The profane converted into sacred by the interdict: An analysis of The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco
Throughout their work, Georges Bataille and Roger Caillois focused on the unbreakable connection between contrary terms such as interdiction and transgression, homogeneous and heterogeneous and profane and sacred worlds. It is in the last pair that this article will focus on, as it is its aim to ana...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | Veritas (Porto Alegre. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/42024 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/veritas/article/view/42024 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Comparative literature Novel Sacred Profane Literatura comparativa Novela Sagrado Profano Literatura comparada Romance |
| Sumario: | Throughout their work, Georges Bataille and Roger Caillois focused on the unbreakable connection between contrary terms such as interdiction and transgression, homogeneous and heterogeneous and profane and sacred worlds. It is in the last pair that this article will focus on, as it is its aim to analyze the ways in which profane places, objects and people are transformed in sacred entities in Umberto Eco´s novel The Name of the Rose, according to the theories of both French philosophers and the support of Giorgio Agamben. It is understood that such relations mention above, although they may appear to be opposites, are, in fact determined by the other, as neither of them can exist on its own. |
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