With a series of landmark papers, he taught generations of readers that, in the art of literature, content simply doesnt matter. The art of defamiliarization critical approaches to. Shklovskys purpose in arguing this interpretation is because he generalizes art to broaden its viewers horizons of how it can be interpreted. V iktor shklovskys name has become synonymous with the russian formalist movement that he helped to found in the early decades of the 20 th century. Shklovsky and his monument to a scientific error march 2014. The third factory of the title is what shklovsky sees as the third significant stage of his life. For the russian formalist victor shklovsky, the task of art was therefore to achieve a defamiliarization ostraneniealso translated as enstrangement of habitual perceptionand since art itself, with time, became habitual, this required the constant renewal of. Art as technique by victor shklovsky victor shklovosky, a founder of the opayaz group in russia, occupies a significant position in russian formalism by introducing his literary concept of art as technique, thereby making the notion of defamiliarization as a central tenet of. In form and content it is very much a product of its times, shaped by a russia violently shaken by revolution. Viktor shklovsky, in full viktor borisovich shklovsky, born january 24 january 12, old style, 1893, st. Victor shklovosky, a founder of the opayaz group in russia, occupies a significant position in russian formalism by introducing his literary concept of art as.
Defamiliarization causes the audience to confront the object on a different level, elevating and transforming it from something ordinary or practical into work that is considered art. Defamiliarization, his most significant contribution to literary theory, posits that more familiarity with flogging, sex, or the custom of burying. The russian formalist, victor shklovsky, reinterprets. He was also associated with the russian army during the 1st world war. Petersburg, where shklovsky was the leader of the opayaz group.
Shklovsky is defining one of the key concepts of formalism here. The word defamiliarization was coined by the early 20thcentury russian literary critic viktor shklovsky in his essay art as technique. In becoming a leader of the school of thought called russian formalism, he exercised immense influence on modern conceptions of literature. Viktor shklovsky theory of prose pdf 14 download bb84b2e1ba defamiliarization wikipediathe term defamiliarization was first coined in 1917 by viktor shklovsky the goddess of prose to illustrate what he means by defamiliarization, shklovsky. Full text views reflects the number of pdf downloads. Victor shklovsky is perhaps best known for developing the concept of ostranenie or defamiliarization also translated as estrangement in literature. It is the idea that art is supposed to make us freshly aware of the things we see, hear, read or think about everyday but remain familiar to us. For the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration.
Johann stoll caracas, november 2011 slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Art, as device poetics today duke university press. He argued that defamiliarization is, more or less, the point of all art. Viktor shklovsky 18931984 was a leading figure in the russian formalist movement of the 1920s and had a profound effect on twentiethcentury russian literature. He founded opoyaz society for the study of poetic language in the year 1916 which planted the seeds of russian formalism. Art being used to defamiliarize us shocks us into thinking about or seeing things.
The definition of estrangement first appeared in print in shklovskys essay art as device iskusstvo kak priem i n. Victor shklovsky, art as technique born in 1893, victor shklovsky was a leading figure in the school of literary and linguistic theory known as russian formalism, which flourished at the time of the russian revolution. Art as technique 1917 viktor shklovsky art is thinking in images. In this essay, he discusses defamiliarization or estrangement, which is a form of writing that. Viktor shklovsky s 189 31984 c oncept of ostranenie, or estrangement,1 has become part of the basic vocabulary of literary theory and is familiar even to those who know little about its origins in russian formalism. The definition of estrangement first appeared in print in shklovsky s essay art as device iskusstvo kak priem i n. While the romantics only sought to actualize the beauty of the world, shklovsky sees art also as a way to make its horrors felt.
Even so, often shklovsky also already voices concern about resignation and defeatism, as things perhaps arent turning out to be as rosy as hoped. Shklovsky later mentions that a work is created artistically so that its perception is impeded and the greatest possible effect is produced through the slowness of the perception 19 and that is why poetic language speech is a formed speech that is roughened and difficult. Shklovsky points out that tolstoys kholstomer is an example of defamiliarization because the narrator is a horse, making the work seem strange and unfamiliar 16. This is a picture of viktor shklovsky, one of the main voices behind a way of thinking about literature that today is known as russian formalism. Art, as device viktor shklovsky translated and introduced by alexandra berlina, university of erfurt, literary studies abstract we get used to horrible things and stop fearing them. Because this wasnt just important for the formalists. Victor shklovsky, art as technique justin childressvictor shklovsky. A central concept in 20thcentury art and theory, ranging over movements including dada, postmodernism, epic theatre, and science fiction, it is also used as a tactic by recent.
