The Prison-House of Language
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The Prison-House of Language is a critical study by Fredric Jameson that examines structuralism and post-structuralism, exploring how language systems constrain thought and interpretation in modern literary theory.
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| The Prison-House of Language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Prison-House of Language Context triple: [Fredric Jameson, notableWork, The Prison-House of Language]
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A.
Goodbye to Language
Goodbye to Language is a 2014 experimental 3D film by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard that explores fractured communication, perception, and the limits of cinema through a fragmented, essay-like narrative.
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B.
The Dream of a Common Language
The Dream of a Common Language is a landmark 1978 poetry collection by Adrienne Rich that explores feminist, lesbian, and political themes through formally innovative and emotionally intense verse.
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C.
Word and Object
"Word and Object" is a seminal 1960 work of analytic philosophy by W.V.O. Quine that develops his views on meaning, reference, and the indeterminacy of translation.
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D.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
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E.
The Word as Such
"The Word as Such" is a seminal Russian Futurist manifesto-essay that explores the autonomy and materiality of language, helping to define the movement’s radical poetic theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Prison-House of Language Target entity description: The Prison-House of Language is a critical study by Fredric Jameson that examines structuralism and post-structuralism, exploring how language systems constrain thought and interpretation in modern literary theory.
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A.
Goodbye to Language
Goodbye to Language is a 2014 experimental 3D film by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard that explores fractured communication, perception, and the limits of cinema through a fragmented, essay-like narrative.
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B.
The Dream of a Common Language
The Dream of a Common Language is a landmark 1978 poetry collection by Adrienne Rich that explores feminist, lesbian, and political themes through formally innovative and emotionally intense verse.
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C.
Word and Object
"Word and Object" is a seminal 1960 work of analytic philosophy by W.V.O. Quine that develops his views on meaning, reference, and the indeterminacy of translation.
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D.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
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E.
The Word as Such
"The Word as Such" is a seminal Russian Futurist manifesto-essay that explores the autonomy and materiality of language, helping to define the movement’s radical poetic theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
interpretation is constrained by linguistic systems
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language structures limit human cognition ⓘ |
| author | Fredric Jameson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept | prison-house of language ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques |
ahistorical approaches to language
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formalism in literary theory ⓘ structuralist claims to scientific objectivity ⓘ |
| examines |
Saussurean linguistics
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post-structuralist literary theory ⓘ structuralist literary theory ⓘ structuralist poetics ⓘ theoretical discourse on language ⓘ |
| field |
critical theory
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literary studies ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
constraints of language on interpretation
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constraints of language on thought ⓘ language as a system ⓘ |
| genre |
critical theory
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literary theory ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Marxist
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historical-materialist ⓘ |
| influencedField |
Marxist literary criticism
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cultural theory ⓘ postmodern literary theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
linguistics
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literary criticism ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ semiotics ⓘ structuralism ⓘ |
| periodDiscussed | 20th-century theory ⓘ |
| theoristDiscussed |
Claude Lévi-Strauss
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Ferdinand de Saussure NERFINISHED ⓘ Gérard Genette NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques Lacan NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia Kristeva NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Althusser NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland Barthes NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Jakobson NERFINISHED ⓘ Tzvetan Todorov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | language as confinement ⓘ |
| usedIn |
critical theory curricula
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graduate literary theory courses ⓘ |
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