Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts (Advances in Semiotics)

"... not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." -- The Review of Metaphysics"... essential reading for anyone interesting in... the new reader-centered forms of criticism." -- Library JournalIn this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between 'open' and 'closed' texts. 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Role_of_the_Reader_137......Page 137 Role_of_the_Reader_138......Page 138 Role_of_the_Reader_139......Page 139 Role_of_the_Reader_140......Page 140 In this collection of nine essays, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between 'open' and 'closed' texts, between a work of art that actively involves the 'addressee' in its production and one that holds the 'addressee' at bay and seeks to evoke a limited and predetermined response. He investigates the contributions of contemporary semantics to the study of narrative, and connects the modalities of textual interpretation with the problem of possible worlds.

"A gem for Holmes fans and armchair detectives with a penchant for logical reflection, and Peirce scholars."--Library Journal

Discusses the differences between "open" and "closed" texts, or, texts that actively involve the reader and texts that evoke a limited, predetermined response from the reader. -- Back cover