A Bakhtinian Study of Art and Sentiments in Hoover’s Maybe Someday and Confess

Abstract

Th e research identifie d the impact of artistic elements on relationships, expressions and narrative structure. The study examine d the sentiments and their progress. In this paper, qualitative method is applied with a combination of analytical and interpr etive approach . The research is gauged through the theoretical framework of Bakhtinian Theory by Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin. The two novels studied are Maybe Someday and Confess by Colleen Hoover. The sentiments in the novels are presented in an ingeni ous manner and exemplify impeccable use of dialogism and carnivalesque. Colleen Hoover demonstrate d what Bakhtin had theorize d . The paper deduce d that the integration of art has heavy influence on narrative structure, and that art has coping, redemptive, t ransformative, and therapeutic effects. In the paper, it was also found that through powerful dialogues, and a well - structured narrative, sentiments can be portrayed more powerfully, and their impact is left at a wider audience. The paper further showed th at art is a complete expression in itself, and where words cannot deliver, art does.