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This research is based on seven studies in the field of Education published by Norwegian educationalists between 2003 and 2013. The focus of this article is on studies where the methodology is based on or includes Bakhtinian concepts. Three questions are central to this study: (A) What specific areas of educational science these studies represent? (B) What Bakhtinian concepts are used as instruments for analyses? and (C) How should one classify the research studies where Bakhtinian and Vygotsky inspired approaches are used together within the same methodological framework? The studies were identified through systematic searching of the electronic database Bibsys/Oria. The studies include PhD dissertations, master theses (mastergrad/hovedfag), and studies reported in articles. Summarization of the studies is done in a form of a 'narrative' synthesis, a form of synthesis, in which there has to be an account of the summation of the research studies reviewed, and which might be described as a blended account of differences (Andrews 2005). The most popular Bakhtinian concepts that are used in the studies are: heteroglossia, dialogism, dialogue, and voice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research is a theoretical study that seeks to explore the Bakhtinian concepts of dialogism and voice (cf. Bakhtin, 1986; 1990; 1999) from a literary game available on the digital platform: http://www.livroegame.com.br/ocortico/. This game covers the diverse creation of the thematic content of the Brazilian eponymous novel The Slum, written by Aluisio Azevedo (1857-1913) in 1890. Our method is to analyse the dialogical relations found in the narratives and discourses of this syncretic text (word-sound-visual structures - kinetics). Our theoretical framework is interdisciplinary, using Bakhtinian philosophy, French semiotics, research on games and digital natives developed by Coelho (2012a, 2012b), studies from Prenky (2001) on Generation Y, and Wegerif (2011; 2012) on dialogue as a pedagogical proposal. As a result, we believe that the digital format of a literary game demonstrates that the Bakhtinian concepts of dialogism and voice are productive and relevant to the study of discursive and textual interrelationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work's aim is to analyze polyphony in The Brothers Karamazov, a novel written by Fyodor Dostoevsky, focusing on ideological confrontations that take place between characters, especially between the Karamazov's family. More specifically, I try to understand how Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov interacts in a dialogical way with his family and friends, and how Alexei's interventions - marked by a religious ethical behavior - contribute to the conflicting discourses. To do so, the main concept on which this paper is relied is the polyphony, developed by Bakhtin in order to understand that each character in the book has a strong and distinct ideology, which helps creating tensions of immense proportions. Finally, this study is also based on Nietzsche's theories about religion, because it is argued that some characters are guided by a Christian ethical thinking, which is - although shown as good most of the times - surrounded by an oppressive fundamentalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics related to Bakhtinian analysis including sociological poetics, author-hero relationship in the novel "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Dostoyevsky's book "The Brothers Karamazov."

This article aims to describe discursive procedures in the study of literature. We focus our interest on the novelistic aesthetics of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881), who, according to Bakhtin (1999), is the author-creator of the polyphonic novel. The body of our analysis is from excerpts of three meetings between the characters Raskolnikov and Porfiry, chosen according to their relevance to our analysis. Our proposed objectives are: (i) to present two discourse procedures (immiscibility and inter-independence) that help us understand the polyphonic novel; (ii) to discuss the results of our analysis in relation to Bakhtin's study (1999) to verify the relevance of the proposed procedures. Our method is hypothetically-deductive, i.e., it seeks theoretical assumptions and testable hypotheses, which we pursue to establish new theoretical parameters. As a result of this study, we confirm the proposed procedures, and demonstrate the heuristic potential of investigating the polyphonic novel for the field of literature and culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]