Some Remarks on the Language of Andrzej Gronczewski's Essays

Abstract

The subject-matter of the paper is the language of Andrzej Gronczewski's essays, that is a description of their properties and functions of those artistic means which the author used in the collection Bardzo straszny dwór (A Very Haunted Mansion). On the basis of some selected texts the following stylistic means have been analyzed and their function described: repetitions, accumulation, ordering synonyms, epithets, metaphors, and the use of archaisms. This has allowed to point to the essence of the style of essays.