Assistant Professor,-Faculty member of Institute of Research & Higher Education Planning
Abstract
Russian Formalists considered literature as a special use of language which occurs through deviating from defamiliarizing the practical language. Thus, due to the special function of language in literary criticism new debates were initiated which inspired the modern critics in their analysis of literature. "Defamiliariztion" is the key concept in formalism and deviation is the key term defamiliarization. In this essay the formalistic approach is used to analyze the lexical archaism in Nima Yushij's free verses and his modern views on poetry in this regard. The poet's use of this archaic language and his commitment to tradition in some cases and non-commitment in some other cases is studied.
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