Zusatztext "Jameson's intellectual stamina is altogether admirable, the breadth of his analysis impressive, and his expository skills, on occasion, remarkable. Moreover, his admiration for the achievements of the Russian Formalists and their 'cousins,' the French Structuralists, does not prevent him from offering some cogent strictures on the built-in pitfalls of Structuralist methodology." Informationen zum Autor Fredric Jameson Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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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Fredric Jameson

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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.