BAKHTIN
Mikhail Bakhtin Russian philosopher, literary critic, and theorist of language (1895–1975) He was a Russian philosopher, literary critic, and theorist of language (1895–1975), and he became especially influential in the 20th century for how we understand language, literature, and dialogue. 🧠 Who Bakhtin was Bakhtin lived through a turbulent Soviet period—censorship, exile, and intellectual marginalization. For years, his work circulated quietly or under other names. Only later did he gain global recognition. He wasn’t just a literary critic—he was really a philosopher of human interaction. His central concern was: meaning is never fixed, never isolated—it emerges between people. 💬 His main ideas (in a clear way) 1. Dialogism (the core idea) Bakhtin believed that all language is dialogue. Even when you think you’re speaking alone, your words: • respond to something already said • anticipate a response • carry echoes of other voices So meaning is never “yours” alone—it’s relational. 👉...