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Gopa B. Caesar:
From The Theory of the ‘Formal Method’ (1926/1927) Cont.

Plot elements helped Formalism distinguish form of story and its material/content
Issue of motivation allowed Formalist critics to approach works more closely
Allowed critics to explore relation between plot structure and material
Shklovsky’s reading of Tristram Shandy
Difference between plot and story
Theoretical work of Formalists became more specialized
Pioneering work of Formalists on prose
More “complicated” work on prose
No general Formalist theory of verse
Meter became a background—no longer a superficial accessory of poetry
Formalist theory of verse founded on analysis of rhythm
      -Not metrics in isolation
Tradition of specialized metrical studies
No longer believed rhythmic variation could be engendered by adjusting metrical form

Gopa B. Caesar:
From The Theory of the ‘Formal Method’ (1926/1927) Cont.

Rhythmic devices determine rhythm
Poetic form as content of poetic speech
Accidental vs. contrived poetic language
Emotional vs. poetic language
Words taken away from ordinary speech when placed in verse
Formalists invested form with integrity and value
Material itself a formal element
Form dynamic
Poetry, unlike prose, tends toward utility
Verse distorts semiotics of words
Form dynamic—cannot simply use ready-made interpretive methods
Previous academic theories of literature emphasized biography and psychology
          -Did not value literary form
1084: Formalists had to abolish academic traditions
Question of literary evolution
Succession
Tradition
Parody
1085: Literary evolution not a linear process
Multiple schools and movements in one epoch
1085: “Younger” tradition emerges to replace old tradition as soon as old is canonized
Dialectical self-creation of new forms
1086: Not concerned with biography or psychology of artist
Interested in evolution of literature and dynamism of form
1086: Evolution of literature as self-formed social phenomena
Literature not a special theoretical subject but a special theoretical approach
Still working through ideas and accomplishments of Formalists
1087: Summary of Formalist claims/accomplishments

Gopa B. Caesar:
From The Theory of the ‘Formal Method’ (1926/1927) Cont.

Distinguished practical from poetic language
Explored form, technique, function of literary
Uphold rhythm over meter—rhythm as constructive element in poem
Plot as structure—material subordinate to formal idea
Literary evolution
No one single Formalist method—theory and history merge

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