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LIT Theory 009 Bakhtin and Dialogism: When Voices Collide

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How Mikhail Bakhtin Turned the Novel into a Carnival of Clashing Truths and Talking Minds From The Professor’s Desk When Voices Collide: The Rise of Dialogism In the hushed intellectual corridors of early 20th-century Russia, amid the stifling airs of Stalinist ideology and the dry certainties of Formalist criticism, a quiet yet thunderous voice began […]

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LIT Theory 008 Reader-Response Theory in Literature: When the Reader Walked In

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From Silent Observer to Meaning-Maker—The Rise of the Reader in Literary Theory From The Professor’s Desk When the Reader Walked In: The Rise of Reader-Response Theory For centuries, literature was a monologue—written by the author, decoded by the critic, and quietly admired by the reader. The text was sacred, the author was sovereign, and the

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