The Criticism of the Polyphonic Methodology: A Theology of Journalism
The Criticism of the Polyphonic Methodology: A Theology of Journalism

Author(s): Jacek Wasilewski
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Laboratory of Reportage; polyphonic novel; narration; Marek Miller; metahistory
Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to analyse the polyphonic novel as a process and a genre from three perspectives. In the first place, by problematizing the function of the narrator of journalistic reports – such a critical analysis enables us to note different narrative levels. The narrator does not present a single story but rather observes the phenomenon for a longer stretch of time. He is not a columnist, for whom the story represents the argument to be used in public discourse. Neither is he a historian, whose description refers to abstract beings. All this influences the results of journalistic work. The journalist points at the common experience of human groups by conserving his individual perspective. In the second place, the polyphony allows us to note the specific value of the individual voice – timbre, style, perspective. Moreover, all this leads us to the third perspective – the elaboration of a common history, which shall be considered as being in accordance with the truth of our conscience.

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