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    Russian Formalism and New Criticism are early 20th century literary movements that focus on analyzing texts independently of authorial context. Both emphasize close readings of poetry and consider literary language distinct from ordinary language. While they share similarities, differences exist in their treatment of form and content. Specifically, Russian Formalism differentiates between form and content, privileging language structure, whereas New Criticism sees the text as a unified whole without this differentiation.

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    Russian Formalism and New Criticism are early 20th century literary movements that focus on analyzing texts independently of authorial context. Both emphasize close readings of poetry and consider literary language distinct from ordinary language. While they share similarities, differences exist in their treatment of form and content. Specifically, Russian Formalism differentiates between form and content, privileging language structure, whereas New Criticism sees the text as a unified whole without this differentiation.

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    ‫جمهورية العراق‬

    ‫وزارة التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي‬

    ‫جامعة الكوفة ‪/‬كلية اللغات‬

    ‫‪the main differences and similarities‬‬


    ‫‪between Russian formalism and new‬‬
    ‫‪criticism‬‬

    ‫بإشراف األستاذ‬ ‫اعداد الطالبة‬

    ‫د‪ .‬وئام البياتي‬ ‫مريم حيدر حطاب‬


    Russian Formalism and New Criticism are two formalist literary movements
    that took place in the first half of the twentieth century. In both these
    literary scholarships, the work of literature or text itself is considered
    crucial and is studied independently of its context or author’s intention.
    Moreover, both these schools of thought mainly focus on poetry. Despite
    these many similarities, there are also some notable differences between
    these two literary schools.

    Russian Formalism and New Criticism have many similarities, as both are
    part of the early twentieth-century formalist movement. In both schools of
    thought, the text itself is paramount and is studied independently of its
    context or author's intent. Literary language is thought of as distinct from
    ordinary language, and the form and structure of the text are considered to
    provide more meaning than the content itself. These schools of criticism
    are most commonly applied to poetry and encourage very close reading.

    However, there are several distinct differences between the two schools of
    thought. In Russian Formalism, a differentiation is made between form and
    content, whereas New Criticism does not make such a differentiation,
    maintaining that texts are unified through their patterns, literary devices,
    themes, etc. Russian Formalism also affords some importance to the text's
    language and structure, whereas New Criticism considers a text to be
    completely self-contained, autonomous of its fabric. Furthermore, in
    Russian Formalism, a process called "dematerialization" was privileged,
    wherein reality of fact is created through the use of language.

    In brief, Russian Formalism and New Criticism are two formalist literary
    movements that took place in the first half of the twentieth century.
    However, there is a difference between Russian Formalism and New
    Criticism, especially in their focus on the form and content of a literary
    work. Russian Formalism mainly focused on the form or structure of a
    literary work, instead of its content. In contrast, New Criticism believed that
    both form and content are equally important.

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