Russian formalism

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20th-century literary theory formalism literary theory movement

Russian formalism was an early 20th-century literary theory movement that focused on the formal structures and devices of texts rather than their content or historical context.

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Russian Formalism 2
Formalism 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century literary theory ⓘ
formalism ⓘ
literary theory movement ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Moscow Linguistic Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ
OPOJAZ NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
developedInPeriod 1910s ⓘ
1920s ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
emphasizes form over content ⓘ
literariness ⓘ
focusesOn formal structures of literary texts ⓘ
literary devices ⓘ
poetic language ⓘ
hasKeyConcept defamiliarization ⓘ
fabula and sjuzhet distinction ⓘ
foregrounding ⓘ
literariness (literaturnost) ⓘ
motivation of device ⓘ
poetic function of language ⓘ
hasKeyWork Art as Device NERFINISHED ⓘ
Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics (early formalist phase) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theory of Prose NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableTheorist Boris Eikhenbaum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Boris Tomashevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osip Brik NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Jakobson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Viktor Shklovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yury Tynyanov NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced 20th-century literary theory ⓘ
Czech structuralism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prague Linguistic Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ
narratology ⓘ
structuralism ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
methodologicalApproach scientific study of literature ⓘ
text-centered analysis ⓘ
opposes biographical criticism ⓘ
historical-biographical method ⓘ
symbolist criticism ⓘ
originatedInCity Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
rejects psychological interpretation as primary method ⓘ
reduction of literature to ideology ⓘ
studies functions of literary devices ⓘ
narrative structure ⓘ
timePeriod Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Soviet Union ⓘ
wasCriticizedBy Soviet Marxist critics ⓘ
wasSuppressedIn late 1920s ⓘ

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Roman Jakobson → movement → Russian formalism ⓘ
Viktor Shklovsky → movement → Russian formalism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Formalism
Viktor Shklovsky → movement → Russian formalism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Formalism
Language poets → influencedBy → Russian formalism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Formalism