Russian Formalism Flashcards
He creates the concept of Defamiliarization.
Shklovsky
He distinguishes between plot and story. He explores parts of narratives which are a selection of themes, story and plot, motivation, the hero, and the vitality of plot devices which are conventional and free devices.
Tomashevsky
He comes up with the idea of the dominant and literarness
Jakobson
He comes up with polyphony, heteroglossia, carnivalesque, and dialogism
Bakhtin
He believes that language allows us to understand social psychology. Accordingly, it shouldn't be studied synchronically and abstractly.
Voloshinov
He tries to compromise between Marxism and Formalism.
Medvedev
He believes that the realms of aesthetic and non-aesthetic can never be firmly drawn since it is a subjective thing that has to do with each society.
Mukarovsky
