Analysis of the Short Story “The Lady with the Dog”. Parallels in the Author-Character Relations in Mikhail Bakhtin and Anton Chekhov

Glushkova, Maria; Vasilevich, Elena

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ARTICLES • Bakhtiniana, Rev. Estud. Discurso 17 (4) • Oct-Dec 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2176-4573p54981387 copy

Analysis of the Short Story “The Lady with the Dog”. Parallels in the Author-Character Relations in Mikhail Bakhtin and Anton Chekhov

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ABSTRACT

Bakhtin's early works point to the origins of his theory. The novelty of this article consists in presenting Bakhtin's early works, more precisely the essay “The Author and the Hero in Aesthetic Activity,” written in the 1920s, and comparing it with Chekhov's views on the Author-Character-Reader relationship since we consider Chekhov a writer and a theorist of verbal creation, which we will evidence with excerpts from his letters. The article presents an analysis of Anton Chekhov's short story “The Lady with the Dog,” and the thesis that Chekhov had, right from the title, about the intention of relating his story to Alexandre Dumas' novel The Lady of the Camellias.

KEYWORDS:
Chekhov; Bakhtin; Bakhtinian theory; Author-Character relations; Chekhov’s narrative style

The Lady of the Camellias	“The Lady with the Dog”
And at Mme Barjon, her florist, she had been given the nickname ‘the lady of the camellias’, and the name had stuck (p.10).⁶⁴ 64 For reference, see footnote 10.	She was always alone, wearing the same toque, and the pomeranian always trotted at her side. Nobody knew who she was, and people referred to her simply as “the lady with the dog” (p.291);⁶⁵ 65 For reference, see footnote 1.
As I arrived at the door of the apartment that you know, my heart beat so furiously that all thought escaped me. Some piano chords met our ears (p.57).⁶⁶ 66 For reference, see footnote 10.	Gurov strolled over to Staro-Goncharnaya Street and discovered the house… an hour later, the faint, vague sounds of a piano reached his ears.... Gurov tried to call to it (the dog), but his heart beat violently, and in his agitation he could not remember its name (pp.304-305);⁶⁷ 67 For reference, see footnote 1.
The countryside has always been associated with love, and rightly so: Nothing is a better frame for the woman one loves than a blue sky and the scents, flowers, breezes, and shining solitude of the fields or the woods (…) I had beside me a young, beautiful woman whom I loved, by whom I was loved, and who was named Marguerite (p.125).⁶⁸ 68 For reference, see footnote 10.	Side by side with a young woman, who looked so exquisite in the early light, soothed and enchanted by the sight of all this magical beauty - sea, mountains, clouds and the vast expanse of the sky - Gurov told himself that, when you came to think of it, everything in the world is beautiful really, everything but our own thoughts and actions, when we lose sight of the higher aims of life, and of our dignity as human beings (p.299).⁶⁹ 69 For reference, see footnote 1.

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