FORMALISM

Which country is most associated with the theory of Formalism?

• France

• Britain

• America

• Russia

Which of these features of a text would a Formalist be most interested in?

• Meaning

• Context

• Form

• Author's biographical information

Which type of text would be the most useful when applying Formalism?

• Non-fiction

• Novel

• Poem

• Play

Formalism is the study of form. True or false?

• True

• False

Which of these literary theories DOES NOT oppose Formalism?

• Reader-response

• New Historicism

•   Ideological

• New Criticism

An easy one for you! In which of these possible modules of an English literature course would you be most likely to study Formalism?

• Renaissance Literature

• Creative Writing

• American Literature

• Theory and Practice

Formalism can be easily applied to most texts.

• True

• False

Which of these people is connected with defamiliarisation, a feature of some Formalist texts?

• Roman Abramovich

• Vladimir Putin

•   Stanley Fish

• Victor Shklovsky