{"title":"Bakhtinian Dialogue, Polyphony and the Trickster Countertype","authors":"Oemer S. Shen","doi":"10.55207/cejh8313","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the concepts of dialogue, polyphony, and the carnival, while providing an in-depth analysis of the ‘trickster countertype’1 (based on the Chinese mythological figure of the Monkey King) as a concept and a character in Gish Jen’s novel, within the context of creating a community without borders. It arrives at the conclusion that Gish Jen’s novel has clear examples of polyphony and Mona in the novel is a unique exemplar of a trickster countertype.","PeriodicalId":102543,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dialogue Studies","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Dialogue Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.55207/cejh8313","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This article explores the concepts of dialogue, polyphony, and the carnival, while providing an in-depth analysis of the ‘trickster countertype’1 (based on the Chinese mythological figure of the Monkey King) as a concept and a character in Gish Jen’s novel, within the context of creating a community without borders. It arrives at the conclusion that Gish Jen’s novel has clear examples of polyphony and Mona in the novel is a unique exemplar of a trickster countertype.