„Bo cygan jest u nich czemś niższem od człowieka”. Literacki obraz Cyganów w Oksanie Marii Sadowskiej
„Because Gypsy for them is something less than a man”. Literary image of Gypsies in Oksana by Maria Sadowska

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to show gypsy Oksana – the character created by Maria Sadowska (1835?–1892; the pen name – Zbigniew) in the relationship with the social environment, thus in the literary portraits of daughters and mistresses. Ina forgotten novel Oksana Sadowska raises a problem of stereotypes about Gypsies. Sadowska is the author of humorous sketches, novels of manners, realistic and fantasy novels, which ironically and humorously present the contemporary social roles. The literary voice of Sadowska can thus be seen as an attempt to express the cultural distinctiveness of Gypsies in the literature of the mid-nineteenth century.

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