Złota kaczka w pięciu smakach. Warszawska legenda i jej rekontekstualizacje
Five Tastes of Golden Duck. The Re-Contextualizations of Warsaw Legend
Author(s): Igor PiotrowskiSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Customs / Folklore, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: urban legend; regional folklore; re-contextualization of Warsaw legend; social-spatial perception
Summary/Abstract: The text narrates the story of the printed edition of Andrzej Słowaczyński’s vaudeville Chłopiec studukatowy, which was the first to include the golden duck legend. It reconstructs the cultural and topographical context of the 1830 performance in Teatr Rozamitości in Warsaw (Variety Theater), and traces its phonological paradoxes. The vaudeville parodied Ferdinand Raimund’s Chłop milionowy, and today it remains a valuable testimony of both urban and regional folklore. Additionally, it exposes the social-spatial perceptions of the 19th-century Varsovians. Paradoxically, Chłopiec studukatowy owes its resulting commercial success to the literary, albeit cursory interpretations of the legend which followed.
Journal: Białostockie Studia Literaturoznawcze
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 07
- Page Range: 73-87
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Polish