O wpływie literatury i sztuki na język recenzji filmowych Stefanii Zahorskiej (próba wstępnej charakterystyki)

This study focuses on the language of film reviews written by Stefania Zahorska, one of Poland’s most eminent critics in the interwar period. The texts were published between 1927 and 1939, when the scientific foundations of film studies were emergingand a new model of theoretical reflection was taking shape. The research aims to examine the development of language and style in film criticism. The analytical part consists of two subchapters. The first presents the notions and terms found in the critic’s reviews, directly related to film and its production practice, which appeared with the advent of film art and gradually became part of the specialized language of the cinema among film experts and practitioners. The second subchapter highlights linguistic and stylistic elements showing that, in her search for a new critical language, Zahorska drew on the resources of literary criticism, painting,theatre and music. Through this approach, she introduced novel terms, idioms and innovative metaphors from traditional art forms into the film discourse.The analysis reveals that she created not only a new model of art criticism, but also a modern critical language. The collected material demonstrates that many of the concepts, still on the threshold of specialised terminology, along with metaphorical expressions and phrases, serve not only aesthetic and polemical purposes, but also exhibit the cognitive function. The study concludes by identifying areas and research gaps that warrant further investigation.