Eco’s Lingua Edenica and “Other Languages”: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Umberto Eco’s Semiotics
The paper introduces a close reading of Eco’s article “Generazione di messaggi estetici in una lingua edenica” (1971), in which he fictionalized the biblical story from Gen 2 to show that the aesthetic use of language generates internal contradictions (self-contradictions), as well as that any such...
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Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU
2023-11-01
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| description | The paper introduces a close reading of Eco’s article “Generazione di messaggi estetici in una lingua edenica” (1971), in which he fictionalized the biblical story from Gen 2 to show that the aesthetic use of language generates internal contradictions (self-contradictions), as well as that any such contradiction at the level of expression/form also entails a contradiction at the level of content. Furthermore, the basic postulates of Eco’s semiotic theory revolving around the sign-function are discussed, followed by outlining certain theological-semiotics of language based on the text from the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles (descent of the Spirit). It is based on an original sign – which is not, as with Eco, a sign associated with another sign (interpretant) within a sign system (code) nor a “dynamic object,” but it is the Mystical Body. The paper concludes by arguing that it is this very Body, and not the poetic invention, that generates “other languages” (ἑτέραις γλώσσαις) and consequently a communion, which is not multiethnic nor multilingual, but a Catholic community. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06550d139ff84e7e980e31bc9914db232023-11-28T15:51:54ZdeuFaculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, EUBogoslovni Vestnik0006-57221581-29872023-11-0183235937710.34291/BV2023/02/SimicEco’s Lingua Edenica and “Other Languages”: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Umberto Eco’s SemioticsKrešimir Šimić0Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences The paper introduces a close reading of Eco’s article “Generazione di messaggi estetici in una lingua edenica” (1971), in which he fictionalized the biblical story from Gen 2 to show that the aesthetic use of language generates internal contradictions (self-contradictions), as well as that any such contradiction at the level of expression/form also entails a contradiction at the level of content. Furthermore, the basic postulates of Eco’s semiotic theory revolving around the sign-function are discussed, followed by outlining certain theological-semiotics of language based on the text from the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles (descent of the Spirit). It is based on an original sign – which is not, as with Eco, a sign associated with another sign (interpretant) within a sign system (code) nor a “dynamic object,” but it is the Mystical Body. The paper concludes by arguing that it is this very Body, and not the poetic invention, that generates “other languages” (ἑτέραις γλώσσαις) and consequently a communion, which is not multiethnic nor multilingual, but a Catholic community.https://www.teof.uni-lj.si/uploads/File/BV/BV2023/02/Simic.pdfumberto ecosemioticsign“other languages”mystical body |
| spellingShingle | Krešimir Šimić Eco’s Lingua Edenica and “Other Languages”: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Umberto Eco’s Semiotics Bogoslovni Vestnik umberto eco semiotic sign “other languages” mystical body |
| title | Eco’s Lingua Edenica and “Other Languages”: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Umberto Eco’s Semiotics |
| title_full | Eco’s Lingua Edenica and “Other Languages”: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Umberto Eco’s Semiotics |
| title_fullStr | Eco’s Lingua Edenica and “Other Languages”: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Umberto Eco’s Semiotics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eco’s Lingua Edenica and “Other Languages”: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Umberto Eco’s Semiotics |
| title_short | Eco’s Lingua Edenica and “Other Languages”: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Umberto Eco’s Semiotics |
| title_sort | eco s lingua edenica and other languages a biblical theological critique of umberto eco s semiotics |
| topic | umberto eco semiotic sign “other languages” mystical body |
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