Désirée's Baby by Kate Chopin - The Formalist Approach last sentences of the story. However, the formalist approach to literature helps one revise texts and notice countless relationships between the detailed elements and the conclusion of the story. These elements draw clues and foreshadow the events that occur throughout the duration and climax of the narrative. A careful reading will help describe the devices used to help the audience navigate the plot and suggest the resolution. Some of the most important devices used by Chopin are word choice, reference, and repetition. Each of these elements was used to make particular features that are more important to the story less difficult to recognize. Chopin's choice of words alluded to the overall theme of the story. The word plantation is used almost immediately in the story. This automatically suggests slavery and racial strife. Monsieur Valmonde is worried about Désirée's indistinct origin, whereas on the other hand the man who falls in love with her is not. This dichotomy could convey a feeling of real love or give the impression that Armand is going in blindfolded and unaware of what he is getting into. But because he has an infamous name, Armand doesn't see a problem with it. Besides, he doesn't know exactly where he's going down either. Chopin used bland colors and flesh tones descriptively. From the beginning to the end of the story, there was a constant resonance, including the words white, yellow and brown. The reader...middle of the article...Siree's Baby” demonstrated several examples of how the formalist approach to literature can help the reader understand the text. Repetition and the choice of intensely colored descriptions, key words that foreshadow the fire, and pauses that signify a change in emotion or introduce new elements helped Chopin communicate the narrative. Without these elements that exist everywhere, the reader would be lost even after the conclusion of the story. Being a careful reader is not a difficult task to achieve. However, one would have to read “Desiree's Baby” in portions and collectively several times before one could recognize the different strands of the text. BibliographyGuerin, et al., ed. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature, Fourth Edition. Oxford UP. Eric Rabkin, Stories. HarperCollins.

Essay / Désirée's Baby by Kate Chopin - The Formalist Approach last sentences of the story. However, the formalist approach to literature helps one revise texts and notice countless relationships between the detailed elements and the conclusion of the story. These elements draw clues and foreshadow the events that occur throughout the duration and climax of the narrative. A careful reading will help describe the devices used to help the audience navigate the plot and suggest the resolution. Some of the most important devices used by Chopin are word choice, reference, and repetition. Each of these elements was used to make particular features that are more important to the story less difficult to recognize. Chopin's choice of words alluded to the overall theme of the story. The word plantation is used almost immediately in the story. This automatically suggests slavery and racial strife. Monsieur Valmonde is worried about Désirée's indistinct origin, whereas on the other hand the man who falls in love with her is not. This dichotomy could convey a feeling of real love or give the impression that Armand is going in blindfolded and unaware of what he is getting into. But because he has an infamous name, Armand doesn't see a problem with it. Besides, he doesn't know exactly where he's going down either. Chopin used bland colors and flesh tones descriptively. From the beginning to the end of the story, there was a constant resonance, including the words white, yellow and brown. The reader...middle of the article...Siree's Baby” demonstrated several examples of how the formalist approach to literature can help the reader understand the text. Repetition and the choice of intensely colored descriptions, key words that foreshadow the fire, and pauses that signify a change in emotion or introduce new elements helped Chopin communicate the narrative. Without these elements that exist everywhere, the reader would be lost even after the conclusion of the story. Being a careful reader is not a difficult task to achieve. However, one would have to read “Desiree's Baby” in portions and collectively several times before one could recognize the different strands of the text. BibliographyGuerin, et al., ed. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature, Fourth Edition. Oxford UP. Eric Rabkin, Stories. HarperCollins.

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