Językowy i tekstowy obraz Mazura na podstawie twórczości Stefana Rudanskiego

Linguistic and Textual Image of Mazur in Poetry by Stepan Rudans’kyy The main issue discussed in this article is the linguistic and textual image of Mazur in the poetry by Stepan Rudans’kyy. Rudans’kyy invented his own poetic form called “spivomovka”, which was inspired by Ukrainian folklore. Those humorous poems mainly focused on describing local types of Podolia ethnic groups, such as Cossacks, Ruthenians, Russians (Moskal), rabbis, Polish colonists (Mazur –[Mazovian], Lach). The creation of Mazur in poems by Rudans’kyy was largely influenced by the image of Mazur in the Ukrainian and Polish folklore. The linguistic and textual images of the character are created by Mazur’s replies, as well as descriptions of his activity. Mazur is characterized by the following features: sincerity, simplicity, naivety, superficial religiousness and cheerfulness. Through presenting the characteristics of Mazur, the author also draws our attention to the important issue of the lack of code that would be common to the interlocutors, both in terms of linguistics and culture.