ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A formalist criticism will focus on form, diction, and unity in the work of literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -A formalist critic examines the form of the work as a whole, the form of each individual part of the text (the individual scenes and chapters), the characters, the settings, the tone, the point of view, the diction, and all other elements of the text which join to make it a single text.

Detailed explanation-3: -In literary theory, formalism refers to critical approaches that analyze, interpret, or evaluate the inherent features of a text. These features include not only grammar and syntax but also literary devices such as meter and tropes.

Detailed explanation-4: -A formalist lens is a lens where the viewer constructs ideas based on their own interpretations of the authors work, ideas, and prior knowledge, this theory was constructed in the 1830s.

Detailed explanation-5: -Formalism may be defined as a critical approach in which the text under discussion is considered primarily as a structure of words. That is, the main focus is on the arrangement of language, rather than on the implications of the words, or on the biographical and historical relevance of the work in question.