With The Name of the Rose and Baudolino, and their preoccupation with discursive enquiries into theories of truth, Umberto Eco continues the tradition of philosophical novels, a genre in which scientific concepts, logic and systems of knowledge form an essential part of the story. The conflict between universals and individuals Possibility and desire are part of the future The Library preserves and conceals knowledgeĬhapter Four: Conceptual Making of Truth and Imagining Possibilities What and where is paradise – How does one get there?Ĭhapter Three: Authority and Authenticity - Establishing and Controlling Truth-claims Subversive strategies: poverty debate, laughter and satireĪpocalypse: a new beginning or the end of everything? Secular and religious power based on forged letters Vortex of interpretation versus dogmatic closureĬhapter Two: Political Power-Struggle over Truth-Claims – Cui bono ? Historical verisimilitude: chroniclers narrate Chapter One: Creating Textual Worlds – Historiographic Metafiction
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