Formalists often compare the relationship between literary devices and raw material to the relationship between:
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Correct answer: Deformation and the deformed object
Formalism posits that 'form' is not a container for content; rather, literature is the result of 'deforming' ordinary language or reality through artistic devices to draw attention to the medium itself.
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