ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To what idea does the term heteroglossia refer?
A
An infant’s inability to speak prior to the mirror stage
B
The referential relationships among symbols, signifiers, and signs
C
The multi-layered nature of language in a literary work
D
All of the above answers are correct
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Referring to the juxtaposition of different languages, speech genres, and dialects, heteroglossia is a term Bakhtin used to describe both the multiplicity of different ways of speaking and the nature of the relations between different languages.

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