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Highlights and Sticky Notes:
Even in his first essays in the sixties, the author's approach
to reading, interpreting and commenting on culture could already
be seen as that of a semiotician who had not yet adopted the technical
jargon of the discipline. In fact, it would not be too far-fetched
to consider the Eco of the sixties as essentially a young Adso
(see the discussions on reading signs betwen William and Adso
in The Name of the Rose) ready to learn about semiotics
from the right mentor. We must also remember that as soon as
Eco no longer feels satisfied by the early writings of French
semioticians and structuralists like Barthes and Levi-Strauss,
he turns to the studies of Jakobson and Peirce on the science
of signs.
Also, few intellectuals can match Eco's great interdisciplinary
skills.
In general, Eco's critics (most of them academic) have suggested
that he is successful because he publishes trendy books.
Tags: umberto_eco, open_work, literature, pop_culture
by: Nele Noppe
