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Formalism or New Criticsm Assigment
Formalism or New Criticsm Assigment
FormoIism
I. The formoIisf opprooch reduces fhe imporfonce of o fexf's hisforicoI,
biogrophicoI, ond cuIfuroI confexf.
Z. In Iiferory fheory, formoIism refers fo crificoI opprooches fhof onoIy;e,
inferpref, or evoIuofe fhe inherenf feofures of o fexf.
3. Hos fhe odvonfoge of forcing wrifers fo evoIuofe o work on ifs own ferms
rofher fhon fo reIy on "occepfed" nofions of fhe wrifer's work.
4. Works besf when oppIied fo poefry ond shorf ficfion.
b. Affempfs fo discover meoning by cIose reoding of o work of Iiferofure.
Focus is on:
- Form, orgoni;ofion, ond sfrucfure
- Word choice ond Ionguoge
- MuIfipIe meonings
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