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Every novelist's work contains an implicit vision of the history of the novel, an idea of what the novel is. I have tried to express here the idea of the novel that is inherent in my own novels.
-- Milan Kundera Kundera brilliantly examines the work of such important and diverse figures as Rabelais, Cervantes, Sterne, Diderot, Flaubert, Tolstoy, and Musil. He is especially penetrating on Hermann Broch, and his exploration of the world of Kafka's novels vividly reveals the comic terror of Kafka's bureaucratized universe. Kundera's discussion of his own work includes his views on the role of historical events in fiction, the meaning of action, and the creation of character in the post-psychological novel.
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##很有意思诶 昆德拉对小说的很多思考和评价对我来说还是很新颖的 而且读完以后有一种豁然开朗的感觉
评分##Writing novels is an art that unfolds the meaning of life in a seemingly insouciant world. Great novels surpass time and transmit the weight of history to the following generation. Though the term polyphony is not unfamiliar in literary studies, I am still amazed to see how Kundera faithfully structures his novel based on the composition of music.
评分##It’s like watching a genius flexing his talent. The genius bit is so enticing, the flexing (the assertive and deliberately provocative) bit not so much but still quite bearable due to his genius. 最有趣的是，一年前读昆德拉的时候就觉得他不会喜欢Orwell，即使他们都把苏联当作死敌；这一点上得到确证让我好快活。
评分昆德拉的文论居然写得这么好，以及、可以看得出来他对卡夫卡学者的意见真是蛮大的…
评分##2.29-3.9 | gotta actually read the classics if i want to understand all these literary criticism books
评分##It’s like watching a genius flexing his talent. The genius bit is so enticing, the flexing (the assertive and deliberately provocative) bit not so much but still quite bearable due to his genius. 最有趣的是，一年前读昆德拉的时候就觉得他不会喜欢Orwell，即使他们都把苏联当作死敌；这一点上得到确证让我好快活。
评分##昆德拉对卡夫卡十分推崇Part 5, What is the Kafkan? 贯穿整本书的对于卡夫卡的评价及分析十分精妙。 文学和音乐的结构对比。 对于novel作为一种整合narrative，lyrical and philosophy的一种艺术形式有非常精彩的论述。 “Modern stupidity means not ignorance but the nonthought of received ideas.”
评分昆德拉的文论居然写得这么好，以及、可以看得出来他对卡夫卡学者的意见真是蛮大的…
评分##整体体验是对昆叔乎一下子爱乎一下子恨，一摞一摞的自高自大的自言自语当中会突然出现一些让人措不及防的金句。感觉昆叔应该是个酷（和自恋/自虐）到没朋友的人……
