Scribd
Upload
903 views3 pages

Roman Jakobson: The Dominant

The document summarizes Roman Jakobson's concept of the "dominant" from Russian Formalist theory. [1] The dominant determines and transforms the other components in a work, specifying its structure and integrity. [2] For example, in Renaissance art visual arts were dominant, while in Romantic poetry music was dominant. [3] Jakobson also analyzed how a poetic work relates to other verbal messages and cultural domains through its dominant aesthetic function.

Uploaded by

Ana-Maria Gugu
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
903 views3 pages

Roman Jakobson: The Dominant

The document summarizes Roman Jakobson's concept of the "dominant" from Russian Formalist theory. [1] The dominant determines and transforms the other components in a work, specifying its structure and integrity. [2] For example, in Renaissance art visual arts were dominant, while in Romantic poetry music was dominant. [3] Jakobson also analyzed how a poetic work relates to other verbal messages and cultural domains through its dominant aesthetic function.

Uploaded by

Ana-Maria Gugu
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

Ana-Maria Amza History of Ideas 20th February 2014

The Dominant Roman Jakobson


Roman Jakobson a stru tura!ist s ho!ar "ho a##roa hed the !in$uisti theory of Ferdinand de %aussure to !iterature&

Stages of formalist research Ana!ysis of the sound as#e ts of a !iterary "ork 'rob!ems of meanin$ "ithin the frame"ork of #oeti s Inte$ration of sound ( meanin$ into an inse#arab!e "ho!e

The concept of dominant )aken from Russian Forma!ist )heory )H* +,MI-A-) ru!es. determines ( transforms the remainin$ om#onents s#e ifies the "ork )he /erse 0 a system of 1a!ues $uarantees the inte$rity of the stru ture

#ossesses its o"n hierar hy of su#erior ( inferior 1a!ues ( one !eadin$ 1a!ue 2the dominant3 e&$& Renaissan e art Romanti art -4 the dominant5 1isua! arts -4 the dominant5 musi

2Romanti #oetry a!so oriented to"ard musi 3 Rea!ist aestheti s -4 the dominant5 1erba! a t The relationship between a poetic work and other verbal messages 'oeti "ork -4 the dominant5 aestheti 6#oeti fun tion

7 But not onfined to aestheti fun tion a!one as its intention an a!so be re!ated to #hi!oso#hy. so ia! dida ti s et & 7 Also the aestheti fun tion is not !imited to the #oeti "ork8 it an be found in an orator9s address. on1ersation. ne"s#a#er arti !es. ad1ertisements et & As the #oeti fun tion dea!s "ith many di1es of e:#ressi1e !an$ua$e 'oetry has a!so a referentia! fun tion the si$n in itse!f arries on!y a minima! im#ortan e

the si$n has a minima! interna! onne tion "ith the desi$ned ob;e t

a $reater attention to

the interned si$n A #oeti "ork 0 a stru tured system 0 a re$u!ar!y ordered hierar hi a! set of artisti de1i es shift 'oeti a! e1o!ution 'oeti a! $enres in this hierar hy

)he mutua! re!ationshi# bet"een !iterature ( other kinds of 1erba! messa$e the mutua! re!ationshi# bet"een arts ( other u!tura! domains )he ontinua! shifts in the system of artisti 1a!ues the ontinua! shifts in the system of artisti 1a!ues Forma!ist ana!ysis dia hroni histori a! method 2first there "as A ( then A1 arose in its #!a e3 syn hroni method 2A1 as a re!e1ant artisti 1a!ue3

You might also like