Cool kids' carnival: Double-voiced discourse in student conversations about literature

In this article we will explore group conversations at lower-secondary school about literary texts perceived as subject specific problems. We focus on cases interpreted borderline concerning student engagement, i.e., where it is not unambiguously clear whether the students are on-task or off-task. These represent pedagogical, interpretative and methodological challenges in that obvious (to either teachers researchers) how to judge what going conversations. give short descriptive analyses of four before more closely analysing one find most challenging. Alongside laughter, a prominent feature all register Mikhail Bakhtin calls “double-voiced discourse”. Our research question is, “How can grasp understand nuances double-voiced discourse literature?” main framework be Bakhtin’s approach (Bakhtin, 1981; 1984a; 1986), conceived dialogic analysis (cf. Skaftun, 2019). suggest make both educational researchers sensitive productive aspects playfulness classroom.