Wesele

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drama modernist drama play

"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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Label Occurrences
Wesele canonical 1
Wesele (The Wedding) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama ⓘ
modernist drama ⓘ
play ⓘ
author Stanisław Wyspiański NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn wedding of Lucjan Rydel and Jadwiga Mikołajczykówna NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stańczyk NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Black Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Bride NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Bridegroom NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Chochoł NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Czepiec NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Host NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Journalist NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Poet ⓘ
Wernyhora NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1901 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
hasPart Act I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Act II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Act III NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish The Wedding NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredByEvent Rydel–Mikołajczykówna wedding in Bronowice NERFINISHED ⓘ
isConsidered key work of Young Poland movement ⓘ
landmark of Polish literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod Modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor critique of Polish society under partition ⓘ
fusion of realism and symbolism ⓘ
originalLanguage Polish ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Kraków NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Bronowice near Kraków NERFINISHED ⓘ
peasant–intelligentsia wedding reception ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting turn of the 20th century ⓘ
usesDevice allegory ⓘ
fantastic apparitions ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
yearOfCreation 1901 ⓘ

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Stanisław Wyspiański → notableWork → Wesele ⓘ
Rydlówka manor museum → significantWork → Wesele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wesele (The Wedding)