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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods

it. Sei passeggiate nei boschi narrativi · 1994
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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.
Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
Date of publication: 3 September 2024
Updated: 1 July 2025
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Original titleit. Sei passeggiate nei boschi narrativi · 1994
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