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Russian Formalism - Introduction to Theory of Literature

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This lecture introduces the Russian Formalist tradition through Boris Eikhenbaum and clarifies its key distinctions, including defamiliarization, poetic versus practical language, literary devices, plot and story, and literariness.

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- Chapter 1. Introduction to the Russian Formalist Tradition
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- Chapter 2. Boris Eikhenbaum
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- Chapter 3. Criticism of Perception: Defamiliarization
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- Chapter 4. Poetic Language and Practical Language
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- Chapter 5. Device as a Function
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- Chapter 6. Plot and Story
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- Chapter 7. The Literary as Historiography
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