Eco's Chaosmos : : From the Middle Ages to Postmodernity / / Cristina Farronato.
While Umberto Eco's intellectual itinerary was marked by his early studies of post-Crocean aesthetics and his spectacular concentration on linguistics, information theory, structuralism, semiotics, cognitive science, and media studies, what constitutes the peculiarity of his critical and fictio...
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Farronato, Cristina, author. Eco's Chaosmos : From the Middle Ages to Postmodernity / Cristina Farronato. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2003 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Toronto Italian Studies Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Cosmos to Chaosmos: Eco and Joyce -- 3. Semiotics as a Solution: From a Theory of Aesthetics to the Study of Culture -- 4. The Aesthetics of Reception and the Reflection on the Reader: From the Labyrinth to the Southern Seas -- 5. Intertextuality: The Middle Ages, Postmodernity, and the Use of Citation -- 6. A Theory of Medieval Laughter: The Comic, Humour, and Wit -- 7. The Whodunit and Eco's Postmodern Fiction -- 8. Baudolino and the Language of Monsters -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star While Umberto Eco's intellectual itinerary was marked by his early studies of post-Crocean aesthetics and his spectacular concentration on linguistics, information theory, structuralism, semiotics, cognitive science, and media studies, what constitutes the peculiarity of his critical and fiction writing is the tension between a typically medieval search for a code and the hermeneutic representative of deconstructive tendencies. This tension between cosmos and chaos, order and disorder, is reflected in the word chaosmos.In this brilliant assessment of the philosophical basis of Eco's critical and fictional writing, Cristina Farronato explores the other distinctive aspect of Eco's thought ? the struggle for a composition of opposites, the outcome deriving from his ability to elicit similar contrasts from the past and re-play them in modern terms. Focusing principally on how Eco's scholarly background influenced his study of semiotics, Farronato analyzes The Name of the Rose in relation to William of Ockham's epistemology, C.S. Peirce's work on abduction, and Wittgenstein's theory of language. She discusses Foucault's Pendulum as an explicit comment on the modern debate on interpretation through a direct reference to Early Modern hermetic thought, correlates The Island of the Day Before as a postmodern mixture of science and superstition, and reviews Baudolino as an historical/fantastic novel that once again situates the Middle Ages in a postmodern context. Eco's Chaosmos demonstrates how Eco's use of semiotic theory is important for an understanding of the postmodern aspects of today's literature and culture. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) American fiction 20th century. Gay erotic stories, American. Gay men Sexual behavior Fiction. Gay men's writings, American. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110667691 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 print 9780802085863 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442674257 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442674257.jpg |
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