Umberto Eco and the Open Text
Title | Umberto Eco and the Open Text PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Bondanella |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2005-10-20 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780521020879 |
The first comprehensive study in English of Umberto Eco's theories and fictions.
The Open Work
Title | The Open Work PDF eBook |
Author | Umberto Eco |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780674639768 |
This book is significant for its concept of "openness"--the artist's decision to leave arrangements of some constituents of a work to the public or to chance--and for its anticipation of two themes of literary theory: the element of multiplicity and plurality in art, and the insistence on literary response as an interaction between reader and text.
The Role of the Reader
Title | The Role of the Reader PDF eBook |
Author | Umberto Eco |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780253203182 |
Discusses the differences between "open" and "closed" texts, or, texts that actively involve the reader and texts that evoke a limited, predetermined response from the reader. -- Back cover.
Umberto Eco in His Own Words
Title | Umberto Eco in His Own Words PDF eBook |
Author | Torkild Thellefsen |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2017-08-21 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1501507141 |
Hitherto, there has been no book that attempted to sum up the breadth of Umberto Eco’s work and it importance for the study of semiotics, communication and cognition. There have been anthologies and overviews of Eco’s work within Eco Studies; sometimes, works in semiotics have used aspects of Eco’s work. Yet, thus far, there has been no overview of the work of Eco in the breadth of semiotics. This volume is a contribution to both semiotics and Eco studies. The 40 scholars who participate in the volume come from a variety of disciplines but have all chosen to work with a favorite quotation from Eco that they find particularly illustrative of the issues that his work raises. Some of the scholars have worked exegetically placing the quotation within a tradition, others have determined the (epistemic) value of the quotation and offered a critique, while still others have seen the quotation as a starting point for conceptual developments within a field of application. However, each article within this volume points toward the relevance of Eco -- for contemporary studies concerning semiotics, communication and cognition.
Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language
Title | Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language PDF eBook |
Author | Umberto Eco |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1986-07-22 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780253203984 |
"Eco wittily and enchantingly develops themes often touched on in his previous works, but he delves deeper into their complex nature . . . this collection can be read with pleasure by those unversed in semiotic theory." —Times Literary Supplement
Interpretation and Overinterpretation
Title | Interpretation and Overinterpretation PDF eBook |
Author | Umberto Eco |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1992-03-05 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780521425544 |
This book brings together some of the most distinguished figures currently at work in philosophy, literary theory and criticism to debate the limits of interpretation.
The Limits of Interpretation
Title | The Limits of Interpretation PDF eBook |
Author | Umberto Eco |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780253208699 |
Presents four theories describing the limits of literary interpretation, challenging "the cancer of uncontrolled interpretation" that diminishes the meaning and the basis of communication. -- Back cover.