What is Russian Formalism, and what was its e ect on literature?

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JASON LULOS | CERTIFIED EDUCATOR

Russian Formalism was a literary movement and primarily a school of literary criticism/theory which developed in Russia
in the early 20th century. Although the practitioners of this method had diverse ways of approaching formalism, the general
idea is that these critics focused on poetic techniques, language, and the structure of literature. This was an attempt at
making the study of literature more scientific. They focused on the texts themselves, giving less attention to authorial
intent,...

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