O kształtowaniu się i rozwoju ballady artystycznej w literaturach zachodniosłowiańskich, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem literatury polskiej
On the emergence and development of the literary ballad in Western Slavonic literatures, particularly with regard to Polish literature

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the emergence of the ballad as a literary genre in Polish literature. It also stresses the significance of Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz in the establishment of the genre. The ballad is often considered as a lower genre, although it has been one of the most important literary forms of the Romantic period. The national literature got new impulses from the ballad, which helped to overcome the rigid rules of Classicism. Furthermore, it made a contribution to the formation of identity of the Western Slavonic nations in the beginning of the 19th century.

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