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Formalism, also known as New Criticism, is a literary theory that emphasizes close reading of textual elements over historical context or authorial intent. Formalism seeks to establish literary criticism as an objective, scientific discipline. Key assumptions of formalism include that a text has a fixed meaning contained within itself and that intrinsic meanings are more important than extrinsic influences. Formalist critics ignore biography and focus only on how literary elements work together to create an

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