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'''Umberto Eco''' (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian mediaeval historian, semiotician (semiotics: the study of signs<ref>Signs: [[World of Symbolism|anything which represents or stands for anything]]</ref>), and philosopher. Outside academia, he was best known as a novelist, particularly his debut novel, ''[[The Name of the Rose]]'', which was made into a film starring [[Sean Connery]]. |
'''Umberto Eco''' (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian mediaeval historian, semiotician (semiotics: the study of signs<ref>Signs: [[World of Symbolism|anything which represents or stands for anything]]</ref>), and philosopher. Outside academia, he was best known as a novelist, particularly his debut novel, ''[[The Name of the Rose]]'', which was made into a film starring [[Sean Connery]]. |
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Wrote an essay in 1984 about [[trope]]s called "Casablanca: Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage", which ends with what might as well have been to a reference to [[TV Tropes]], describing a possible future in which [[Viewers Are Geniuses|viewers and artists]] are all equally aware of the universe of tropes and spend their time recognizing them and using them to communicate. (Après nous, le déluge.) |
Wrote an essay in 1984 about [[trope]]s called "Casablanca: Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage", which ends with what might as well have been to a reference to [[TV Tropes]], describing a possible future in which [[Viewers Are Geniuses|viewers and artists]] are all equally aware of the universe of tropes and spend their time recognizing them and using them to communicate. (Après nous, le déluge.) |
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== Novels == |
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* ''[[The Name of the Rose]]'' |
* ''[[The Name of the Rose]]'' |
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* ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]'' |
* ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]'' |
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* ''[[The Prague Cemetery]]'' |
* ''[[The Prague Cemetery]]'' |
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== Non-fiction == |
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* ''Why Read The Classics'', |
* ''Why Read The Classics'', a book by book discussion on many of [[Western Canon]]'s works. |
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* ''Turning Back the Clock'', a collection of essays, mostly dealing with current events of [[The Noughties]]. |
* ''Turning Back the Clock'', a collection of essays, mostly dealing with current events of [[The Noughties]]. |
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== Children's books == |
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* ''The Bomb and the General'' |
* ''The Bomb and the General'' |
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* ''The Three Astronauts'' |
* ''The Three Astronauts'' |
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