In the services of the novel. Mario Vargas Llosa a Milan Kundera Cover Image

Ve službách románu. Mario Vargas Llosa a Milan Kundera
In the services of the novel. Mario Vargas Llosa a Milan Kundera

Author(s): Dora Poláková
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Milan Kundera; Mario Vargas Llosa; Miguel de Cervantes; novel; fiction;

Summary/Abstract: Mario Vargas Llosa and Milan Kundera are eminent novelists and literary theorists and critics. They both acknowledge their debt to Miguel de Cervantes, whose Don Quixote they consider not only the first modern novel, but a symbol of Western civilization. The article focuses on their conception of the novel, the role of fiction and humor, and the possible death of the novel.

  • Issue Year: XXVIII/2018
  • Issue No: 58
  • Page Range: 141-148
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Czech