Levinas and defamiliarization

As I was reading "The Trace of the Other," I noticed a few sections that reminded me a bit of the idea of defamiliarization.

"The relationship with another puts me into question, empties me of myself, and does not let off emptying me--uncovering for me ever new resources. I did not know myself so rich, but I have no longer any right to keep anything." (page 350-351)

"A face enters our world from an absolutely alien sphere--that is, precisely out of an absoluteness, which in fact is the name for fundamental strangeness." (page 352)

"Consciousness is put into question by the face." (page 352).

Obviously there are still huge differences in between Levinas and defamiliarizaton--after all, I think the idea of defamiliarization still relies on the idea of the self, because the poem or painting changes the world primarily for the self. I'm not exactly sure what the Russian Formalists thought the art was, but it seems that Levinas says art comes in the form of faces, others, and traces.

In "The Servant and Her Master," Levinas also says that "Artistic activity makes the artist aware that he is not the author of his works." This is peculiar because we so often consider works in the context of their authors; but I'm not sure that Levinas is saying not to do this. It also makes me wonder what the exact role of the artist is--does she create the face, or highlight the area around the face?