Jan 24, 2009 13:10
They claim that literary evolution is the result of the constant attempt to disrupt existing literary conventions and to generate new ones. --Rivkin & Ryan, "Formalisms," p5
For literature to be literature, it must constantly defamiliarise the familiar, constantly evolve new procedures for story-telling or poetry-making. --Rivkin & Ryan, "Formalisms," p6
Literary Theory: An Anthology, edited by Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan
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