Umberto Eco’s Writing Labyrinth: From the Code’s Theory to the Interpretation Process

Abstract

The present text will concentrate on some of Eco’s theoretical books on the semiotic method. The primary focus shall be on the narration theory, semiotics “proper” (at least, according to Peirce), and the structural approach to semiotics. The reason for stating the above is the interdisciplinarity in developing the semiotic method (as designated by Eco, among other related authors) to demonstrate its importance in the present century. Not only is one academic approach relevant for exploring scientific matters of the sort, but more of them (such as the dichotomies between ontology and epistemology, “artistic” vs “realistic” occurrences, as well as the method of writing itself as a “special technique”). As initially designated by Peirce, the “unlimited” semiosis process is meant to unite or see as a totality of several semiotic approaches closely related to Eco’s work, besides, naturally, the permanent and uninterruptible “transformation” and moveability of signs. The goal is twofold: methodological and scientific.