Critic Mikhail Bakhtin distinguished "monologic" novels, in which every character's voice is ultimately subordinated to the author's perspective, from "dialogic" novels, in which competing voices coexist without being reduced to a single authorial position. Bakhtin praised Dostoevsky as the great practitioner of the dialogic, arguing that even characters whose views Dostoevsky personally rejected appear in his novels with full force, presented in their own terms rather than mere representation.
Which conclusion most logically follows from the passage?
- Acheck_circle
For Bakhtin, allowing characters' viewpoints to operate on their own terms is a feature he distinguishes from the author's own commitments
- B
Dostoevsky's novels feature only views he personally endorsed
- C
Bakhtin treats authorial endorsement of a character's views as a precondition for the character's literary significance
- D
Bakhtin holds that all great novelists are monologic
Explanation
Praising representation of views Dostoevsky rejected supports B. A, C, D contradict the argument.