Opole, including the right to use the work without territorial restrictions and time limits in the following fields of exploitation:

a) within the scope of recording and multiplication of the work - production of any number of copies of the work in whole or in part using a specified technique, including printing, reprography, magnetic recording and digital technique, introduction of the work into computer memory and computer networks,

b) within the scope of circulation of the original or copies on which the work has been recorded - circulation, lending or hiring of the original or copies,

c) within the scope of dissemination of the work in a manner other than specified in item 2 - making the work or its abstract available on the Internet by enabling the recipients to access the work on-line or enabling them to download the work to their own device that makes it possible to read it, placing the work in electronic databases that disseminate scientific works, including in particular the CEEOL database (Central and Eastern Online Libray) and the abstract in English in the CEJSH database (The Central Europaen Journal of Social Scienes and Humanites).

d) within the scope of creating and distributing dependent works created using the work - using them in the fields of exploitation specified in points 1-3.

5. The author is not entitled to compensation for granting the license to the work.

6. The author agrees that the University may grant further permission to use the work (sublicense) in the fields of exploitation specified in par. 2 paragraph 4.

7. The author agrees that, in connection with the distribution of the work, his or her personal information, that is, name, affiliation, and e-mail address, may be made public.