Formalism Q3 Flashcards
must be a close or careful reader who examines all the elements of a text individually to discover
how they form an organic unity.
True
questions how they come together to create a work of art.
True
looks beyond the work by reading the author’s life.
False
examines the work’s historical background and condition of the society.
False
Allows the text to reveal itself
True
analyzes how the elements work together to form the unity of structure and to give meaning to the
text.
Correct
achieves understanding of the text by looking inside it, not outside nor beyond.
Correct
studies how the text’s influences or figures out similarity with other works.
False
Takes the elements distinct and separate from each other.
False
scrutinizes the point of view, structure, symbols, tone, theme and other elements or literary
devices.
True
It refers to critical approaches that
analyze, interpret, or evaluate the
inherent feature of the text. It
discovers the true meaning of a work by
giving attention to the form or
structure, elements and literary devices
operating in it.
Formalism
It studies how the elements work
together to form unity and to give
meaning to a text.
Formalism
