LIGHT BUT SOUND: KITSCH AND DESIRE IN THE WORKS OF DURAS AND KUNDERA
The works of Marguerite Duras and Milan Kundera are the most intense and non-conformingly crafted works I have read. They both lack the structured style of constructed art yet give the effect of amazing thoughts that in crumbling, forms into the most perfect patterns of representation, feeling and poetry. It is this great emphasis on the narrative rather than plot, the ‘telling' of the story, without closure, the performance of the story not the ‘writing' of it that makes their novels more art than writing. They are art, not an exercise in the presentation of morality, political consciousness or social dilemma for that matter, but in an amazing display of their art, without the judgmental, conviction of the believer and verifiable speculation of the observer, they nevertheless bring all these factors into plain view. ‘Performance' becomes the value of writing.

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Title: Light But Sound - Kitsch And Desire In The Works Of Marguerite Duras And Milan Kundera
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