Alegoryczno-symboliczne obrazowanie sposobem poznawania religijnej rzeczywistości [na przykładzie siedemnastowiecznej twórczości zakonnej

This article presents allegoric-symbolic imagery present in XVII century mystic and reflectively-meditative texts. For example the autobiographical confession of Jadwiga Stobieńska, Carmelite nun and meditations of Teresa Petrycówna, Norbertine nun, show that operating through the means of words (like allegories and symbols) serve to the induction of survival and to express of inexpressible. Sophisticated imagery introduced by the nun-writers was a proof not only of their literary proficiency, but also an indication of the impossibility of finding adequate words to express the nonsensory experiences which were achieved beyond any representations.