Eco's Chaosmos demonstrates how Eco's use of semiotic theory is important for an understanding of the postmodern aspects of today's literature and culture.
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Eco's Chaosmos demonstrates how Eco's use of semiotic theory is important for an understanding of the postmodern aspects of today's literature and culture.
Frontmatter -- -- Contents -- -- Figures -- -- Preface -- -- Acknowledgments -- -- 1. Introduction -- -- 2. From Cosmos to Chaosmos: Eco and Joyce -- -- 3. Semiotics as a Solution: From a Theory of Aesthetics to the Study of Culture -- -- 4. The Aesthetics of Reception and the Reflection on the Reader: From the Labyrinth to the Southern Seas -- -- 5. Intertextuality: The Middle Ages, Postmodernity, and the Use of Citation -- -- 6. A Theory of Medieval Laughter: The Comic, Humour, and Wit -- -- 7. The Whodunit and Eco's Postmodern Fiction -- -- 8. Baudolino and the Language of Monsters -- -- 9. Conclusion -- -- Appendix A -- -- Appendix B -- -- Notes -- -- Bibliography -- -- Index