Polyphony of form and ideas in the works of Milan Kundera

This article explores the influence of music on composition Milan Kundera’s novels, focusing particularly how polyphonic thought influences his most recent published novel The Festival Insignificance. text exemplifies use principles fugue – a form in which each voice, though independent and equal status to other voices, forms an integral part complete entity helps make meanings. demonstrates experimental process that opens up space for dialogue both within outside it. In general terms, principle polyphony literature is connected with idea nothing world entirely unambiguous. It rests plurality: there exists no single truth, viewpoint or perspective, so any always counterpoint another idea. However, fact we can hear more voices does not objectivize relativize meaning text; instead it creates genuine has status, exist various relationships other, without individual voice ever representing definitive truth. also seeks demonstrate phenomenon existing boundary-line between literature; do so, draws concept intermediality. From this be viewed as intermedia phenomenon, positioned at point reference (in imitation) transmedialization.