Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco. Content. Biography Studies Theory Achievements Ideas about literature Informative videos. Umberto Eco, born 5 January 1932 is an Italian semiotician. Biography. Eco was born in the city of Alessandria in northern Italy. Studies. A professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna. Theory. The starting point of Eco's theory is the fact that. Sign. From the many meanings listed in the dictionaries for "Sign". Code. In the process. Tipes of signs. Since the word "Sign" designates a multitude of different objects. Examples of signs. Artificial signs. Achievements. He wrote six fiction novels and many essays on contemporary semiotics. Ideas about literature. "Thus I rediscovered. Informative video. Sources.

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Since the word "sign" designates a multitude of different objects, Eco formulated an initial classification where he distinguishes artificial signs and natural signs.