Russian Formalism

Answer these questions in no more tan 50 words. You can hand them in to
me on Saturday.

1.What was the Formalists’ main concern?

2. Which were the first Formalist’s ideas regarding “content”?

3. Explain the dichotomy between “form” and “content” during the first
phase of Formalism.

4. Explain the subsequent phases of Formalism.

5. What did Futurism pose? How did this movement influence Formalism?

6. What was the Formalists’ idea regarding “practical language”?

7. What did the Formalists do to widen the concept of “literariness”?

8. What is the meaning of “defamiliarization”?

9. What does “Laying bare” mean?

10. What is the difference between a plot and a story?

11. Which is the smallest unit of plot? Explain it.

12. Which is the most common type of “motivation”? Explain.

13. How did Jakobson change the idea of “device”?

14. Explain the concepts of Dynamic Systems and its relation to

“foregrounding” and “backgrounding.”

15. What is a “dominant”? Provide examples.