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A formalist critic must be a close or careful reader who examines all the elements of a text individually to discover how they form an organic unity.

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A formalist critic questions how they come together to create a work of art.

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A formalist critic looks beyond the work by reading the author’s life, or literary style.

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A formalist critic examines the work’s historical background and condition of the society.

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A formalist critic allows the text to reveal itself.

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A formalist critic analyzes how the elements work together to form the unity of structure and to give meaning to the text

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A formalist critic achieves understanding of the text by looking inside it, not outside nor beyond.

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A formalist critic studies how the text’s influences or figures out similarity with other works.

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A formalist critic takes the elements distinct and separate from each other.

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A formalist critic scrutinizes the point of view, structure, symbols, tone, theme and other elements or literary devices.

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