I found Sklovskij's comparison of how one analyzes a piece of literature by its content or the "what" instead of the "how", to a new form of art where the artistic object is taken out of its traditional context, very intriguing. Because literature is so deeply rooted in context, people can always find information on the author or the subject matter in that particular period, yet Sklovskij's revolutionary idea of viewing an artifact or object from no context allows one to gain more insight to its artistic meaning. I think this idea can be executed successfully to some extent, yet people will always want to know the context behind a piece of art and eventually they will be able to find information on the object. Maybe viewing a piece for the very first time and allowing yourself to identify your immediate reactions from the piece is what Sklovskij is trying to establish with taking the artistic artifact out of context and into a space of its own.
In reading about the mechanistic Formalists idea to use this practice in literature where one strips away all traditional "storytelling" significance, does not seem like it would have a more successful effect than the artistic object. How can you read or analyze a piece of literature that really has no form but only a "relation of material values"?
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