Extra: Structuralist/Formalist

Question 1

Formalism, as the name implies, eals with the form of the text

Question 2

An interpretive approach that emphasizes literary form and the study of literary devices within the text

Answer 2

Formalist

Question 3

It only analyses one particular literary work at a time; it is not compared or contrasted with another work.

Answer 3

Formalist

Question 4

It analyses a text connection to other literary works since it examines common underlying structures.

Answer 4

Structuralist

Question 5

Formalist
LITERARY ELEMENTS plot, setting, characterization,theme, point of view, and style

Question 6

Structuralist/Formalist

Focuses on: text itself, literary forms and structures
Short story: Literary elements
Poem: Literary devices

Question 7

It analyses universal, underlying structures in a text.

Answer 7

Structuralist

Question 8

It analyses the genre mode, form and discourse while rejecting bibliographical, cultural, historical an social contexts.

Answer 8

Formalist

Question 9

It is the opposition of forces which ties one incident to another and makes the plot move

Answer 9

Conflict

Question 10

LITERARY ELEMENTS

It refers to components of a literary work. These are technical terms for the “what” of a work.