Publication details
Rozvíjení kontrapunktu v epoše po-kontrapunktické: Příspěvek k polyfonnímu zobrazení světa v románech Milana Kundery
| Title in English | The development of counterpoint in the post-contrapuntal epoch: The contribution to polyphonic depiction of the world in Milan Kundera’s novels |
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Musicologica Brunensia |
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| Keywords | post-contrapuntal epoch; polyphonic novel; dissonance; twelve-note serialism; stratified texture |
| Description | The study strives to analyse the polyphony of Milan Kundera’s novels from musicological perspective. Different attributes of novel polyphony formulated by literary theories are added by the term stratified texture which refers to various simultaneous sound layers. Dissonances are the integral elements of Kundera’s polyphony similar to Schoenberg’s twelve-note counterpoint. This dissonant counterpoint can be seen as the depiction of the contemporary world. The study argues that Kundera’s development of polyphony in novel is extremely important in contemporary epoch as counterpoint is disappering in musical compositions. |