TYPE, SYMBOL, TOPOS IN UMBERTO ECO’S THEORY. AN APPLICATION ON BIBLICAL AND ROMANIAN FOLKLORE’S SYMBOLS
TYPE, SYMBOL, TOPOS IN UMBERTO ECO’S THEORY. AN APPLICATION ON BIBLICAL AND ROMANIAN FOLKLORE’S SYMBOLS

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents some semiotic and hermeneutic concepts belonging to renowned authors in the field of symbol studies; the goal is to emphasize the universal vocation of symbol as a main explanatory element both to Semiotics and Hermeneutics, in areas where the symbolic thinking replaces the rational thinking. In this respect, I try to highlight the parallelism between symbols in Romanian folklore and in Biblical mythology. The upper goal of this approach is to emphasize a way of understanding human creation and human condition by means of the explanatory potential of symbol, the most complex cultural phenomenon and the best instrument of mankind’s cultural awareness.

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