Formalism
Meaning is contained within a text, there is no need for outside sources to give context or insights. The meaning can be found in analyzing:
- figures (such as metaphors, similes, anaphora, hyperbole, etc) within literature
- motifs, rhythm, meter, etc within music
- lighting, blocking, costuming, color, etc within theater
Pick your favorite story. It can be a movie, a play, anything. Using the text, what is the message?
Shklovky, a formalist, tells us that "art is a way of experiencing the artfulness of an object; the object is not important." He explains his view of art saying "after we see an object several times, we begin to recognize it. The object is in front of us and we know about it, but we do not see it-hence we cannot say anything significant about it."
What does Shklovsky view as art? Give an example of something he would perceive as art according to his theory.
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