<b>A dialogue between Mikhail Bakhtin and critical theory: a path from dialogism and polyphony to Dostoevsky’s dialectics

  • Flávio Ricardo Vassoler Doutor em Teoria Literária e Literatura Comparada pela FFLCH-USP, com estágio doutoral junto à Northwestern University
Keywords: Bakhtin, Dostoevsky, critical theory, polyphony, dialectics.

Abstract

In Bakhtin’s analysis of Dostoevsky’s poetics, dialogic voices assume a fundamental role. However, Bakhtin (2008) could not demonstrate how dialogism would transform Dostoevsky’s work into an integral polyphonic totality. Thus, in dialogue with critical theory – especially with Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory (2012) –, we will try to establish a path from dialogism and polyphony to Dostoevsky’s contradictory notion of dialectical totality.

 

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Author Biography

Flávio Ricardo Vassoler, Doutor em Teoria Literária e Literatura Comparada pela FFLCH-USP, com estágio doutoral junto à Northwestern University
Flávio Ricardo Vassoler, escritor e professor, é mestre e doutor em Teoria Literária e Literatura Comparada pela FFLCH-USP, com estágio doutoral junto à Northwestern University (EUA). É autor das obras literárias "Tiro de Misericórdia" (nVersos, 2014) e "O Evangelho segundo Talião" (nVersos, 2013) e organizador do livro de ensaios "Fiódor Dostoiévski e Ingmar Bergman: O niilismo da modernidade" (Intermeios, 2012). Periodicamente, atualiza o Portal Heráclito, www.portalheraclito.com.br, página em que posta fragmentos de seus trabalhos literários, os programas do Espaço Heráclito e fotonarrativas de suas viagens pelo mundo.
Published
2018-02-22
How to Cite
Vassoler, F. R. (2018). <b&gt;A dialogue between Mikhail Bakhtin and critical theory: a path from dialogism and polyphony to Dostoevsky’s dialectics. Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, 40(1), e34621. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v40i1.34621
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