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?

    <p>Defamiliarization</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Literariness</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Form is the primary determinant of content.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Form is an essential component of content.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The shape and structure of a literary work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The formal dimension of literature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The formal qualities of literature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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