Protivoslovo/Bakhtin and Kundera

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear Lily,

I'm not sure whether it will help you or not but there is an  
interesting usage of the word "anti-word" in Milan Kundera's novel The  
Unbearable Lightness of Being, in the chapter called "Music". It has a  
sentence that states that the music appeared to be to Franz as  
negation of sentences, as anti-word. There is a   fascinating  
discussion of the notion of polyphony in Bakhtin's and Kundera's works  
in: Benson, Stephen."For Whant of a Better Term? Polyphony and the  
Value of Music in Bakhtin and Kundera", NARRATIVE, vol.11, 2003,  
pp.292-311.

All very best,
Sasha Smith






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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian
School of European Languages and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EX8 9JX
UK

tel. +44-(0)131-6511381
fax: +44- (0)131- 650-3604
e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk

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