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Umberta Eco powieści profesorskie
Umberto Eco’s Professorenromans

Author(s): Wojciech Soliński
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: professorenroman; academic novel; campus novel; contemporary Italian literature

Summary/Abstract: The object of this analysis are the currently available literary works of Umberto Eco's as different manifestations of the so-called professorenroman (academic novel). Using the concept of the professorenroman as a starting point, the author claims that none of the Italian author's novels falls within this genre. Moreover, the concepts of an academic novel or a campus novel are also insufficient when it comes to Eco's books analysis. In order to popularise his own research Eco makes use of various literary, syncretic and non-literary genre patters, both the contemporary and the old ones. He is also often testing different theoretical literary concepts constructed by him or other authors. A characteristic feature of many of his novels is their cognitive over-informativeness, which on one hand hinders their reception, on the other signals methodological and methodical problems present in the study of humanities.

  • Issue Year: 58/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 87-98
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish