DECONSTRUCTIVE RESONANCE OF UMBERTO ECO

Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian medievalist philosopher semiotician novelist cultural critic and political and social commentator. In English he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis medieval studies and literary theory as well as Foucault''s Pendulum his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes. Eco wrote prolifically throughout his life with his output including children''s books and translations from French and English in addition to a twice-monthly newspaper column La Bustina di Minerva (Minerva''s Matchbook) in the magazine L''Espresso beginning in 1985 with his last column (a critical appraisal of the Romantic paintings of Francesco Hayez) appearing on January 27 2016. At the time of his death he was an Emeritus professor at the University of Bologna where he taught for much of his life. In the 21st century he has continued to gain recognition for his 1995 essay Ur-Fascism where Eco lists fourteen general properties he believes comprise fascist ideologies.