Kundera and Bakhtin?

[Mirna Solic]

yes. it would be also worth looking at the first edition of his Umeni romanu 
(in Czech), where he talks about Vladislav Vancura, his literary predecessor 
in many ways. 

Quoting Zielinski <zielinski at GMX.CH>:

> > I would say yes, he had access to Bakhtin's work, if not in Czech and
> Russian,
> > then for sure in French. Kundera was an erudite and very much versed in
> > literary theory. Moreover, he studied musical composition, meaning that
> his
> > polyphonic novels were inspired rather by musical theory than by
> Bakhtinian
> > ideas of heteroglosia.
> 
> Good point, Mirna. There is a paper on this aspect:
> 
>   Benson, Stephen.
>   a.. For Want of a Better Term?: Polyphony and the Value of Music in
> Bakhtin and Kundera
>   [Access article in HTML] [Access article in PDF]
>   Subjects:
>     a.. Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhailovich), 1895-1975 -- Views on music.
>     b.. Kundera, Milan -- Views on music.
>     c.. Music and literature.
> 
> Jan Zielinski
> 
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iskoni bje slovo.
mirna.solic at utoronto.ca
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