Synopses & Reviews
Dialogism means many things to many people, sometimes without reference to Bakhtin. Recognizing the broad use of the term, Lynne Pearce provides a comprehensive introduction to dialogism that combines an overview of Mikhail Bakhtin's major text with an analysis of the way in which the term has been taken up, defined, and redefined by subsequent critics of widely varying theoretical and political hues.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-211) and index.
Table of Contents
Part I: Theoretical Background - Bakhtin and the dialogic
Dialogic theory and contemporary criticism
Part II: Readings - Dialogics and the genre: the polyphonic text
Dialogics and the subject: self-in-relation
Dialogics and gender: gendering the chronotope
Conclusions
Select bibliography
Index.