Russian formalism, princeton encyclopedia ofpoetry and poetics. It is the study of a text without taking into account any outside influence. This title includes four essays that represent key points in the formalists short history. By then, however, they had produced essays that remain among the best defenses ever written for. Formalist scholarship dispersed and branched out into such varied activities as literary history, fiction writing, biography, textology, pedagogy, and film script writing. History, doctrine, volume 4 victor erlich snippet view 1955. Eikhenbaum was born in voronezh, the grandson of jewish mathematician and poet jacob eichenbaum. Prices in gbp apply to orders placed in great britain only. Two schools of formalist literary criticism developed, russian formalism, and soon after angloamerican new criticism. Formalism formalism is the view that theoretical information about an object, or practical guidance about how to treat it, are to be derived from attention to its form rather than its matter or content. Formalism s current status of being an influential, yet methodologically outdated mainly because of its scientific approach, school of criticism, recent work on the movement points to the importance of revisiting this moment of modern cultural history.
Modernism and revolution soviet art, film and architecture 19171937. Victor shklovsky and the development of early formalist theory on prose literature dalam dalam russian fornmalism, a collection of articles and texts in translation. Second edition 2005 russian formalism is the name for a group of literary scholars and linguists who between 1916 and 1929, while most were still in their twenties, developed a series of innovative theoretical concepts, claims, models, and methodological norms concerning various aspects of the literary system and its study. The presentation explicates the school of theory and analysis which emerged around 1915 in russia and aimed teo create the science of literature. Erlich, russian formalism, history doctrine, third edition, paris and the hague 1969. Even though several of erlichs conclusions are erroneous this is an important study. Russian formalism was an influential school of literary criticism in russia from the 1910s to the 1930s. Victor erlichs russian formalism, history, doctrine mouton, 1955, peter steiners.
Pdf russian formalism the johns hopkins guide to literary. Russian formalism was an active movement in literary criticism for only fifteen years, but has provoked a continuous flow of scholarship both in the soviet union and abroad since its earliest days. The term aesthetics, in this connection, is understood to include all studies of the arts and related types of experience from a philosophical, scientific, or. History and doctrine by victor erlich and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Throughout, steiner elucidates the basic principles of the formalists and explores their contributions to the study of poetics, literary history, the theory of literary genre, and prosody. History, doctrine second revised edition by erlich, victory and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Russian formalism history doctrine by erlich victor abebooks. In fact, as willett points out, verfremdungseffekt is a translation of the russian critic viktor shklovskijs phrase priem ostranenija, or device for making.
A central concept in russian formalism s attempt to describe and define what constitutes literaturnost literariness. Consistent with this double meaning, the concept refers to the techniques writers use to transform ordinary language into poetic language, which for the russian formalists is. A formalist approach 4 the shift from the moral approach to the scientific one is important. History, doctrine, describes him as losing his nerve. English fredric jameson, the prisonhouse of language. By then, however, they had produced essays that remain among the best defenses ever written for both literature and its theory. He fought in world war i, recording his experiences in a memoir, sentimentalnoe puteshestvie, vospominaniia. The origins of russian formalism date back before the russian revolution to the activities of the moscow linguistic circle and the st petersburg based group, opojaz, both of which concerned themselves with the study of poetic language. Some will also recall the use of the term historical poeticsin reference to the method put forward by veselovskyin the 1963 edition of mikhail bakhtins book on. Russian formalism was a diverse movement, producing no unified doctrine, and no consensus amongst its proponents on a central aim to their endeavours. Steiners book provides a critical look at the earlier stage of these developments, the russian formalism of the soviet union in the 20s.
Russian formalism the johns hopkins guide to literary. Russian formalism, new criticism, neoaristotelianism. The russian formalists emerged from the russian revolution with ideas about the independence of literature. History, doctrine 1955, victor erlich identifies the technique by which the poet is able to transform ordinary language into poetry. Such terms are used over and over again until their repetition lends them the air of solid, univer sally accepted concepts whose referential identity is beyond doubt. Russian formalism my searches 0 my cart added to cart check out. Defamiliarization has been associated with the poet and playwright bertolt brecht, whose verfremdungseffekt estrangement effect was a potent element of his approach to theater. Kajian teori formalisme dan strukturalisme manshur. Russian theoretical discussions of style analysis and its practical applications in the slavic field, see v. For a detailed discussion of saussures critique of positivism, see f. It is the first comprehensive book in the west on russian formalism. Garded as russia s most distinguished and influential liter a r y theorist before the formation of opoyaz society for the study of poetic language, whose membersviktor shklovsky, boris eikhenbaum, yury tynianov, roman jakobson, and othersdeveloped the approach generally known as russian formalism.
English core paper methodology of literature en5b03 methodology of literature pdf to download the material click on the above link topics covered russian formalism, new criticism, archetypal criticism, myth criticism, deconstruction. It is the first fulllength study to appear in english since victor eruchs groundbreaking work, russian formalism. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. But other scholars of formalism have suggested that the piece might not be a simple abjuration. Feb 18, 2015 the focus is on form, not content, on language, not on exophora biography, culture, history, religion 6. Circle problems prose prosody pukin quoted rene wellek rhythm rhythmical rime roman jakobson russian formalism russian formalists russian futurism russian literary russian literature semantic slavic social sociological soviet speech spokesmen stixe structuralist structure style symbolist. It is excellent in many ways but it is a pity that. Russian formalism quick reference a school of literary theory and analysis that emerged in russia around 1915, devoting itself to the study of literariness, i. On the method and tasks of literary history as a field of scholarship 1870 translation and introductory note by boris maslov introductory note alexander veselovsky 18381906 is widely regarded as russia s most distinguished and. The cambridge history of russian literature edited by. Victor erlichs standard history of the movement, russian formalism.
