The List To The Construction Of Umberto Eco's Novels

As an eminent novelist,Umberto Eco(1932.1-2016.2)has his unique viewpoint on list,and used it widely in his literatures.On the one hand,list acts as a literary and artistic expression on Echo's novel;on the other hand,it is also a way for Eco to understand and explore the world.On the basis of understanding the concept of list,through analysing the specific lists in Eco?s novels and incorporating them into Eco?s novel system,this paper explores how the lists construct the form,content and poetics.Meanwhile,combined with the Eco?s literature theory,semiotics theory and hermeneutic theory,the purpose of lists? use is also discussed based on comparative study with the same period,the same type writer,this paper returns to the background of the western literature tradition and the age of the Internet times.The structure of this paper is shown below:The introduction concisely presents Umberto Eco and his works,makes a brief analysis on the current situation of Echo's research at home and abroad.Then the author puts forward the purpose,method and innovation of this paper on this basis.In the first chapter,the types of list are discussed.Lists can be divided into diverse groups by different classification criteria.For one thing,there are practical lists and poetic lists according to the purpose;for another,lists can be distinguished as tree lists,collection lists and tuber lists in the light of their form,objects of those three lists respectively point to the category,the subject or the state,on the other word,the nature,the attributes and the movement.Eco uses a variety of lists in his novels to build the form and content of the novel,and these lists also act on the formation of poetic characteristics of Eco?s novels.Lists and the construction of Eco's novels are expounded in the second chapter.This chapter mainly analyzes the impact of various kinds of lists for Eco?s novels in respects of planning,presentation and performance.The first aspect is planning,which is the novel catalog and the text form.From the perspective of the transformation between the practical list and the poetic list,this section mainly analyzes the novel catalog as a practical list,to a certain extent,planned the text of the novel.Secondly,present stands for the display of the material world.This section mainly analyzes Eco?s novels through the list showing the richness of the material world and the symbolization of consumer society in regards to the artificial products display and the natural substance show.The last aspect is presentation,which is the show of the imagination.Eco?s novels visualized the incredible imagination and view of the imaginary world by using list.The third chapter elaborates the list and the poetic characteristics of Eco 's novels.The poetic features of Eco's novels are analyzed in terms of content,structure and aesthetics.First of all,Eco used the flattening characteristic of the list to show a wealth of knowledge and symbols,and its content both practical and poetic features.Secondly,Eco mainly used the list of collectors and tuber list to demonstrate the “unpresentable” things through presentable things,which formed a diverse,open sublime structural feature.Finally,with the help of visual effect of the list,Eco created a sense of presence,as well as through the list to quote,play imitation and so formed a maze of wisdom.Eco?s novels built an intellectual aesthetic pursuit for a high demand of the imagination and wisdom.Finally,the conclusion briefly summarizes the reason why Eco cherishes lists practically and exact effect of expression of using lists.