LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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reader’s emotions
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point of view
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character development
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character’s motivations
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Of particular interest to the formalist critic are the elements of form-style, structure, tone, imagery, etc.-that are found within the text. A primary goal for formalist critics is to determine how such elements work together with the text’s content to shape its effects upon readers (Kennedy, 1995).
Detailed explanation-3: -In painting, formalism emphasizes compositional elements such as color, line, shape, texture, and other perceptual aspects rather than content, meaning, or the historical and social context.
Detailed explanation-4: -These features include not only grammar and syntax but also literary devices such as meter and tropes. The formalistic approach reduces the importance of a text’s historical, biographical, and cultural context.