Defamiliarization by nasrullah mambrol on march 17, 2016 4 the russian formalists concept of defamiliarization, proposed by viktor shklovsky in his art as technique, refers to the literary device whereby language is used in such a way that ordinary and familiar objects are made to look different. In victor shklovskys article, art as technique, shklovsky argues, art is thinking in images. Art, from shklovskys perspective, is a broad subject and can lead to multiple accusations. Art makes language strange, as well as the world that the language presents.
Paras2 rated it it was amazing oct 02, when we said goodbye to viktor borisovich and started for moscow, i felt that i had met one of the most cultured, most intelligent and besteducated men. Third factory is an autobiographical work arguably not fiction at all, though billed as a novel. Viktor shklovsky was one of the foremost literary theorists and critics of the twentieth century. In his essay art as technique, viktor shklovsky tries to. He was a major voice of formalism, a critical school that had great influence in russian literature in the 1920s. A hunt for optimism, first published in 1931, comes from the still heady early soviet days, and much of it still has the vigor of the stillpossible. Viktor shklovsky russian formalist criticism in literature. This concept is super importantso make sure you get really familiar with it before you start defamiliarizing.
Defamiliarization, his most significant contribution to literary theory, posits that more. Refamiliarizing viktor shklovsky victorian literature. Form, rather, is where its atthe defining feature of the literary work and the singular determinant of. One of the founders of the formalist movement in literary criticism, his seminal works include art as method 1917, theory of prose 1925, third factory 1926, classic studies of tolstoy and mayakovsky, and a memoir of the russian civilwar era, a sentimental journey. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. It is an idea that art is supposed to frustrate our senses into seeing things as though those things were new. Defamiliarization or ostranenie is the artistic technique of presenting to audiences common things in an unfamiliar or strange way in order to enhance perception of the familiar. A prolific author, shklovsky wrote studies of laurence sterne, maxim gorky, and leo tolstoy, as well as several semiautobiographical works. Viktor shklovsky referred to it as defamiliarization. Several of his books have been translated into english, including zoo, or letters not about love, third factory, theory of prose, a sentimental journey, energy of delusion. But viktor shklovsky 18931984, enfant terrible of the russian formalists from the second decade of the twentieth century right to the end of his long life another paradox, contests that logic. Defamiliarization quotes quotes tagged as defamiliarization showing of 3 miracles. Viktor shklovsky 18931984 was one of the founders of the intellectual movement we today call russian formalism along with boris eichenbaum, roman jakobson, vladimir propp, yuri tynianov, others.
According to the russian formalists who coined the term, it is the central concept of art and poetry. Viktor shklovskys 189 31984 c oncept of ostranenie, or estrangement,1 has become part of the basic vocabulary of literary theory and is familiar even to those who know little about its origins in russian formalism. Shklovsky brings out that there comes a point were perceptions become habitual thus becoming. Defamiliarization project gutenberg selfpublishing. Russian formalism and defamiliarization on world literature. His work was deeply informed by his long and eventful life. Viktor shklovsky 18931984 was both patriarch and enfant terrible of formalism, a literary and film scholar, a fiction writer and the protagonist of other peoples novels, instructor of an armored division and professor at the art history institute, revolutionary and counterrevolutionary. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Equating the claim that art is thinking in images 7 with the making of symbols 7, shklovsky attributes this model of art and literature to the symbolists and argues that it survived their demise long after their heyday during the late nineteenth century. Art as technique by victor shklovsky bachelorandmaster. Shklovsky a writer who is most famous for his concept of defamiliarization, and is typically. Nabrosok p m y j recent russian poetry, sketch 11 prague, 1921, p. Viktor shklovsky 18931984 was one of the foremost literary critics and theorists of the 20th century. Petersburg, russiadied december 8, 1984, moscow, russian literary critic and novelist.
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