On the Application of Dialogic Theorem to The Scarlet Letter

【Abstract】 This paper ventures to apply Mikhail Bakhtin’s proposition of dialogue in novelistic discourses to the analysis of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. The critique of this novel shows that the general public, the doctor, Hester Prynne, Mr. Dimmesdale and Pear can all be likened to interlocutors in a conversation, each representing a different point of view. As the plot unfolds, their voices crisscross and interact with one another to generate multi-dimensional meanings concerning institution, conformity, defiance and human nature.更多还原