Gawęda

Gawęda is a genre of Polish oral folklore, as well as an epic literary genre of works stylized as an oral tale, characterized by freedom of composition, rich in digressions, and written in language close to colloquial language. The word literally means "oral tale".
Melchior Wańkowicz is recognized as a 20th century representative of the gawęda style, as exemplified by his autobiographical coming of the age novel Tędy i owędy.

Gawęda szlachecka

During the Romantic period, in the first half of the 19th century, the literary genre, the "szlachta ''gawęda" developed. It told of the lives and manners of the nobility, affirming the Sarmatian world of values. The leading author in this genre was Henryk Rzewuski. Other authors in this line included K. Gaszyński, Władysław Syrokomla, Wincenty Pol, A. Gorczyński, K.W. Wójcicki, and Ignacy Chodźko.
Gawęda elements may be found in works by Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, and in Henryk Sienkiewicz's Trilogy. The szlachta gawęda'' played a great role in the development of the Polish historical novel.