"Lec 7 - Russian Formalism" Introduction to Theory of Literature (ENGL 300) In this lecture, Professor Paul Fry explores the works of major Russian formalists reviewed in an essay by Boris Eikhenbaum. He begins by distinguishing Russian formalism from hermeneutics. Eikhenbaum's dependency on core ideas of Marxist and Darwinian philosophies of struggle and evolution is explained. Formalism's scientific language and methodical aspirations are discussed. Crucial formalist distinctions between plot and story, practical and poetic language, and literature and literariness are clarified. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction to the Russian Formalist Tradition 09:22 - Chapter 2. Boris Eikhenbaum 20:02 - Chapter 3. Criticism of Perception: Defamiliarization 24:51 - Chapter 4. Poetic Language and Practical Language 30:30 - Chapter 5. Device as a Function 35:36 - Chapter 6. Plot and Story 41:25 - Chapter 7. The Literary as Historiography Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2009.
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Lec 1 - Introduction - Introduction to Theory of Literature
Lec 3 - Ways In and Out of the Hermeneutic Circle
Lec 5 - The Idea of the Autonomous Artwork
Lec 6 - The New Criticism and Other Western Formalisms
Lec 8 - Semiotics and Structuralism
Lec 9 - Linguistics and Literature
Lec 13 - Jacques Lacan in Theory
Lec 15 - The Postmodern Psyche
Lec 16 - The Social Permeability of Reader and Text
Lec 17 - The Frankfurt School of Critical Theory
Lec 18 - The Political Unconscious
Lec 20 - The Classical Feminist Tradition
Lec 21 - African-American Criticism
Lec 22 - Post-Colonial Criticism
Lec 23 - Queer Theory and Gender Performativity
Lec 24 - The Institutional Construction of Literary Study