Wednesday 24 August 2011

kenneth white mikhail bakhtin death match

as i attempt to re-don my critical theory trousers i have abandoned a (much) longer post about bakhtin and white on the grounds it felt a wee bit negative (and for that i can look to ian bell).
what i will say is that a return to reading bakhtin was like a joy. and in the ensuing googlefight (yes, such is the extent of my critical engagement) there could be only one winner

mikhail bakhtin wins!
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7 comments:

Titus said...

Knockout or on points?

24 August 2011 at 19:49
swiss said...

a clear knockout. like sending in a boy to play a man's sport. i feel a tad guilty about it but having read jet about all of white's essays in english the clarity (sic! no, but really) of bakhtin was like a breath of fresh air. i still like white but he'll be being rested for some time!

24 August 2011 at 21:45
Dominic Rivron said...

You've got me wondering where I put my semiotic boxers.

24 August 2011 at 23:30
swiss said...

i'm intertextual commando style muself

24 August 2011 at 23:43
Roxana said...

intertextual commando style haha

(i have to start on Bakhtin again, too, i need it for my book, what a funny coincidence)

29 August 2011 at 20:52
swiss said...

there are things i'm reading where i'm just thinking, please get on with it! but bakhtin is not one of those...

30 August 2011 at 08:54
Dominic Rivron said...

you've got me laughing my mythopoetical socks off.

30 August 2011 at 08:56

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