What formalism means?

the practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to prescribed

or external forms (as in religion or art) also : an instance of
this. : marked attention to arrangement, style, or artistic means
(as in art or literature) usually with corresponding de-emphasis of
content.

Formalism describes the critical position that the most important

aspect of a work of art is its form – the way it is made and its
purely visual aspects – rather than its narrative content or its
relationship to the visible world.
A.GRAMMAR & SYNTAX (composition)

GRAMMAR comprises the entire system of rules for a language,

including syntax. Syntax deals with the way that words are put
together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences.

B. LITERARY DEVICE - is any specific aspect of literature, or a

particular work, which we can recognize, identify, interpret
and/or analyze. Both literary elements and literary techniques
can rightly be called literary devices.
C.LITERARY INTERPRETATION- a tone, theme and style of a
literary text.
The following are the major literary terms of
structuralist/formalist criticism;
*PLOT is the sequence of connected events that make up a narrative in a
novel. Generally, a plot in fiction builds up to a climax and ends in a
resolution at the finish of the story.

The five essential parts of plot: Exposition

EXPOSITION- is the beginning of the story.

RISING ACTION- is where the character begin to experience crisis and

face conflict.

CLIMAX- is the turning point and most exciting part of the story.

FALLING ACTION- is the event when the story begins to wind down,
and complication start to fail into place

RESOLUTION- is the final element of a plot/final outcome of events in

the story.

*SETTING of your story is both the physical location and point in time
in which your plot takes place.
PLACE
TIME
WEATHER CONDITIONS
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
MOOD OR ATMOSPHERE
*CHARACTER
1. a person in a fictional story
2. qualities of a person
*FLAT
*DYNAMIC
*STATIC
*POINT OF VIEW the angle from which story is told.
1. First Person
2. Second Person
3. Third Person
*CONFLICT comes in many different forms, but will almost always
involve an antagonist of sorts. There can be one major conflict in your
story, or your characters may encounter several throughout the tale.

Types of Conflict

Character vs Self

Character vs Character

Character vs Nature

Character vs Society