The Prison-House of Language

The Prison-House of Language
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9780691214313
ISBN-13 : 069121431X
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Book Synopsis The Prison-House of Language by : Fredric Jameson

Download or read book The Prison-House of Language written by Fredric Jameson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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