ETEROGLOSSIA IN GHOSTWRITTEN BY DAVID MITCHELL

Abstract

David Mitchell creates in Ghostwritten a skilful gallery of unique individuals with diverse genders, ages, occupations, education, and different social and cultural backgrounds. The novel demonstrates the similarity of struggles in postmodern life to show the socio-ideological contradictions of Late Capitalism through the suffering of nine protagonists from different geographical eras. Late Capitalism is the third stage of the Capitalist movement that describes the last phase of Capitalism's evolution. The dominant tendencies of this period are the domination of powerful corporations and the shrinking of the middle class. This development is marked by the rise of Globalisation, consumerism, and internet supremacy which explained the absurdities of the contemporary economy. The study applies Bakhtin's concept of Heteroglossia to show the interaction between utterance and language. The different speech style in Ghostwritten reflects the variety of societies, through different linguistic practices mirroring their cultural surrounding. This study examines David Mitchell's assemblage of different voices, genres, and motifs in Ghostwritten from the Bakhtinian perspective, to reveal the sociopolitical implications of multiple social voices under Late Capital system.

Authors

Sabah Atallah Khalifa Ali, Maha Hamed Essa, Maha Hamed Essa, Maha Hamed Essa

Keywords

Late Capitalism, Heteroglossia, sociopolitical, socio- ideological.

Publication Information

Volume

8

Issue

63

Year

2021

Language

Turkish

Status

Published

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DOI

10.17121/ressjournal.3009

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