Wesele

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"Wesele" is a landmark 1901 modernist drama by Polish playwright Stanisław Wyspiański that explores national identity, social divisions, and the myth of a Polish uprising through the setting of a peasant–intelligentsia wedding.

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Wesele canonical 3
Wesele (The Wedding) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama
modernist drama
play
author Stanisław Wyspiański
basedOn wedding of Lucjan Rydel and Jadwiga Mikołajczykówna
countryOfOrigin Poland
dateWritten 1901
explores failure of national uprisings
role of myth and symbol in politics
tensions between city intelligentsia and rural peasants
featuresCharacter Hetman Branicki
Stańczyk
The Black Knight
linked to: the Black Knight

The Bride
The Bridegroom
The Chochoł
The Czepiec
The Host
The Journalist
The Poet
Wernyhora
firstPerformanceDate 1901
genre drama
modernism
hasPart Act I
Act II
Act III
hasTitleInEnglish The Wedding
inspiredByEvent Rydel–Mikołajczykówna wedding in Bronowice
isConsidered key work of Young Poland movement
landmark of Polish literature
literaryPeriod Modernism
literaryTradition Polish modernist drama
mainTheme Polish national identity
myth of a Polish uprising
political paralysis
relationship between peasants and intelligentsia
romantic nationalism
social divisions
movement Young Poland
notableFor critique of Polish society under partition
fusion of realism and symbolism
originalLanguage Polish
placeOfFirstPerformance Kraków
setting Bronowice near Kraków
linked to: Bronowice Małe

peasant–intelligentsia wedding reception
timePeriodOfSetting turn of the 20th century
usesDevice allegory
fantastic apparitions
symbolism
yearOfCreation 1901

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Rydlówka manor museum significantWork Wesele (The Wedding)
linked to: Wesele
Young Poland notableWork Wesele
Wyzwolenie relatedWork Wesele