Monthly Archives for September 2012
Bakhtin & Shklovsky
Bakhtin is proposing that the novel is the perfect “environment” for discourse, in its multiple forms, to be manifested but not only manifested singularly or intertwined, but to be made fun of, as in a spectacle; the overturning of values that express more due to these forms than just what the content may develop. The … Continue reading » Continue reading
Shklovsky and Bakhtin
Art as Tecnique. Viktor Shklovsky The main issue that Shklovsky wants to develop is about what art means. But, his starting point is the problem of perception. The author says that in some moment we start to not be surprised … Continue reading → Continue reading
The Dialogic Imagination—Discourse in the Novel
The major idea of this essay is the research of verbal art which connects “formal” and “ideological” approaches together. Verbal discourse, in linguistics definition– the use of language in speech and writing in order to produce meaning and to see … Continue reading → Continue reading
Shklovsky and truth
Jon has recommended the 400-word stream of consciousness mode of writing. I will try to stick to it (it is late!), but I know that I can easily get sucked into the details of the question. The Surrealists use it … Continue reading Continue reading
Bakhtin and Shklovsky
“Language…shot through with intentions and accents.” Bakhtin asserts context is the key to language, for every word is inseparable from the context it was first used in, the context of its first reading and every reading after that ad infinitum. … Continue reading → Continue reading
Mikhail Bakhtin: Diversity and the novel
Bakhtin’s text Discourse in the novel was very difficult to follow and understand, so I will share what I managed to understand from it. It appears that Bakhtin is attempting to redefine the meaning and purpose of the novel. He … Continue reading → Continue reading
Viktor Shklovsky: The Power of Art
Viktor Shklovsky’s Art as Technique was an extremely interesting read. Shklovsky points out that what we perceive on a daily basis often becomes habitual and thus, becomes automatic. In fact, “life is reckoned as nothing” (16) because we perceive everything … Continue reading → Continue reading
Impressions on ”Art as Technique” by Shklovky
To the general public, art is often associated with the concept of beauty. A good artist has to create beautiful pieces ; the standards of beauty being generally agreed upon by a given society. In Art as Technique Shklovsky argues that … Continue reading → Continue reading
Impressions on ”Discourse in the Novel” by Bakhtin
In his essay Discourse in the novel, Bakhtin argues that ‘‘form and content in discourse are one’’ since ‘‘verbal discourse is a social phenomenon.’’ This essay is very dense and I certainly did not grasp every concept presented, but I … Continue reading → Continue reading
Bakhtin and low poetic genres
Heteroglossia I think B. is (purposefully?) mixing two ideas. One is the importance of individual language (parole, according to Saussure) and the other is the multiplicity of systems that are brought to bear on any linguistic production. Perhaps those two … Continue reading →
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