Which of the following texts provides the best example of defamiliarization ?
Correct answer: B. Leo Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata
- A. Aristotle's Poetics
- B. Leo Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata
- C. John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
- D. Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
Explanation
Defamiliarization makes ordinary objects or experiences seem strange so that readers perceive them afresh. Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata uses this technique, a work frequently associated with Viktor Shklovsky's discussion of defamiliarization.
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