VOL. 49, BOOK 1, PART B, 2011, pp. 353 – 364 Full text (Bg)
Author: Атанас Манчоров
Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Abstract
The present article aims to reconceptualize the arguments for the existence of polyphony in medieval English literature. The main thesis here is that polyphony is a historically determined process rather than an accomplished fact, and that the vast majority of genres are incapable of creating the necessary conditions for its development.
Key words: Bakhtin, intertextuality, manuscript, open-endedness, polyphony
