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Abstract The present researcher hypothesizes that Chaos theory shares a common critical ground with the Bakhtinian Carnivalesque which is the literary phenomenon of change. Such a controversial aspect hypothetically goes through three main consecutive phases that crystalize the ever-changing development of a literary text. These stages are the high sensitivity to the initial events, the subversive nonlinearity and the dynamic regeneration. Thus, the chaotic-carnivalistic change begins with the high sensitivity of the masterpiece to the initial change and how far a small event or an unpredictable scene could control as well as reverse the rest of the literary work. Then, this nonlinear dramatic change stands as a means of subversion so as to challenge the static norms and the fixed social, political or religious rules in a community. Indeed, this chaotic- carnivalistic sensitivity and subversion would give a way to the readers as well as the critics to question the rustic ideologies and cast light on other paths for a dynamic rebirth and salvation. Therefore, change serves as the author’s focal point in narrowing the gap between the Butterfly Effect and the Bakhtinian Carnivalesque as well as tackling the chaotic-carnivalistic change as a master tool towards elaborating and renewing what used to be considered changeless and consistent in a literary text. |