utworu

Utwór is a Polish noun meaning a single piece of artistic creation produced by an author, composer, or artist. The genitive form utworu appears in phrases such as utworu literackiego or utworu muzycznego and is used to refer to a specific work within a broader corpus. The term is applied across arts to denote an individual result of creative activity, as opposed to the creator’s overall body of work or œuvre (twórczość).

Etymology and usage: utwór derives from the verb tworzyć, meaning to create or form. In scholarly, bibliographic, and critical contexts, utwór designates a discrete artifact—an object that can be studied, cited, or catalogued. The expression is common in both everyday language and formal discourse about culture.

Classification and scope: utwory can be literary (novels, short stories, poems, plays), musical (symphonies, sonatas, songs, ballets), or related to other media (drama, film, visual-media pieces described as utwory wideo or audiowizualne). In criticism and cataloguing, utwór is a basic unit of analysis and indexing, with genres or forms often specified as utwór literacki or utwór muzyczny.

Copyright and scholarship: under copyright law, a utwór is the subject of protection from the moment of creation. Rights concerns typically cover the specific piece, while derivative works are described as utwory zależne, such as translations or adaptations. The concept supports bibliographic descriptions, legal status, and scholarly discussion of individual creations.