Ginette Michaud in the context of Canadian Bakhtin studies

The article precedes the translation of the work by Canadian literary scholar and writer Ginette Michaud “Reading Bakhtin in Bakhtinian” published in this issue of the journal. It presents a brief overview of the history of Bakhtin studies in Canada. The main attention is paid to French-language texts, including those in a special issue of the periodical “Études françaises” (University of Montreal, 1984), dedicated to M. M. Bakhtin. It considers the main stages of Ginette Michaud’s creative biography. The article fills a gap in the study of the history of bakhtinology abroad.