"Art as Technique" is interpreted as follows:
"Defamiliarization" is one of the basic methods of Western literary creation and criticism. It has a direction for Western poetry, drama and other creations. sexual guidance. In the West, Aristotle pointed out as early as in Poetics: "A perfect poem cannot use unusual words." He emphasized that ordinary things should be given an unusual atmosphere, and ordinary and familiar things should be given an unusual atmosphere. Things need to be unusual and bizarre to keep the style from being bland.
In 1917, the Russian formalist Shklovsky’s iconic work "Art as Technique" was published. He formally proposed the "poetic theory of defamiliarization" for the first time, believing that once an action becomes habitual, it It will become an automatic action, and those things and behaviors that we are accustomed to can make our feelings weakened, blunted, and even numb.
He said: "The technique of art is the technique of defamiliarizing things. The form becomes blurred and increases the sense of national crisis and time. Since the process of understanding in art is an end in itself, it should be prolonged. His call for the defamiliarization of poetic language creation set off a lake of thought for the novelty of poetry creation. The meaning of these programmatic assertions is clear, emphasizing that poetry is not a lyrical art, but an art of misinterpretation.
"The connotation of defamiliarization theory: "Defamiliarization theory emphasizes starting from the external form of the text, using certain artistic techniques to deviate and contradict the text form, awakening the inner aesthetic tension of the accepting subject, and making the The subject awakens from dullness and numbness and re-experiences the vividness and richness of the object. According to the connotation of this theory, the "defamiliarization" theory can be interpreted from four aspects.
First of all, the object of defamiliarization is the external form of the text. The "defamiliarization" theory focuses on the formal expression of text, emphasizing the creative distortion and transformation of text language expression, canceling and breaking the presuppositions of language and text experience, making language expression break the rules and make it appear in the living body in an abnormal way. before.
Secondly, the method of defamiliarization is an artistic method and a method of complicating the form. Apply unusual artistic treatment to everyday common things, create complex and difficult forms, break the norms and patterns of the original forms, break the norm and create something new, intentionally reverse conventional expressions, disrupt the conventional order of things, and find a unique way To create an artistic maze that is different from the previous experience, in order to achieve the "defamiliarization" effect.
Thirdly, the essence of defamiliarization lies in canceling the antecedence of form and textual experience. By deviating from and violating the previous text paradigm and subject experience, we get rid of the constraints of those accustomed to routine automation and mechanization patterns, thereby updating the subject's old feelings about life and the world: obtaining an abnormal symbolic experience that is different from previous experience.
Finally, the most prominent effect of defamiliarization is that it can break the subject’s acceptance stereotype and give the subject a fresh sense of artistic expression and content. Due to the creative transformation of our familiar idiomatic language and textual experience, it breaks the current acceptance stereotype and the isolation and unfamiliarity with daily common experience. This increases the difficulty and delay of perception, induces the subject's sense of surprise and astonishment, and creates a beautiful tension between the subject and the object in aesthetic acceptance.