期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2012
卷号：1
期号：2
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：Shashi Tharoor’s Riot exemplifies dialogism which is based on Bakhtin’s concept of polyphony.Bakhtin believes that novel is not monologic rather it is polyphonic. Bakhtin believes that novelas a form is dialogical or heteroglot. The polyphonic novel provides enough ground to takedifferent perspectives into account other than the perspectives of the novelist.The novel has rich elements of heteroglossia too. This heteroglossia presents the form in whichdifferent dialogues are presented. Bakhtin names it the social diversity of speech types that hediscovered in the novel. The nature of the form of the Riot is dialogic which allows other voicesto participate in the novel. The heteroglossia helps achieve multiple realities rather than onedefinitive unchanging meaning imported by the novelist.The heteroglossia in the novel is clear when there are different points of view presented bydifferent social classes regarding the history of India. These different speeches represented bydifferent social classes often clash with each other. It is difficult to appreciate the novel withouttaking into account the historical perspective. History is treated as fiction. Tharoor seems tohave a wonderful understanding of history of India as well as the present political system.Bakhtin believes that all thoughts are a matter of ‘dialogue’ and ‘difference’: dialogue requiresthe pre-existence of differences, which are then connected by an act of communication togenerate new ideas and positions. In Riot too the dialogues between Ram Charan and RandyDiggs help to ascertain the pre-existing differences and through their communication new ideasare generated about it.
