Bakhtin and his Others: (Inter)subjectivity, Chronotope, Dialogism (Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies)

Bakhtin and his Others aims to develop an understanding of Mikhail Bakhtin's ideas through a contextual approach, particularly with a focus on Bakhtin studies from the 1990s onward. The volume offers fresh theoretical insights into Bakhtin's ideas on (inter)subjectivity and temporality - including his concepts of chronotope and literary polyphony - by reconsidering his ideas in relation to the sources he employs, and taking into account later research on similar topics. The case studies show how Bakhtin's ideas, when seen in light of this approach, can be constructively employed in contemporary literary research. Book jacket Half Title 1 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 CONTENTS 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7 TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION 9 Introduction THE ACTING SUBJECT OF BAKHTIN 11 The Question of Subject(ivity) 12 The Acting Subject 14 Bakhtin and His Others 19 Notes 22 References 22 Chapter 1 BAKHTIN AND LUKÁCS: SUBJECTIVITY, SIGNIFYING FORM AND TEMPORALITY IN THE NOVEL 25 Introduction: Bakhtin and Lukács 25 Subject and Signifying Form: The Early Bakhtin and the Early Lukács 26 From the Quest for Totality to a Polyphony of Voices: Hegel, Lukács, Bakhtin 31 Subjectivity and Temporality in the Novel 36 Notes 40 References 41 Chapter 2 BAKHTIN, WATT AND THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL 43 Novelistic Turning Points and the Eighteenth-Century Novel According to Bakhtin 45 The Early Eighteenth-Century Novel: Watt and Anglo-American Criticism 50 Conclusion 57 Notes 58 References 59 Chapter 3 CONCEPTS OF NOVELISTIC POLYPHONY: PERSON-RELATED AND COMPOSITIONAL-THEMATIC 61 Introduction: Polyphonies of the Novel 61 Bakhtin: Polyphony as Polysubjectivity 62 The Romantic Idea of the Musical Composition of a Literary Work of Art: Friedrich Schlegel 66 The Polyphonic Composition of Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus 69 Polyphony as the Principle of Composition of a ‘Novel in the Form of Variations’: Milan Kundera 73 Notes 76 References 77 Chapter 4 FAMILIAR OTHERNESS: PECULIARITIES OF DIALOGUE IN EZRA POUND’S POETICS OF INCLUSION 79 Hieratic Head 80 Encountering Hades 81 Walking with Kung 83 Guide to Otherness 87 The Pattern Persists 90 Conclusion 93 Note 94 References 94 Chapter 5 AUTHOR AND OTHER IN DIALOGUE: BAKHTINIAN POLYPHONY IN THE POETRY OF PETER READING 97 The Problem of Bakhtinian Terminology and Poetry 97 Polyphony and the Poetic Text 99 Peter Reading’s Polyphonic Poetry 101 Polyphony as Macroscopic Structure 107 Notes 108 References 110 Chapter 6 TRADITION AND GENRE: THOMAS KYD’S The Spanish Tragedy 111 The Tradition of Neo-Latin Drama in Kyd’s Time 113 Source Study and ‘Ideological Colloquy’ 114 Kyd, Speech Genres and Literary History 116 The Spanish Tragedy and Conversation 120 Notes 125 References 126 Chapter 7 BAKHTIN’S CONCEPT OF THE CHRONOTOPE: THE VIEWPOINT OF AN ACTING SUBJECT 129 Bakhtin’s Concept of Chronotope: An Epistemological Category? 129 The Bildungsroman: Seeing the Acting Subject in History 136 Chronotopes: Forms of the Time of Human Action as Conditioned by Concrete Circumstances 140 Notes 147 References 147 Chapter 8 THE PROVINCIAL CHRONOTOPE AND MODERNITY IN CHEKHOV’S SHORT FICTION 151 The Provincial Chronotope and the Idyll 152 The Provincial Poshlost 155 Provincial Longing and Narrative (Un)predictability 158 Notes 163 References 168 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 171 Content: Half Title Title Page Copyright Page CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION Introduction THE ACTING SUBJECT OF BAKHTIN The Question of Subject(ivity) The Acting Subject Bakhtin and His Others Notes References Chapter 1 BAKHTIN AND LUKÁCS: SUBJECTIVITY, SIGNIFYING FORM AND TEMPORALITY IN THE NOVEL Introduction: Bakhtin and Lukács Subject and Signifying Form: The Early Bakhtin and the Early Lukács From the Quest for Totality to a Polyphony of Voices: Hegel, Lukács, Bakhtin Subjectivity and Temporality in the Novel Notes References. Chapter 2 BAKHTIN, WATT AND THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NOVELNovelistic Turning Points and the Eighteenth-Century Novel According to Bakhtin The Early Eighteenth-Century Novel: Watt and Anglo-American Criticism Conclusion Notes References Chapter 3 CONCEPTS OF NOVELISTIC POLYPHONY: PERSON-RELATED AND COMPOSITIONAL-THEMATIC Introduction: Polyphonies of the Novel Bakhtin: Polyphony as Polysubjectivity The Romantic Idea of the Musical Composition of a Literary Work of Art: Friedrich Schlegel The Polyphonic Composition of Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus. Polyphony as the Principle of Composition of a 'Novel in the Form of Variations': Milan KunderaNotes References Chapter 4 FAMILIAR OTHERNESS: PECULIARITIES OF DIALOGUE IN EZRA POUND'S POETICS OF INCLUSION Hieratic Head Encountering Hades Walking with Kung Guide to Otherness The Pattern Persists Conclusion Note References Chapter 5 AUTHOR AND OTHER IN DIALOGUE: BAKHTINIAN POLYPHONY IN THE POETRY OF PETER READING The Problem of Bakhtinian Terminology and Poetry Polyphony and the Poetic Text Peter Reading's Polyphonic Poetry Polyphony as Macroscopic Structure Notes References. Chapter 6 TRADITION AND GENRE: THOMAS KYD'S The Spanish TragedyThe Tradition of Neo-Latin Drama in Kyd's Time Source Study and 'Ideological Colloquy' Kyd, Speech Genres and Literary History The Spanish Tragedy and Conversation Notes References Chapter 7 BAKHTIN'S CONCEPT OF THE CHRONOTOPE: THE VIEWPOINT OF AN ACTING SUBJECT Bakhtin's Concept of Chronotope: An Epistemological Category? The Bildungsroman: Seeing the Acting Subject in History Chronotopes: Forms of the Time of Human Action as Conditioned by Concrete Circumstances Notes References. Chapter 8 THE PROVINCIAL CHRONOTOPE AND MODERNITY IN CHEKHOV'S SHORT FICTIONThe Provincial Chronotope and the Idyll The Provincial Poshlost Provincial Longing and Narrative (Un)predictability Notes References LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. #x91;Bakhtin and his Others#x92; offers fresh theoretical insights into Bakhtin#x92;s ideas on (inter)subjectivity and temporality, research into his theoretical backgrounds, and case studies where these insights are employed in literary analysis