Językowy obraz morza w Sonetach Krymskich Adama Mickiewicza

Abstract

The author examines – from a linguistic point of view – one of the most famous poetic cycles in Polish literature: The Crimean Sonnets (Sonety krymskie, 1826) by Adam Mickiewicz, written during his exile to Russia. The poet traveled to Crimea and to Akkerman by the Black Sea. He wrote down his impressions in a cycle of sonnets, full of elements of oriental realities. The researcher states: "Undoubtedly, the pictures of the SEA in the Sonnets can be interpreted within the boundaries of the system of concepts and human values, or the personal experiences of the poet. Thanks to this, the presented reality appears to be either useful or harmful, hostile or friendly, accepted or not, tangible or mysterious and enigmatic. Expression, on the other hand, is clearly related to the intentions and connotations of the stereotype functioning in the language. Metaphors and standardized connections accompanying the metaphors create a visual picture of the reality, easy to be absorbed by an ordinary viewer. They affect the reader's entire emotional and intellectual sphere, and although they connote various feelings and a specific system of values, they usually refer to the sphere of simplest images – mainly visual and sonic ones."