Questions tagged [umberto-eco]
Questions about the works of the Italian novelist, medievalist and philosopher Umberto Eco (1932–2016) or his life as a writer. He is best known for his novels "The Name of the Rose" and "Foucault's Pendulum". Use with [italian-language] for questions about specific works.
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Exploring heteroglossia in the semiotic novels of Umberto Eco
Heteroglossia is an interesting and thoughtful literary term introduced by the Russian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin in his “Discourse in the Novel” in 1934. Heteroglossia describes the coexistence of ...
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What book of Eugène Sue's 'The Mysteries of the People' inspired M. Joly's 'Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli & Montesquieu', as claimed by U. Eco?
Question summed up: Can anyone help me find the part of Eugène Sue's The Mysteries of the People wherein a sinister Jesuit plot is unveiled, which may have, through a game of 'telephone' by plagiarism,...
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In Foucault's Pendulum, which names are allusions to the real world, and which are not?
Foucault's Pendulum has a litany of character names that intrigue me. I wonder where many of them come from.
For example, Casaubon, the name of one of the main characters, seems like it comes from ...
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In Foucault's Pendulum, by what method does the translation choose to keep or translate Italian?
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco was originally written in Italian. Most of the book was translated to English, except for the parts that weren't in Italian to begin with.
I understand that ...
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