本研究旨在藉由檢視批判取向論述分析的理論困境探討 Mikhail Bakhtin狂歡節概念的民主化意涵。研究發現， Bakhtin透過狂歡節語言與身體論述所揭示出的「由下而上」的語言過程、語言系統與社會系統之間的辯證關係，以及言說主體在與它者「對話」和「對抗」的關係中，有意圖地經營「區分」、「接合」等「語言形式」進行意義的解構和再建構，具體說明了民主化如何在語言和文本中呈現與運作，並且對於化解批判取向論述分析的理論困境提供了充分的理論資源。

This paper aims to interpret the implication of democratization in Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of carnival by reflecting upon the theoretical dilemma of “critically oriented discourse analysis” (CODA). The study found that Bakhtin attempted to proceed with “bottom-up” philosophy of language to address the dialectical relationship between linguistic and socio-political systems. Meanwhile, Bakhtin tried to deploy the specific “forms of language,” such as “differentiation” and “articulation,” to mobilize the deconstruction and reconstruction of meanings via the dialogic tension and antagonism. Based on the research findings, the paper concluded that Bakhtin’s concept of carnival not only illustrates how democratization functions onto language and text, but also it supplies with sufficient resources to overcome the theoretical dilemma of CODA.