to the main structure of the work (plot, theme, conflict, protagonist, antagonist, setting, point of view). Therefore it completely disregards external factors related to examining a work, and only interprets what is present in the context. So for example formalism would not take into consideration, biographical, historical, social, cultural aspects and background of author.
The central goal of formalism is therefore to understand the structure of the work, whilst analysing the many uses of language…
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