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Unit 17: Mikhail Bakhtin and his “From the Prehistory of Novelistic Discourse”-Dialogics in Novels: Detailed Study

2. Implied reader : Wolfgang Iser uses this term to denote a hypothetical reader towards whom Notes
the text is directed. The implied reader is to be distinguished from the so-
called ‘real reader’.

17.4 Review Questions

1. What were Bakhtin’s main concerns regarding Language? How does he treat language?
2. Discuss the origin and nature of the Bhaktin Essay.
3. What are the five different stylist approaches to Novelistic Discourse? Discuss.
Answers: Self-Assessment
1. (i)(b) (ii)(c) (iii)(c) (iv)(a)

17.5 Further Readings

1. Hutcheon, Linda A poetics of postmodernism, London: Routledge, 1988.
2. Kennedy, X.J., Dana Gioia, Mark Bauerlein, Handbook of Literary Terms:
Literature, Language, Theory, 1st edition, New Delhi: Pearson, 2007.
3. Lodge, David (ed.) Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, London: Longman,
1972.
4. Rice, Philip and Patricia Waugh (eds.) A Modern Literary Theory: A Reader, 3rd
edition, London: Arnold, 1999.
5. Sethuraman, V.S. and Ramaswamy (eds.) The English Critical Tradition, Volume
II, New Delhi, Macmillan, 1977.
6. Seturaman, V.S. (ed.) Contemporary Criticism: An Anthology, New Delhi:
Macmillan, 2008.

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