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2. 1. What pictures of scenes, places, or things become vivid in your mind as
they are described in the fiction?
2. Do they have meanings or are they symbols of what?
3. How do the incidents help you create conclusions about the characters or
events?

3. Formalism claims that literary works
contain intrinsic properties and treats each
work as a distinct work of art. In short, it
posits that the key to understanding a
text is through the text itself: the
historical context, the author, or any other
external contents are not necessary
interpreting the meaning.

4. • FORMALISM is an approach that shapes
the mind of literary enthusiasts. It is also
called as the new criticism.
• This uses close reading of a piece of
literature.
• Formalists favor medium over content.

5. • Formalists focus on rhetorical and logical
connections within the writing.
• Moreover, formalists look into the sound and
syntax of poetic language, rhyme, repetitions,
and word pictures.
• Can be gauged through internal structure
and language.

6. The common aspects that are looked
into feminism are:
1. Author’s techniques in resolving contradictions within the work
2. Central passage that sums up the entirety of the work
5. Use of imagery to develop the symbols in the work
4. Relationship of the form and content
3. Contributions of parts and the work as a whole to its aesthetic quality

7. The common aspects that are looked
into feminism are:
6. Interconnectedness of various parts of the work
7. Paradox, ambiguity, and irony in the work.
8. Unity in the work

8. An excerpt of a formalist approach from
“The Great Gatsby” by Fitzgerald

9. Submitted by:
NANIT, ANGELICKA MARIE
DOMINGO, CAINE MHORRIS
ARMADA, BRIX ANTONIO
MADRID, ROLAND PETER
FRANCISCO, GIRO PAOLO