Fraszka „Na Historyją trojańską” (II 74) Jana Kochanowskiego: niejasności, znaki zapytania, „dubia”

Abstract

. The paper raises the problem of incommensurability of evaluation of the actions of the mythical Paris from Jan Kochanowski’s trifle (II 74) to the image of this figure presented in the piece that the present epigram commemorates, i.e. an anonymous Historyja trojańska ( Trojan History ). While in the trifle the Trojan prince is viewed as a readable exemplum of power which inspires to action–the power with which love influences those who experience it (the thought is expressed in the triffle with the words “dobrze miłować” (“love dearly”)–and puts in a good light even the price of life which his own brothers had to pay for Helen’s kidnapping by Paris, in the text of Trojan History he is seen as more severe since here Paris together with Priam are made responsible for the ultimate fall of Troy. The author of the paper sees the reason of the discrepancy both in the psychological sphere and in the specificity of the genre the piece in question represents.