Višeglasje u romanu Pobuna materije Alije Isakovića
Polyphony in Alija Isakovic’s novel The Rebellion of Matter

Author(s): Fatima Trbonja
Subject(s): Bosnian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Fakultet humanističkih nauka, Univerzitet »Džemal Bijedić« u Mostaru
Keywords: polyphony; dialogue; Bakhtin; Alija Isakovic; Pobuna materije / Rebellion of Matter;
Summary/Abstract: The paper explores Bakhtin’s concept of polyphony in Alija Isakovic’s novel Pobuna materije/The Rebellion of Matter. In literary theory, polyphony as a feature of a polyphonic novel implies the simultaneity of equal speeches of characters that are not overridden by the author’s consciousness/voice. Speaking of Dostoyevsky as the creator of the polyphonic novel, Bakhtin recognizes the basic principle of composition in his novels in “the fusion of the most diverse and incompatible materials - with a multitude of consciousness centers unattached to one ideological common denominator.” In this context, one can also read Isakovic’s novel The Rebellion of Matter, which, according to Enver Kazaz, “is organized on the principle of a dramatic polylogue, in which three narrative-drama flows occur.”

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