Daily Archives: January 26, 2011

After reading and giving much thought to Dobie’s publication about Formalism and the Formalist approach, I have personally become intrigued with this specific way and skill of approaching literature. While I do believe that in some cases it is very … Continue reading →

While reading Dobie’s presentation of the formalist school, I found it intriguing to read, in the section on unity, that the formalist values tension and paradox within a story. I have never really thought of reading a piece that way; … Continue reading →

Apparently I have been reading from a formalist perspective for years and never understood that there was a term for the way I was reading. I guess I am one of those readers who drools over the aesthetic value of a text … Continue reading →

I tend to appreciate and examine literature in the same fashion as I appreciate and examine music. In that, I believe that the work itself is only half of the story. I always dig deeper into the factors which surround … Continue reading →

As I read Dobie’s take on Formalism I couldn’t help but notice my own ignorance to the practice of dissecting a text from a formalist perspective. Looking back through my various English classes here at the college and even as … Continue reading →

            While reading Eaglestone’s excerpt last week in class, I came to realize that he contradicts himself. Specifically, he believes you cannot put a definition on literature.  He claims that literature may not be a noun after all and may … Continue reading →

After reading this chapter about formalism, I immediately thought to compare it to translating latin. I’m not sure if anyone in this class is interested in classics, latin, or greek, but formalism reminds me of picking apart the structure of … Continue reading →

I happen to be very intrigued by formalism.  There is a part of the chapter by Dobie where she discusses the weaknesses of formalism and she writes, “Chief among the complaints is that the formalists have elevated the study of … Continue reading →