Roman Jakobson 🔍

Linguist, Literary Theorist (1896 - 1982)

A pioneering Russian linguist and literary theorist, he was a leading figure of Russian Formalism and the Prague Linguistic Circle, known for his work on phonology and the functions of language.

Mentors & Influences (Looking Backward)

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Inspired By Roman Jakobson (Looking Forward)

Gillo Dorfles and Umberto Eco

Philosopher and semiologist

Jakobson's structuralist linguistics and his applications of semiotics to poetics, communication, and myth provided key methodologies and analytical tools for Eco and Dorfles in their studies of literature, art, and cultural communication.