... abound, formalism plays on the theory that the pieces form is what composes its persona. To the formalist literature must have specified defining qualities to attain status as a literary work. 1Some of the defining qualities might be functionality, figurative language, universality, appropriate subject matter, excellence in technique, authorial intention to create an art work, aesthetic value, originality, ... formalists 3believe that all information necessary to the interpretation of a work must be found in the work itself. From 1910 through the 20's Russia produced some of the more pr...

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