Art of preaching in the Late Baroque period

The main aim of this thesis is to evaluate the use of figurative and rhetorical elements and the creation of sermons composition of authors from the first half of the 18th century. The attention focuses on baroque literary genres, especially on sermons and preachers whose speeches are analysed. The research consists of composition analysis of individual sermons and their comparison. The next task is to select figurative and rhetorical elements and assess their effects on readers. The last section contains an exploration of vocabulary with regard to archaisms and borrowings. This work makes a contribution to the cognition of rhetorical abilities of Czech baroque preachers