To facilitate a wider adoption of this concept, we introduce and discuss four dimensions of chronotopic units of analysis (foregrounding processes, dialogicality, material-discursive features of space-time, and interdependency of space-time). We argue that the existing chronotopic research has not been sufficiently explicit concerning how units of analysis are selected and conceptualized.
Chronotope is seen as a conceptual and analytical tool that allows reaching a sociocultural and dialogical understanding of human action and interaction in space-time. Chronotopes have been defined in terms of socially emergent configurations of space-time, where space and time are considered as interdependent social constructions. Imaginada típicamente como una forma de superar el espacio y el tiempo en la novela, la carretera ha sido para los poetas un lugar de concienciación de las conexiones del sujeto con el entorno, y de reflexiones sobre sus propios pasados y futuros.Īuthors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:Ī) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal (CC BY-NC for articles and CC BY-NC-ND for creative work, unless author requests otherwise.ī) Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.Ĭ) Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).In this paper, we examine the emergent concept of chronotope and its deployment for the examination of space-time relations in research on learning and education. La “carretera” ilustra cómo las configuraciones rivales de espacio-tiempo se agotan en la literatura del siglo veinte. Bakhtin creía que los textos literarios contribuyen a preservar la vitalidad de su ambiente discursivo, social e incluso del natural: los motivos cronotópicos reflejan, negocian y ponen de relieve la situación del medio ambiente en el discurso contemporáneo. Palabras clave: Bakhtin, cronotopo, carretera, poesía de la naturaleza, novela norteamericana, Robert Frost, Jack Kerouac, interconexión poetica.Įl concepto de “cronotopo” de Mikhail Bakhtin como un conjunto de relaciones espacio-tiempo que caracterizan un género, motivo o periodo en concreto, merece especial atención de la ecocrítica. Typically imagined as a means of overcoming space and time in the novel, it has been for poets a site of awareness of the subject’s connections with the environment, and of reflections on their own past and future.
The ‘road’ illustrates how rivalling space-time configurations play out in twentieth-century literature. Bakhtin believed that literary texts help to sustain the vitality of their discursive, social and even natural environment: chronotopic motifs reflect, negotiate and emphasize the status of the environment in contemporary discourse. Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of the ‘chronotope’ as a set of space-time relations characterising a particular genre, motif or period deserves the special attention of ecocritics. Bakhtin, chronotope, road, nature poetry, American novel, Robert Frost, Jack Kerouac, poetic interconnection Abstract Key words: Bakhtin, chronotope, road, nature poetry, American novel, Robert Frost, Jack Kerouac, poetic interconnection