Ibrahim Murad
Abstract
The matter of polyphony in literature is not a new one since it has been stressed and shown throughout the history of literature in general and the English one in particular though ...
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The matter of polyphony in literature is not a new one since it has been stressed and shown throughout the history of literature in general and the English one in particular though clear theories were not produced about this aspect in the pre-modern ages. Michael Bakhtin’s theories in this respect, then, may be the loudest hearable voice. Yet, his focus upon one specific genre of literature renders his theories doubtable in a way. The present research is an attempt to show whether or not this polyphony is applicable in the other genres, especially in poetry and more specifically in the lyric poetry. So, this is the hypothesis of the study and its practical part will try to provide clues as responses. To achieve this goal, the work examines some post-modern English and Kurdish poetic texts; thus, aiming at another deduction besides the first one, i.e., the range of the existence of this aspect in the Kurdish post-modern poetry beside the English one. The study therefore, takes a comparative turn for this purpose. It encompasses two sections. The first one will tackle the concept of monophony versus polyphony with reference to Bakhtin’s ideas in this respect; while the other section studies in some detail, polyphony in some English and Kurdish lyrics. To illuminates the case and critics’ views about it, the researcher uses a number of up-to-date English and Kurdish sources, and then the concluding ideas along with a list of works cited will appear at the end.
