num_pages: 230
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Prison-House of Language: A Critical Account of Structuralism and Russian Formalism
titlecomplete: The Prison-House of Language: A Critical Account of Structuralism and Russian Formalism
genres: Linguistics, Language, Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Criticism, 20th Century, Nonfiction, Theory
ratings_count: 118
publisher: Princeton University Press