Shklovsky makes cleanth brooks look positively curmudgeonly. Russian formalism, marxism, poetics, socialist realism, science, art. An updated edition of this comprehensive narrative history, first published in 1989, incorporating a new chapter on the latest developments in russian literature and. Formalism was the dominant mode of academic literary study in the us at least from the end of the second world war through the 1970s, especially as embodied in rene wellek and austin warren s theory of literature 1948, 1955. Russian formalismsecond edition 2005 russian formalism is the name for a group of literary scholars and linguists who between 1916 and1929, while most were still in their twenties, developed a series of innovative theoretical concepts, claims,models, and methodological norms concerning various aspects of the literary system and its study. Eliot allen tate cleanth brooks neoaristoteliansim chicago school of criticism. Russian formalism and prague structuralism springerlink. A critical account of structuralism and russian formalism prince ton, nj. However, the version given here, as with some of the other passages. History and tenets to succinctly phrase, russian formalism is an. Formalism, also called russian formalism, russian russky formalism, innovative 20thcentury russian school of literary criticism. History doctrine by victor erlich russian formalism.
Krystyna pomorska, russian formalism and its poetic ambiance, the hague. In fact, russian formalism describes two distinct movements. It had its heyday in the 1920s and it acquired its name from its emphasis on form rather than on content. They enjoyed that independence until stalin shut them down. These questions can be applicable to the analysis of a short story or a novel. Russian formalism is just such a locus communis out of which the history of ideas is made. Russian formalism download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Dec 20, 2014 russian formalism was an active movement in literary criticism for only fifteen years, but has provoked a continuous flow of scholarship both in the soviet union and abroad since its earliest days. Prices in represent the retail prices valid in germany unless otherwise indicated. Russian formalism, which emerged around 1915 and flourished in the 1920s, was associated with the opojaz society for the study of poetic language and with the moscow linguistic society one of the leading figures of which was roman jakobson and prague. Aleksandar flaker has pointed out that there is evidence, from shklovskys correspondence with eichenbaum, that in. The standard treatment of the russian movement is by victor erlich, russian formalism.
In the most recent booklength study of russian formalism, peter steiner noted that the designation. Russian formalism victor shklovsky roman jakobson victor erlich russian formalism. Formalists disagreed about what specific elements make a literary work good or bad. Excerpt despite the serious attention given slavic formalist literary criticism in rene wellek and austin warrens theory of literature and victor eriichs thorough study of the russian branch, readers of english have had little chance to examine. Click download or read online button to get russian formalism book now. Formalism also known as new criticism a basic approach to reading and understanding literature armstrong atlantic state university formalist theory has dominated the american literary scene for most of the twentieth century, and it has retained its great influence in many academic quarters. University of calicut methodology of literature study material. Russian formalism article about russian formalism by the. An essay by nasrullah mambrol on march 17, 2016 10. Born in st petersburg, he attended st petersburg university, and then entered the army. We read some of the most important authors of formalism shklovsky, eichenbaum, tynianov, jakobson, etc, and we are currently using victor erlichs russian formalism history and doctrine as our historicaltheoretical reference book for the whole course.
Russian formalism was never a school with a uniform doctrine, whether theoretical, historical, or methodological. Rene wellek rhythm rhythmical rime roman jakobson russian formalism russian formalists russian futurism russian. An important question to consider is why a theory in poetics should have stirred the heated debate, about questions of ideology and art, in the first place. Some approaches to russian formalism dalam russian fornmalism, a collection of articles and texts in.
Russian formalism is an authoritative introduction to the movement that was a major precursor of contemporary critical thought. Jan 01, 1973 russian formalism is a lot more comprehensive and flexible than american formalism. Formalism is a school of literary criticism and literary theory having mainly to do with structural purposes of a particular text. History doctrine, 1955 yuri tynyanov new criticism john crowe ransom the new criticism, 1938 i.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Pdf russian formalism and its legacy john j h lee academia. A checklist of formalist critical questions here is a list of some questions from a formalist perspective. Russian formalism is the name for a group of literary scholars and linguists who between 1916 and 1929, while most were still in their twenties, developed a series of innovative theoretical concepts, claims, models, and methodological norms concerning various aspects of the literary system and its study. Formalism is a school of literary criticism that originated in the former soviet union during the first world war. Russian formalist and czech structuralist literary theory. Readers of shklovsky may note the prominence accorded to veselovsky in theory of prose 1925. Sections of it, especially the key essay art as device, were translated in the 1970s, and circulated very widely. The role of folklore study in the rise of russian formalist and.
He begins by distinguishing russian formalism from hermeneutics. Opoyaz, an acronym for russian words meaning society for the study of poetic language, founded in 1916 at st. A school of literary theory and analysis that emerged in russia around 1915, devoting itself to the study of literariness, i. A closer scrutiny, however, reveals a different picture. In reaction against the vagueness of previous literary theories, it attempted a scientific description of literature especially poetry as a special use of language with observable. Petersburg later leningrad and led by viktor shklovsky. Confusingly, however, russian formalism also seems to have failed both in. Put simply, russian formalism has laid a strong foundation upon which. After finishing elementary school in 1905, eikhenbaum went to petersburg and enrolled in the military medical academy, soon thereafter in 1906, he enrolled in the biological faculty of the free high school of p.