A concept developed by Mikhail Bakhtin. See our entries on Mikhail Bakhtin in the People table, and the following in the Topics table: Heterglossia, Polyphonic novel, Carnival.
Citation:
Editors. "Dialogism, Dialogical".
The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2001
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=272, accessed 19 May 2013.]