Gawęda
Sign in to saveGawęda () is a genre of Polish oral folklore, as well as an epic literary genre of works stylized as an oral tale, characterized by freedom of composition, rich in digressions, and written in language close to colloquial language. The word literally means "oral tale".
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Gawęda () is a genre of Polish oral folklore, as well as an epic literary genre of works stylized as an oral tale, characterized by freedom of composition, rich in digressions, and written in language close to colloquial language. The word literally means "oral tale".
Melchior Wańkowicz is recognized as a 20th-century representative of the gawęda style, as exemplified by his autobiographical coming of the age novel Tędy i owędy ("Here and There").
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