Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should

• be able to discuss various aspects of Eco's novel in relation to both literary and extra-literary issues;
• have an insight into methods of literary analysis;
• have an insight into categories such as metafiction, intertextuality, literary genres.

Brief description
This is a study of just one novel, but a rich and complex one. It will give us an opportunity to explore in all sorts of directions. For instance, we could examine the novel's relationship with the socio-cultural or historical context in which it was written, with Eco's work on semiology, with the category of meta-fiction or the genre of crime fiction, or even with Jean-Jacques Annaud's film.

Some of these topics will be dealt with in the lectures. Others will remain available for students to explore in their essays or presentations.