Mikhail Bakhtin
Russian philosopher and literary theorist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (/bʌxˈtiːn/ bukh-TEEN; Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Бахти́н, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ bɐxˈtʲin]; 16 November [O.S. 4 November] 1895 – 7 March[1] 1975) was a Russian philosopher, literary critic and scholar who worked on literary theory, ethics, and the philosophy of language. His writings, on a variety of subjects, inspired scholars working in a number of different traditions (Marxism, semiotics, structuralism, religious criticism) and in disciplines as diverse as literary criticism, history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology and psychology. Although Bakhtin was active in the debates on aesthetics and literature that took place in the Soviet Union in the 1920s, his distinctive position did not become well known until he was rediscovered by Russian scholars in the 1960s.
Mikhail Bakhtin | |
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Born | 16 November [O.S. 4 November] 1895 |
Died | 7 March 1975(1975-03-07) (aged 79) |
Alma mater | Odessa University (no degree) Petrograd Imperial University |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Russian philosophy |
Institutions | Mordovian Pedagogical Institute |
Main interests | literary theory, literary criticism |
Notable ideas | Heteroglossia, dialogism, chronotope, carnivalesque, polyphony |