I want to know the answer to the following question:
What is one example of writing that the formalist definition distinguishes literature from?
All the background I'm provided with is that "The problem with the formalist definition is that in order to say that literature deviates from ordinary uses of language, those uses must first be identified; this is difficult because "ordinary language" is an unstable category, differing according to social categories and across history.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no