The Prison-House of Language
EnglishCollege SuccessLiterary Criticism

The Prison-House of Language

by Fredric Jameson

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pages
248
Language
English
Published
2020

Overview

Fredric Jameson's survey of Structuralism and Russian Formalism is, at the same time, a critique of their basic methodology. He lays bare the presuppositions of the two movements, clarifying the relationship between the synchronic methods of Saussurean linguistics and the realities of time and history.

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