Unsigned Play by Milan Kundera? An Authorship Attribution Study
Lenka Jungmannov\'a, Petr Plech\'a\v{c}

TL;DR
This study employs supervised machine learning to determine the authorship of the play 'Juro Janošik', providing strong evidence that Milan Kundera authored it, despite it being published under a different name.
Contribution
The paper introduces a machine learning approach to resolve authorship attribution for a disputed play, specifically attributing 'Juro Janošik' to Milan Kundera.
Findings
Machine learning strongly supports Kundera's authorship
Authorship attribution methodology applied to theatrical works
Provides evidence against the hypothesis of a different author.
Abstract
In addition to being a widely recognised novelist, Milan Kundera has also authored three pieces for theatre: The Owners of the Keys (Majitel\'e kl\'i\v{c}\r{u}, 1961), The Blunder (Pt\'akovina, 1967), and Jacques and his Master (Jakub a jeho p\'an, 1971). In recent years, however, the hypothesis has been raised that Kundera is the true author of a fourth play: Juro J\'ano\v{s}\'ik, first performed in a 1974 production under the name of Karel Steigerwald, who was Kundera's student at the time. In this study, we make use of supervised machine learning to settle the question of authorship attribution in the case of Juro J\'ano\v{s}\'ik, with results strongly supporting the hypothesis of Kundera's authorship.
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TopicsEastern European Communism and Reforms · Literature, Musicology, and Cultural Analysis
