What is defamiliarization ?

Literary Theory and Criticism 26/03/2020

A. A term that describes how literature exposes its own artificiality
B. An idea explored by Viktor Shklovsky
C. A term that describes the capacity of art to counter the effects of habit
D. All of the above answers are correct.

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