Formalism Framework
of Language
Formalism is a school of literary
criticism and literary theory having mainly to do with
structural purposes of a particular text. It is the study of a text without
taking into account any outside influence. Formalism rejects (or sometimes
simply "brackets," i.e., ignores for the purpose of
analysis) notions of culture or societal influence, authorship, and content,
and instead focuses on modes, genres, discourse, and forms.
In another definition, Formalism or formal linguistics
is the study of the abstract forms of language and their internal relations. It
fixes on the forms of languages as evidence of the universals without
considering how these forms function in communication and the ways of social
life in different communities.
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.



