Polyphony of midnight’s children: dispersion of voices and genres in Midnight’s Children = Polifonia dos filhos de meia-noite: dispersão de vozes e gêneros em Midnight’s Children

This paper explores the aspect of polyphony in Salman Rushdie’s novelMidnight’s Children (1981). The essence of polyphony in a novel, following Mikhail Bakhtin, is the presence or use of different independent voices that are not merged into one dominant voice. The author, the protagonist, the narrat...

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Main Author: Uma Viswanathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2010-01-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum : Language and Culture
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/1255/1255