Formalist Criticism
Jamie Rischenole English 215-005 Maria Kendig September 12,2003 Formalist Criticism While researching the topic Formalist Criticism, I gained a lot of knowledge of this topic and how it can benefit our reading of children’s literature. Through my research of this topic, I gained the information of what Formalist Criticism really means. When using Formalist Criticism in a piece of writing, it is the author that makes the meaning not the reader, and the meaning of the work never changes. Formalist Criticism is supposedly unique among critical methods in being completely “intrinsic”, dealing only with aesthetic techniques evident within the work.