Bakhtinian
Dialogism's founding thinker
Bakhtinian describes ideas, approaches, or analyses influenced by the Russian literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin.
His work emphasized dialogue, the interplay of multiple voices in texts, and the social nature of language.
Scholars use Bakhtinian to characterize concepts he developed, such as the carnivalesque, heteroglossia, and dialogism.
A Bakhtinian reading of the novel reveals how different social languages compete within it.
Spoken exchange between parties
- utteranceSpoken expression aloud
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- intertextReference between literary works
- responsivenessReadiness to react
answerability · dialogic · discourse · interlocutor · rejoinder · exchange · communicative · relational
Distorted, bizarre figure
- subversionUndermining established authority
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- parodySatirical imitation
- transgressionViolation of law or code
inversion · folk · marketplace · festive · mockery · crowning · uncrowning · ribaldry
New and unusual
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- genreCategory of creative work
- narrativeAccount of events
- polyphonicHaving multiple melodic lines
prose · fiction · author · hero · aesthetic · epic · monologic · stylistics
Study of right conduct
- answerabilityObligation to explain oneself
- becomingAttractive or appropriate
- eventA notable occurrence
- beingExisting as something
otherness · consciousness · self · existence · responsibility · participative · aesthetic · deed
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- utteranceSpoken expression aloud
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- intertextReference between literary works
responsiveness · answerability · dialogic · discourse · interlocutor · rejoinder · exchange · communicative · relational · interaction
grotesque
Distorted, bizarre figure
- subversionUndermining established authority
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- parodySatirical imitation
transgression · inversion · folk · marketplace · festive · mockery · crowning · uncrowning · ribaldry · masquerade
novel
New and unusual
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- genreCategory of creative work
- narrativeAccount of events
polyphonic · prose · fiction · author · hero · aesthetic · epic · monologic · stylistics · discourse
ethics
Study of right conduct
- answerabilityObligation to explain oneself
- becomingAttractive or appropriate
- eventA notable occurrence
being · otherness · consciousness · self · existence · responsibility · participative · aesthetic · deed · surplus
Bakhtinianformalist
One emphasizing prescribed conventions
structuralist · monologic · authoritative · prescriptivist · canonical
Bakhtinianhomogeneous
Alike in composition throughout
finalized · decontextualized · centripetal · static · ahistorical