Viktor Chklovski et la vie littéraire et matérielle des années 1920

Viktor Shklovsky, one of the founding fathers of the Russian formalist group opoyaz, devoted much of his work, together with other theoreticians, in order to develop Poetics as an independent science. His efforts were nevertheless troubled by the difficult political and social situation of the late 1910s-1920s in Russia. Therefore the hard material conditions he was experiencing tended to have an influence on his theoretical priorities. The acceptance of the pressure of the « literary material » he was fighting for logically led to the acceptance and use of political and material pressure to define his identity as a writer and language theoretician.Ourjoumtseva Elena. Viktor Chklovski et la vie littéraire et matérielle des années 1920. In: Revue Russe n°36, 2011. Monde russe et identités. pp. 67-76