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Introduction
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Bakhtinprobablywasnotdecisiveeitherinchoosinghimaspatronsaint
oftheLaboratoryofReportageorinhisworkbecomingtheinspirationof
the“polyphonicreportagenovel.”Itismore-asfarasmyunderstanding
isconcerned-abouttheanalyticalandconstructionalvaluesofhisconcept.
Indeed,inthisvolumewedelveintocontemplatingthedistinctionbetween
polyphonyasdescribedbyBakhtin,usedinprosefiction,andpolyphony
ofaccountsgathered,selectedandorderedbytheauthor(orauthors)of
a“reportagenovel”;ZygmuntZiątekonlyjustscratchesthesurfaceofthis
issueinhisessay“ReportageasLiterature,”whenhefollowsthestepsof
LudwikFlaszenandrecallsthenotionoftestimony,inwritingabout“mirrors
ofdiversestatesofmind”and“nodesofcollectiveexperience”undergone
bytheprotagonistsofMiller’sreportageabouttheGdańskShipyardprotests.
ReferringtoBakhtininatheoreticalsense,withoutengaginginany
criticismofhisstudyorconsideringwhetheritisrelevantincontemporary
literarystudies,issimplymeanttopointoutthreemainpostulatesvalidin
thepracticeofthepolyphonicnovel:theimportanceofdifferentiatedvoices
andpointsofviewwithinthecommunityrecountingtheirexperience;alesser
roleforthenarratorinframingthoseexperiences,throughthenarrator’s
recountinglanguage;andthegroup,synchroniccharacteroftheexperience.
PreciselythisconstructionvaluedescribedbyBakhtinplaceshimatthestarting
pointofthenarrativetechnique,withnoaspirationsastodefiningthestate
ofstudyregardingthisthought.Infact,whiletellingagroupstory,wemust
putfactsinorder,structurethem,removeinconsistencies-andusethis
constructiontoarrangethepast.Thetaskofthereportagejournalistisnot
justtodescribeit,buttorevealseamsandsupportelementsusedinthe
processofarrangingastory.Atthispoint,journalismtouchesanthropology.
IV.
AstheLaboratoryofReportagemaybetheonlyplaceinEuropewheretheory
andpractice-accordingtothevisionofAristotle,thebiggestcategoryclassifier
-gohandinhand,deepeningoneanotherinamutualtransferofaimsand
potential,ithasseemedimportanttoustoproperlybroadentheLR’s
methodologicalandepistemologicalbase.
Thusthisbookisashortsummaoftheworkperformedtodate,and
aretrospectiveviewuponwhathasalreadybeencontemplated,butalso
astartingpointforfurtherresearchandpublications.Itsgoalistodeliver
atheoreticalbasisforscientificreflectiononthereportagegenre,aswellas