LE PERSONNAGE FEMININ DANS LE NOM DE LA ROSE DE UMBERTO ECO
THE FEMININE CHARACTER IN THE NAME OF THE ROSE BY Umberto Eco

Summary/Abstract: “The Name of the Rose” by Umberto Eco is a novel which relates exceptionally a conflictual story of men that takes place in a typically masculine environment, where the female character appears in a brief, discreet, anonymous and enigmatic way.In fact, we only find one mystic feminine character without a name and without identity, designated only by the word “fanciulla”, which means “little girl”, who remains present in the spiritual and sentimental life of the monk Adso, the narrator-protagonist of the novel, even after her tragic disappearance.“The fanciulla” is identified during the narrative as the source of the “forbidden” pleasure for Adso. The image of her body and her face constitutes a painful and a pleasant presence that will be preserved in his memories and in his mind after being condemned to burn for having sinned. The woman is judged by men and according to their laws, who actually push her to transgress them in order to satisfy their carnal desires, and is therefore guilty and punished for a “moral” crime premeditated in reality by men.This paper aims to discover the status and image of the female character in a narrative dominated by the male character in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

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