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Polyphony of Don Juan : Dispersion of Genres in

This paper discusses the heteroglossia, dialogism and dispersion of genres in Lord Byron's Don Juan in the light of Bakhtinian critical theory. These terms are drawn from Bakhtin who sees them as distinguishing features of the novel as a genre. Byron welcomes heteroglossia, language diversity, multiple genres and dialogism into his own work. It is out of this stratification of languages, speech and genre diversity, that Byron constructs his style. The main argument is that heteroglosia and diversity of genres enter the novel and organize themselves within a structured artistic system. Although Byron's poem involves the characteristics of autobiography and epic on the surface, Don Juan is neither an autobiography nor an epic poem. With its multiple narration and diverse narrators, with its incorporation of the various genres and with its different voices belonging to different characters, Don Juan is a heteroglot, polyphonic