PWCW 8 (Mikhail Bakhtin)
<p><strong>Mikhail Bakhtin, <em>Rabelais and His World</em></strong></p> <p>It can be said of belles lettres, and especially of the modern novel, that they were born on the boundaries of two languages. Literary and linguistic life was concentrated on these confines. An intense interorientation, interaction, and mutual clarification of languages took place during that period. The two languages frankly and intensely peered into each other’s faces, and each be. came more aware of itself, of its potentialities and limitations, in the light of the other. This line drawn between the languages was seen in relation to each object, each concept and point of view. For the two languages represent two philosophies…</p>
Authors: Jonas von Lenthe
Subject: Mikhail Bakhtin