THE PUPIL OF LITERATURE

UMBERTO ECO- A STUDY  Umberto Eco ( 1932-2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is best known for his 1980 internationally acclaimed historical murder mystery novel, The Name of the Rose.   The work combines semiotics, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory.         NOVELIST  THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1980) Debut novel Setting: Italian monastery, in the year 1327 Protagonist: Francisian friar William of Baskerville Narrator: Adso of Melk It was translated into English by William Weaver in 1983 including Foucault's Pendulum       2. FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM (1988) The pendulum of the title refers to an actual pendulum designed by French Physicist Leon Foucault to show earth's rotation. The satirical novel has reference to ' conspiracy theory'. Characters: Three vanity press employees ( Belbo, Diotallevi, and Casaubon) The three invent their own 'conspiracy theory', T...