Russian Formalism and Modernist Formalesque
Radical Linguistic Aesthetics of Kazimir Malevich and Velimir Khlebnikov
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7165014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis Ioffe (0000-0002-7701-2662, Université Libre de Bruxelles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 351-384 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Poetics Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0333-5372 • E-ISSN: 1527-5507 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/03335372-11928069 |
| OpenAlex | W4417215163 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
The semiotic, particularly linguistic, essence of Futurism arguably laid the foundation for the early theories of Russian Formalism. Viktor Shklovsky, drawing inspiration from Futurist works, introduced the intriguing concept of the resurrection of the word to establish the theory of creative estrangement. Within Russian Modernism and Avant-Garde, exemplified by Symbolism and Futurism, a noteworthy development was establishing a dynamic interaction between verbal and visual elements. Avant-gardist visionaries, not only artists but also literary innovators, seamlessly integrated advancements from visual art, giving rise to a novel form of symbiotic semiosis. Consequently, the conventional boundaries between diverse art forms blurred, marking a distinctive Formalist feature that aligns with international Modernist aesthetics. This essay discusses this aesthetic through the prism of linguistic innovation and pragmatically oriented semiotics
Aesthetic experience · Aesthetic theory · Avant garde · Futurist · Modernity · Painting · Realisation · European Linguistics and Anthropology · Historical and Modern Theater Studies · Vladimir Nabokov Literary Studies
From Utterances to Speech Acts
Language and Gesture
Gesture Visible Action as Utterance
Language
Semantics versus Pragmatics
Avant-Garde versus Tradition, a Case Study—Archaic Ritual Imagery in Malevich
Estrangement, epochē, and performance
Velimir Chlebnikov and the Development of Poetical Language in Russian Symbolism and Futurism
Archaeology of an acting style
Artistic communication as an object of semiotics and linguistic aesthetics
Griby i Mukhi
Le geste, pratique ou communication
Perspectives of semantic gesture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |