Desesperación y desesperanza: caducidad de las formas en Victor Shklovski

Abstract

This article deals with the biographical works and chronicles written by Victor Shklovski, a remarkable figure in Russian formalism whose role as a writer was overshadowed by the reception of his theoretical work in academic circles. The “expressive” component in his style determines two types of “velocities”: these dialogue with one another, or oppose and complement each other in the texts studied, resulting therefore in a textuality that presents paradox, irony and literal meaning as main rhetoricaldevices when it comes to approaching a narrative which is very close to poetry