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what is russian formlism

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Russian formalism was a diverse movement, producing no unified doctrine, and no consensus amongst its proponents on a central aim to their endeavours. In fact, "Russian Formalism" describes two distinct movements: the OPOJAZ (Obshchestvo Izucheniia Poeticheskogo Yazyka, Society for the Study of Poetic Language) in St. Petersburg and the Moscow Linguistic Circle.[2] Therefore, it is more precise to refer to the
Meri Christmas "Russian Formalists", rather than to use the more encompassing and abstract term of "Formalism".

Answer 2

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Russian formalism was a school of literary criticism in Russia from the 1910s to the 1930s. ... The movement's members had a relevant influence on modern literary criticism, as it developed in the structuralist and post-structuralist periods. Under Stalin it became a pejorative term for elitist art.

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