What is defamiliarization theory?

? "Defamiliarization" was originally a famous literary theory, which originated from artistic creation and was the core concept of Russian formalism. It was put forward by the Russian literary theorist Victor Borisovich shklovsky.

? Shklovsky said: "Art is always independent of life, and its color never reflects the color of the flag flying over the castle." In other words, literature and art are not imitations and reflections of external life, but have their own essence and internal laws.

? Therefore, the essence of the so-called "defamiliarization" lies in constantly renewing our old feelings about life, things and the world, liberating people from the shackles of narrow daily relations, getting rid of the habitual shackles that they are used to, and adopting creative and unique methods instead of automation and mechanization, so that people can make new discoveries in the face of things they ignore, thus feeling the strangeness and extraordinary of the object.