The concept of polyphony novel Reportage Laboratory in the light of theory by Mikhail Bakhtin. Political aspect of polyphony
Paulina Orłowska
Pełny tekst artykułuThe paper discusses the theoretical relations between Reportage Laboratory (RL) and the vision of polyphony by Mikhail Bakhtin. Although Reportage Laboratory has not yet produced work that could be labelled as polyphonic, it does not mean this is not possible. This paper argues that Marek Miller, RL creator and principle polyphony reportage novel theorist, is right when associating the RL in line with the thoughts of the Russian philosopher. According to Bakhtin the polyphonic novel has its political dimension, understood as a dialogue contraposed to all types of meta-narratives.
KEYWORDS
polyphony, reportage, novel, Reportage Laboratory, Bakhtin, dialogue