Exploring Literary Form

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Which term did Shklovsky and Jakobson argue should be the primary concern of literary study?

Content

Form (correct)

Literariness

Genre

What did the American New Critics consider form to be?

A separate entity from content

Irrelevant to content

An effect of content

An essential component of content (correct)

In everyday parlance, how is the term 'form' commonly used?

To refer to the effect of form on content

To refer to the shape and structure of a literary work

To refer to the substance or content of a literary work

To refer to literary kinds or genres (correct)

What concept emphasizes the unique qualities of a literary work?

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According to Roman Jakobson, what is the subject of literary science?

Literariness Signup and view all the answers

According to the early Russian formalists, what was the relationship between form and content?

Form is the primary determinant of content. Signup and view all the answers

What did the American New Critics consider the role of form in literature?

Form is an essential component of content. Signup and view all the answers

In the context of literary study, what does the term 'form' refer to?

The shape and structure of a literary work. Signup and view all the answers

What did Shklovsky and Jakobson argue should be the primary concern of literary study?

The formal dimension of literature. Signup and view all the answers

According to Roman Jakobson, what is the subject of literary science?

The formal qualities of literature. Signup and view all the answers

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Which term did Shklovsky and Jakobson argue should be the primary concern of literary study?

What did the American New Critics consider form to be?

In everyday parlance, how is the term 'form' commonly used?

What concept emphasizes the unique qualities of a literary work?

According to Roman Jakobson, what is the subject of literary science?

According to the early Russian formalists, what was the relationship between form and content?

What did the American New Critics consider the role of form in literature?

In the context of literary study, what does the term 'form' refer to?

What did Shklovsky and Jakobson argue should be the primary concern of literary study?

According to Roman Jakobson, what is the subject of literary science?

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