Richard Powers'profound connection with music significantly influences his novel writing and literary aesthetics. He incorporates musical elements into his novel writing,using them to connect characters,drive plot development,and even serve as central themes. Meanwhile,he also draws on the contrapuntal techniques from music to form his unique counterpoint narrative style— featuring dual and multi-line counterpoint narratives , thus transforming his works into what Bakhtin describes as polyphonic novels. The musical narratives in his novels represent a cross-media and interdisciplinary artistic integration,and also a typical example of multimodal narration. This literature-music fusion not only signifies an artistic return but also marks a developmental advance across art forms. The musical narratives in his novels transcend the boundaries between literature and music , further revealing the multimodal aesthetics in literary creation.
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