Baudolino

Style and Technique

The novel «Baudolino» by Umberto Eco is distinguished by its complex and multilayered structure, combining elements of historical fiction, adventure narrative, and philosophical parable. Eco's style is characterized by a richness of detail, an abundance of historical and cultural references, as well as an ironic and sometimes sarcastic tone. The language of the work is rich and varied, with the author using archaisms, dialects, and various stylistic registers to convey the atmosphere of the Middle Ages. Literary techniques include intertextuality, metanarrative, and a play with genre conventions. The structure of the story is nonlinear, with the narrative being told from the perspective of the main character Baudolino, who recounts his life and adventures, interspersing real historical events with fictional and fantastical elements.