Konceptualizacje róży w poezji Jana Kasprowicza

Abstract

The paper is an attempt to present a semantic description of the rose picture created in poetic texts by Jan Kasprowicz. The analyses show that the connotations of the rose actualized in Kasprowicz's poetry refer to conventionalized characteristics. Such are connotations of 'beauty', 'happiness', 'joy' and 'suffering'. The 'Iove' characteristic also belongs to cultural connotations: however, no linguistics data confirm it. The semantic picture of the rose also comprises textual connotations, which are development of characteristics retained in the language or result from various semantic modifications. The following are examples of characteristics belonging to the group at issue: 'sensuality', 'passion', 'desire', 'sinfulness' as well as 'purity', 'innocence', 'health', 'energy', 'vitality', 'life'. It is clearly noticeable that the rose connotes ambivalent content and such a general picture, resulting from a long cultural tradition, is also present in the contemporary Polish language.