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Russian Formalism, listed in the brief, foregrounds in literature:
AAuthorial biography only
BForm and the 'literariness' that distinguishes art from other discourse
CMoral instruction
DReligious doctrine
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Form and the 'literariness' that distinguishes art from other discourse
1. Russian Formalism (Shklovsky et al.) made 'literariness' its key category.
2. The brief names it as a content area distinct from New Criticism.
3. Its tool 'defamiliarization' (ostranenie) is canonical.
_Source: Coverage brief — Theory canon — "Literary Theory & Criticism — Aristotle's Poetics, Russian Formalism, New Criticism, Structuralism, Postcolonialism, Feminism, Reader-Response"_
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