Research On Polyphonic Structure Of The Song Of Songs

Bakhtin's "Polyphonic Theory" mainly focuses on the analysis and interpretation of novel genres,especially the diversification of the characters in the novel.It is a useful attempt to unbundle Bakhtin's "polyphonic theory" from the interpretation of novel genres and apply it to the interpretation of wider literary works.The Song of Songs is written in a poetic genre,which has the parallel style of Hebrew poetry that can produce an effect of overlapping and repetitive phonological effect in the rhythm and possess the phonological characteristics of ups and downs of polyphonic music,At the same time,The Song of Songs also has the cross-parallel structure of Hebrew literary works,which makes the content of the whole literary works harmonized and integrated with a high degree of symmetry and artistic appeal.At the level of characterization in The Song of Songs,the praise words and confession between the protagonists and heroines fully embodies the characteristics of contrastive polyphony similar to musical works,creating a harmonious dialogue relationship.At the level of the theme "love" revealed in The Song of Songs,the structural relationship between men and women can be extended to the discussion of the "God-man" relationship revealed by Bible.This relationship structure between "man-man relationship" and "God-man relationship"itself embodies the form of "polyphony" in the theme of The Song of Songs.Using "polyphonic theory" to analyze the The Song of Songs of the Old Testament,and explain how The Song of the Songs present the characteristics of "polyphonic theory"in the literary genres,linguistic features,text structure,character shaping,theme content,etc.,can form a more inclusive analysis method of "polyphonic structure".At the same time,it also helps to further interpret The Song of the Songs itself,and provides a new reading and research perspective for The Song of Songs.