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01Extraordinary narrative by Italian semiotician and professor Umberto Eco, who guides us through the darkest corners of history.
Extraordinary narrative by Italian semiotician and professor Umberto Eco, who guides us through the darkest corners of history.
Extraordinary narrative by Italian semiotician and professor Umberto Eco, who guides us through the darkest corners of history.
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Historical mysteries enriched by semiotics, medieval philosophy, and literary theory brought intellectual rigor to popular fiction through the international success of The Name of the Rose. Italian scholar and philosopher Umberto Eco transformed dense academic concepts into engaging narrative fiction, crafting complex mysteries that blend historical detail, biblical analysis, and philosophical enquiry.
Born in Alessandria, Italy, in 1932, Eco completed his classical secondary education before enrolling at the University of Turin, where he graduated in 1954 with a degree in philosophy. His academic career focused on aesthetics, communication, and semiotics, leading to landmark theoretical publications such as The Open Work (1962) and A Theory of Semiotics (1976). He served as a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, president of the Graduate School for the Study of the Humanities at Bologna, and founded the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino. In addition to his academic posts, he was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and an honorary fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. Alongside his scholarly output, Eco wrote essays, children's books, and translations, including an Italian translation of Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style in 1983. He passed away in 2016.
Eco's fiction is distinguished by its deep engagement with semiotics, textual interpretation, and the boundary between reality and fiction. His narratives frequently feature erudite protagonists navigating intricate historical landscapes, secret societies, and complex philosophical dilemmas. Through playful irony, intertextual references, and postmodern structural techniques, Eco challenged readers to examine how meaning is constructed, interpreted, and manipulated, often interrogating the nature of truth and the dangerous allure of conspiracy theories.
3 books in catalog
Historical mysteries enriched by semiotics, medieval philosophy, and literary theory brought intellectual rigor to popular fiction through the international success of The Name of the Rose. Italian scholar and philosopher Umberto Eco transformed dense academic concepts into engaging narrative fiction, crafting complex mysteries that blend historical detail, biblical analysis, and philosophical enquiry.
Born in Alessandria, Italy, in 1932, Eco completed his classical secondary education before enrolling at the University of Turin, where he graduated in 1954 with a degree in philosophy. His academic career focused on aesthetics, communication, and semiotics, leading to landmark theoretical publications such as The Open Work (1962) and A Theory of Semiotics (1976). He served as a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, president of the Graduate School for the Study of the Humanities at Bologna, and founded the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino. In addition to his academic posts, he was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and an honorary fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. Alongside his scholarly output, Eco wrote essays, children's books, and translations, including an Italian translation of Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style in 1983. He passed away in 2016.
Eco's fiction is distinguished by its deep engagement with semiotics, textual interpretation, and the boundary between reality and fiction. His narratives frequently feature erudite protagonists navigating intricate historical landscapes, secret societies, and complex philosophical dilemmas. Through playful irony, intertextual references, and postmodern structural techniques, Eco challenged readers to examine how meaning is constructed, interpreted, and manipulated, often interrogating the nature of truth and the dangerous allure of conspiracy theories.
