From the Rose to the Flame: Ecos theory and fiction between the middle Ages and postmodernity

Farronato, Cristina; Bondanella, Peter

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511627033.005

New Essays on Umberto Eco 2009

DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511627033.005

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From the Rose to the Flame: Ecos theory and fiction between the middle Ages and postmodernity

Cristina Farronato¹,

Peter Bondanella²

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“… 7. “What can be saved through memory is what we have in common, not what makes us unique and different” (Farronato, 2009: 60).…”

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Extremes of ‘narrative by proxy’: ‘Memory’ in Umberto Eco’s The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana and The Prague Cemetery and ‘Oblivion’ in Jhumpa Lahiri’s In Other Words and Whereabouts

Kashani

2022

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This research is a comparative study of narrative strategies by Umberto Eco (1932–2016) and Jhumpa Lahiri (1967–) as the most extreme and diverse examples of the ‘narrative by proxy.’ Eco, in his narrative and critical writings, insists on ‘memory,’ on the act of remembering the past in order to build an identity and a future, while Lahiri with her novels in Italian puts emphasis on ‘oblivion’ and forgetfulness as the key to liberation from the conflict of languages and cultures. In the novel The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, Eco builds an encyclopedic and paper memory of 20th-century Italy by means of memorabilia such as images, journals, novels, and comics. In the novel The Prague Cemetery, he uses not only a double narrator and the exchange between the model author and the narrator to render the narrator's identity ambiguous but also the false document on the Jewish conspiracy, which caused hatred against the Jews and changed the course of history. Lahiri, on the other hand, follows the style of Gertrude Stein, which is impersonal autobiography. In the novel In Other Words, she constructs a linguistic autobiography and in Whereabouts an impersonal one, by avoiding to name and identify the characters and places. Thus, this article is an attempt to demonstrate how the opposite concepts of ‘memory’ and ‘oblivion,’ in Eco's historical and at the same time anti-historical strategies and Lahiri's transnational and anti-conventional ones, can contribute to the development of the narrative by proxy.

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“… 7. “What can be saved through memory is what we have in common, not what makes us unique and different” (Farronato, 2009: 60).…”

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Extremes of ‘narrative by proxy’: ‘Memory’ in Umberto Eco’s The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana and The Prague Cemetery and ‘Oblivion’ in Jhumpa Lahiri’s In Other Words and Whereabouts

Kashani

2022

Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies

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Abai’s poetry in Eco’s semiotic light

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Chinese Semiotic Studies

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The article explores the poetry of Abai Qunanbaiuly, a renowned philosopher and a founder of modern Kazakh literature, through the semiotic perspective of Umberto Eco. The study is a part of a broader research project in cultural studies titled “Semiotic Interpretation of Culture by Umberto Eco.” Specifically, the poem under analysis is “Allanyn özi de ras, sözi de ras” (“Allah is truth, His word is truth”), written in 1902. While Abai’s works initially garnered great enthusiasm, they now provoke heated discussions within Kazakh society. By applying a semiotic approach, this study offers a fresh perspective on Abai’s poetry, enabling new insights and interpretations.

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From the Rose to the Flame: Ecos theory and fiction between the middle Ages and postmodernity

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Extremes of ‘narrative by proxy’: ‘Memory’ in Umberto Eco’s The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana and The Prague Cemetery and ‘Oblivion’ in Jhumpa Lahiri’s In Other Words and Whereabouts

Extremes of ‘narrative by proxy’: ‘Memory’ in Umberto Eco’s The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana and The Prague Cemetery and ‘Oblivion’ in Jhumpa Lahiri’s In Other Words and Whereabouts

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