Styl Tomasza Dunina Szpota SJ w Historiae Sinarum Imperii: Nowożytna łacina erudycyjna jako język opisu i interpretacji świata chińskiego
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The article attempts to analyze the style of Tomasz Dunin Szpot SJ on the basis of his work Historiae Sinarum Imperii. It demonstrates that the author employs a highly self-conscious form of early modern scholarly Latin, combining academic rigor, classical periodic rhetoric, and missionary-theological narration. Szpot’s style fulfills cognitive, persuasive, and interpretative functions: it enables the translation of Chinese realities into the language of Latin culture and endows the history of China with a providential meaning. The analysis is based on numerous quotations from the original text, illustrating the author’s syntax, vocabulary, rhetorical figures, and conceptual strategies.
Author: Gara, Katarzyna
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7147057443
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