Prostota – zakonomernost' (di V. Šklovskij) [05-06-1933] - [D093]

Concise description of the directive:

We should not speak of a generic simplicity, but of a certain simplicity and metaphoricality, taking into consideration the teleological setting of the stylistic medium. It is not only about simplicity, but also about form. If form represents a law of the constitution and not the outward appearance of an object, it is always simple. We should speak of a realism of form, of the fact that a literary work is only realist if the form serves as the law of its constitution, if it is not ornamental.