{"id":1339,"date":"2023-06-14T08:15:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T02:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2023-06-14T08:15:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T02:45:47","slug":"russian-formalism-important-key-concepts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/russian-formalism-important-key-concepts\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Formalism- important key concepts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Russian Formalism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/russian-formalism.jpg?resize=1024%2C536&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Russian Formalism\" class=\"wp-image-1340\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/russian-formalism.jpg?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/russian-formalism.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/russian-formalism.jpg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/russian-formalism.jpg?resize=150%2C79&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/witcritic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/russian-formalism.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Highly influential in post-Revolution Russia from the<br>1910s to the 1930s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Following the <strong>Bolshevik Revolution, Viktor<br>Shklovsky<\/strong> published his essay \u201c<strong>Art as Technique<\/strong>\u201d<br>\u2013 This was another intellectual revolution<br>\u2013 Shklovsky emphasized the autonomy and liberating<br>power of art and aesthetics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This was against the Marxist views on art being a reflection of<br>ideal social reality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three Formalist schools<br><strong>\u2013 Moscow Linguistic Circle<br>\u2013 OPOYAZ (founded by Shklovksy)<br>\u2013 Prague Linguistic Society<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian Formalism was a literary and linguistic movement that emerged in post-Revolution Russia in the early 20th century. It had a significant influence on literary theory and criticism, particularly from the 1910s to the 1930s. The Formalists sought to develop a scientific and systematic approach to the study of literature, focusing on the formal aspects of literary texts rather than their social or historical contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Viktor Shklovsky- <strong>Art as Technique<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the key figures of Russian Formalism was <strong>Viktor Shklovsky<\/strong>. In his influential essay <strong>&#8220;Art as Technique&#8221;<\/strong> (also known as &#8220;Art as Device&#8221;), published in 1917, Shklovsky presented his ideas on the role of art and aesthetics. He argued that the purpose of art is to defamiliarize or &#8220;<strong>estranged<\/strong>&#8221; the familiar perception of reality, making it fresh and unfamiliar. Shklovsky emphasized the autonomy and liberating power of art, asserting that it should not be reduced to a mere reflection of social reality, as Marxist theory posited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Formalists proposed a systematic method for analyzing literary texts, focusing on the specific devices and techniques used by writers. They aimed to uncover the formal properties of literature that shape its aesthetic impact on readers. This approach involved studying various aspects, such as language, narrative structure, plot devices, imagery, and poetic language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Moscow Linguistic Circle, OPOYAZ (Society for the Study of Poetic Language), and the Prague Linguistic Society<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Formalist movement consisted of three major schools:<strong> the Moscow Linguistic Circle, OPOYAZ (Society for the Study of Poetic Language), and the Prague Linguistic Society.<\/strong> The Moscow Linguistic Circle, discussed in the previous response, focused on the linguistic aspects of literature and contributed to the development of structuralist approaches in linguistics. <a href=\"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/moscow-linguistic-circle-group-of-linguists-and-grammarians-russian-formalism\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1329\">Moscow Linguistic Circle (Group of linguists and grammarians) Russian Formalism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OPOYAZ<\/strong>, founded by Shklovsky in 1914, explored the study of<strong> poetic language and devices<\/strong>. They analyzed the techniques that make literary language distinct from everyday language and sought to understand the ways in which writers create artistic effects through their use of language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Prague Linguistic Society<\/strong>, although not based in Russia, shared some similarities with the Russian Formalists in their focus on the study of language and literature. They played a significant role in the development of the Prague School of structural linguistics, which emphasized the interplay between language and social structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/witcritic.com\/index.php\/100-literary-terms-in-cultural-studies\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1291\">100 unique literary terms in cultural studies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ideas and methods of the Russian Formalists had a lasting impact on<strong> literary theory and criticism<\/strong>. Their emphasis on the formal properties of literature and their scientific approach to analysis paved the way for subsequent developments in structuralism, semiotics, and other approaches to literary studies. Despite facing criticism and eventual suppression by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s, the legacy of <strong>Russian Formalism<\/strong> continues to shape contemporary literary and cultural theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Russian_Formalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Russian_Formalism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Formalism Russian Formalism was a literary and linguistic movement that emerged in post-Revolution Russia in the early 20th century. 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