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In literary theory, formalism refers
to critical approaches that analyze, interpret, or evaluate the inherent
features of a text. These features include not only grammar and syntax but also literary devices such as meter
and tropes. The formalist
approach reduces the importance of a text’s historical, biographical, and
cultural context. (e.g. Propp, Todorov)
In literary theory, structuralist
criticism relates literary texts to a larger structure, which may be a
particular genre, a range of intertextual connections,
a model of a universal narrative
structure, or a system of recurrent patterns or motifs. Structuralism
argues that there must be a structure in every text, which explains why it is
easier for experienced readers than for non-experienced readers to interpret a
text. (e.g. Levi-Strauss, Barthes)
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