Bakhtinian Thought

by Dentith, Simon

• ISBN13: 9780415077514
• ISBN10: 0415077516
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-01-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Mikhail Bakhtin, and the writers associated with him, are of great importance to the traditions of literary theory and criticism. In particular, his concept of locating utterances in a "dialogical" situation has contributed immensely to theories of linguistics, language, and literature, and philosophy. InBakhtin Thought, Simon Dentith provides a lucid and approachable introduction to the work of Bahktin and his circle, taking the reader helpfully through the many areas of their thought. Dentith indicates the points of contention, difficulty, and importance. The book not only draws together together the often disparately collected writing of Bakhtin, but also that of Voloshinov and Medvedev, language theorists of commensurable importance as well.

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xv
An Overview of the Writings of Bakhtin and His Circle	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Voloshinov and Bakhtin on Language	p. 22
Bakhtin on the Novel	p. 41
Bakhtin's Carnival	p. 65
Bakhtin and Contemporary Criticism	p. 88
Notes to Part I	p. 103
Extracts from the Writings of Bakhtin and His Circle	p. 105
V.N. Voloshinov	p. 107
M.M. Bakhtin and P.N. Medvedev	p. 144
M.M. Bakhtin	p. 157
M.M. Bakhtin	p. 195
M.M. Bakhtin	p. 225
Notes to Part II	p. 254
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 260
Index	p. 262
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