Contrast and Analogy in Parabolic Reportage

The paper focuses on various examples of Polish literary reportage which draw upon parable, that is, a didactic story aimed at conveying moral, religious, philosophical, or existential principles by means allegory, symbolism, and metaphor. main purpose the research is to examine way in contemporary reporters make use contrast analogy as tools for transferring documented facts universal level. In article, mechanism parabolization shaped both these devices considered first terms content publication, then with reference structure journalistic narrative. initial study includes parabolic parallels antithesis non-fiction books Wojciech Jagielski Katarzyna Surmiak-Domańska. latter part discusses selected works Mariusz Szczygieł Witold Szabłowski regarding transcending literal meanings through specific segmentation body text. This dual analysis conducted preceded an introduction, authoress argues symbiotic relation between notion poetics contrast, principle analogy. She also presents origins development twentieth-century Poland. A special emphasis placed here so-called Aesopian language, enabled pass Communist censorship thanks hidden political allusions other features typical parable. conclusion, tendency recognized still valid today’s reportage, though different significance strictly associated techniques