Gentry secondary orality: Addition

2025, 69, No. 4

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Polish Studies


Publication date

28.06.2026

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open access

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Humanities

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archeology, philosophy, linguistics, history, culture and religion studies, arts studies, literary studies

Language of publication

Polish

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Abstract

Gentry secondary orality is an Old Polish cultural phenomenon that reached its peak in the second half of the 17th century. In this article, I examine the specific characteristics of gentry culture that favored oral tradition and transformed the later-recorded noble storytelling into a distinct literary genre.

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