LEADER 04702nam 2200781 450 001 9910456283503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99456-1 010 $a9786611994563 010 $a1-4426-7425-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442674257 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001888 035 $a(EBL)4671457 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000294665 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11255606 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000294665 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10312303 035 $a(PQKB)10281156 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600980 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3257886 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671457 035 $a(DE-B1597)464426 035 $a(OCoLC)1004878431 035 $a(OCoLC)944178245 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442674257 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671457 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257167 035 $a(OCoLC)958571502 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001888 100 $a20160921h20032003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEco's chaosmos $efrom the Middle Ages to postmodernity /$fCristina Farronato 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2003. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Italian Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-8586-5 311 $a0-8020-8789-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tFigures -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. From Cosmos to Chaosmos: Eco and Joyce -- $t3. Semiotics as a Solution: From a Theory of Aesthetics to the Study of Culture -- $t4. The Aesthetics of Reception and the Reflection on the Reader: From the Labyrinth to the Southern Seas -- $t5. Intertextuality: The Middle Ages, Postmodernity, and the Use of Citation -- $t6. A Theory of Medieval Laughter: The Comic, Humour, and Wit -- $t7. The Whodunit and Eco's Postmodern Fiction -- $t8. Baudolino and the Language of Monsters -- $t9. Conclusion -- $tAppendix A -- $tAppendix B -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aWhile Umberto Eco's intellectual itinerary was marked by his early studies of post-Crocean aesthetics and his spectacular concentration on linguistics, information theory, structuralism, semiotics, cognitive science, and media studies, what constitutes the peculiarity of his critical and fiction writing is the tension between a typically medieval search for a code and the hermeneutic representative of deconstructive tendencies. This tension between cosmos and chaos, order and disorder, is reflected in the word chaosmos.In this brilliant assessment of the philosophical basis of Eco's critical and fictional writing, Cristina Farronato explores the other distinctive aspect of Eco's thought ? the struggle for a composition of opposites, the outcome deriving from his ability to elicit similar contrasts from the past and re-play them in modern terms. Focusing principally on how Eco's scholarly background influenced his study of semiotics, Farronato analyzes The Name of the Rose in relation to William of Ockham's epistemology, C.S. Peirce's work on abduction, and Wittgenstein's theory of language. She discusses Foucault's Pendulum as an explicit comment on the modern debate on interpretation through a direct reference to Early Modern hermetic thought, correlates The Island of the Day Before as a postmodern mixture of science and superstition, and reviews Baudolino as an historical/fantastic novel that once again situates the Middle Ages in a postmodern context. Eco's Chaosmos demonstrates how Eco's use of semiotic theory is important for an understanding of the postmodern aspects of today's literature and culture. 410 0$aToronto Italian studies. 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century 606 $aGay erotic stories, American 606 $aGay men$xSexual behavior$vFiction 606 $aGay men's writings, American 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmerican fiction 615 0$aGay erotic stories, American. 615 0$aGay men$xSexual behavior 615 0$aGay men's writings, American. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian. 676 $a853/.914 700 $aFarronato$b Cristina$01053323 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456283503321 996 $aEco's chaosmos$92485171 997 $aUNINA