What Themes were most resonant to you while reading The Story of Avis?

What themes best connect to Bakhtin's essay?

What themes within the novel complicate or problematize Bakhtin's arguments?

Based on the annotations seen on Perusall, I noticed that many of us struggled with approaching Bakhtin's arguments. What were some of the problems in Bakhtin's argument? What parts of Bakhtin's argument did we agree with?

How does The Story of Avis engage with the literature of its past? Does it take a particular stance on this past literature, or art?

How does the author's use of descriptive language affect the story? Why does she choose to describe nature and the environment with such detail?