Paweł Regiewicz
Arts & Cultural Studies Review, Issue 3 (57) Muzyczne transgresje, inwersje, brikolaże. Kulturowe warianty muzyki popularnej, 2023, pp. 356-374
https://doi.org/10.4467/20843860PK.23.025.18583In this text I interpret the novel by the author of Wojna polsko-ruska pod flagą biało-czerwoną with special attention to the musicality present in it. Using the concept of Andrzej Hejmej, I analyze the stylistic tropes present in the novel (instrumentation, alliteration), musical references and transpositions of musical forms (aria, sonata, counaterpoint), considering what functions they perform in the novel. I pay special attention to indirect and direct references to hip-hop culture appearing in Maslowska’s book (e.g. rhythmic and rhyming narrative flow, onomatopoeias, vocal instrumentation). I show how the elements of musicality present in the novel influence its shape.