Six Walks in the Fictional Woods

Interesting Facts

• The book is a series of lectures delivered by Umberto Eco at Harvard University as part of the 'Charles Eliot Norton Lectures'.
• Eco uses the metaphor of a forest to describe the process of reading and interpreting literary texts, where the reader becomes a kind of explorer wandering through the woods.
• The author examines various aspects of literary creation, such as narrative structure, the role of the reader, and the interaction between text and interpretation.
• Eco analyzes works by authors like Cervantes, Dumas, Flaubert, and Joyce to demonstrate his theories on literature and reading.
• The book explores the concept of the 'model reader', suggesting that each text implies a certain ideal reader capable of fully understanding and appreciating it.