Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
内容简介
In this book, we accompany Umberto Eco as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Using examples ranging from fairy tales and Flaubert, Poe and Mickey Spillane, Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms.
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作者简介
Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was an internationally acclaimed writer, philosopher, medievalist, professor, and the author of the best-selling novels Foucault’s Pendulum, The Name of the Rose, and The Prague Cemetery, as well as children’s books. His numerous nonfiction books include Confessions of a Young Novelist, Six Walks in the Fictional Woods, and The Open Work. He was a recipient of the Premio Strega, Italy’s highest literary prize; the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities; and a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur from the government of France.
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目录
1. Entering the Woods
2. The Woods of Loisy
3. Lingering in the Woods
4. Possible Woods
5. The Strange Case of the Rue Servandoni
6. Fictional Protocols
Notes
Index
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读书文摘
圣奥古斯丁作为一个细致的文本读者，奇怪于《圣经》为何用了如此多篇幅描绘琐事，比如服饰、建筑、香水、珠宝。难道上帝，《圣经》的启示者，也会浪费如此多的时间沉溺于世俗的诗句中？显然不是。如果文本当中确实存在一些突然放慢速度的片段，是因为《圣经》试图让我们明白，我们应该用转喻或象征的方式去理解与解释它
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