The Polyphonic Documentary Novel
The Polyphonic Documentary Novel

Author(s): Marek Miller
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: reportage; documentary novel; polyphony; multimedia; oral history
Summary/Abstract: The goal of the paper is to present the polyphonic documentary novel. This concept has been elaborated by the "Laboratory of Reportage". The Laboratory is a place for journalistic experimentations and explorations, where teams of journalists work collectively on text, use multimedia to tell stories, and penetrate the area between journalism and literature, journalism and playwriting, and journalism and screenplay writing. When combining novel and reportage writing, the polyphony, being focused on a novel’s objectivity, directness, as well as social and community philosophy, becomes the pivotal concept. The paper deals with the issue of the polyphonic documentary novel’s relation with history, drama and screenplay, as well as other issues stemming from the Laboratory’s practice.

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