Figura 'hypotyposis' w prozie Tadeusza Micińskiego
Streszczenie
The 'hypotyposis is one of the less popular figures of speech. It is defined as a vivid
description of an event, based both on visual and auditory imagination. The article deals
with the function of 'hypotyposis' in the prose of Tadeusz Miciński (1873-1918), the eminent
Polish poet and novelist. Within his novels the plot is subordinate to the political
discourse in order to provide the hero, and consequently the reader, with an alternative
vision that allows an escape from the blind alley of narrow rationalism and other 'false'
ideas. This general rule is ałso realised in the structure of the plot: a young man at the
cross-roads decision is taught by a wise old man and a young soulful girl. However, this
act of teaching is supported by a simultaneous and discreet (or even hidden) act of
persuasion. 'Hypotyposis is oiten used as an argument in the field of the 'silent
persuasion. On the surface, it is only an engaging description drawing the attention of
readers to the presented situation, but this attractive image, no doubt, bears the traits of
a specific order of things, of an ideology which is the main object of the text.