Language and subjectivity in Gramsci and Bakhtin

Authors

  • Vanderlei Zacchi USP

Keywords:

discourse, power, ideology, hegemony, heteroglossia

Abstract

Antonio Gramsci and Mikhail Bakhtin developed very similar theories about the relationship between language, ideology and hegemony. After a discussion on the concepts of power, discourse and ideology according to some 19th- and 20thcentury theorists, this paper will analyse Gramsci’s concept of hegemony and Bakhtin’s concepts of heteroglossia and dialogism. The analysis demonstrates that both thinkers held analogous views on language and subjectivity, which are shown to be open and dynamic, offering the possibility to challenge and resist dominant power structures and discourses.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Vanderlei Zacchi, USP

Doutorando em Estudos Lingüísticos e Literários em Inglês (USP), publicou artigos em revistas especializadas.

Downloads

Published

2006-06-30

How to Cite

Zacchi, V. (2006). Language and subjectivity in Gramsci and Bakhtin. Gragoatá, 11(20). Retrieved from https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33240

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 20 (2006): Theoretical contemporary issues

Section

Literature Articles

License

Authors who publish in Gragoatá agree to the following terms:

The authors retain the rights and give the journal the right to the first publication, simultaneously subject to a Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC 4.0, which allows sharing by third parties with due mention to the author and the first publication by Gragoatá.

Authors may enter into additional and separate contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the work (for example, posting it in an institutional repository or publishing it in a book), with recognition of its initial publication in Gragoatá.

 

Licença Creative Commons
Gragoatá is licensed under a Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.