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Galla Anonima causae scribendi
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- Uniwersytet Szczeciński
Abstract
The subject-matter of the work is letters and epilogues in Gesta by the so called Gallus
Anonymus, especially topics they present. The author builds a multi-coloured series
of topics on the basis of his own cultural awareness with very blurred references to
social realities. Thus, the most important role is given to those places in Gesta which
overcome or do not respect conventions and relatively change attitude towards them.
A discussion on Gallus Anonymus intensified in the last decade, loses a lot without
being re-recognised generally speaking, the sphere of literary conventions or topics.
The main obstacle in clear-cut and reliable findings concerning intended and factual
reception of Gesta can be noticed in conventions used that were often treated by
interpreters as a social reality while all statements formulated by Gall cannot be literally
treated.