Milan Kundera, L'art du roman, essai [The Art of the Novel]

Charles Sabatos (Yeditepe University)

Ed. by Charles Sabatos, Yeditepe University, Cristina Sandru, The Literary Encyclopedia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.8.1: Czech and Slovak Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Charles Sabatos (Yeditepe University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1986

Places

Czech Republic (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Essay Collection

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The publication in 1986 of Milan Kundera’s collection of seven essays entitled

L’art du roman

[

The Art of the Novel

, translated in 1988], was an important turning point for the émigré Czech author in several respects. First, it was his first book-length publication written in French, which reduced his dependence on Czech-language translators. Second, it appropriated the title of his first major book-length essay in Czech, and thus in effect “erased” that work from his bibliography. Finally, by selecting the included essays as “approved” texts,

The Art of the Novel

excluded others, some of which had been published almost simultaneously in the same journals as the “acceptable” ones, including one of his best-known articles, “The Tragedy of Central Europe”. Appearing at…

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Citation: Sabatos, Charles. "L'art du roman, essai". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 December 2020 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=23186, accessed 23 April 2024.]

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