Novel " The Name Of The Rose" By, Humberto Eco
2007-06-24 15:19:19 · 3 answers · asked by yourproffesion36 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Read the book ages ago in it's first American printing. It seemed to be the 1300/1400 version of Sherlock Holmes. Rose petals were crushed and made into "Rosaries" to remember to say one's prayers. The rose petals are in the past but the tradition remains. Very convoluted inspite of the simplicity of the times. Humberto Eco probably had a different take because the Church had so many symbolic meanings for Rose.
2007-07-02 15:18:15 · answer #1 · answered by Ding-Ding 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Written in a piously orthdox style, set in a pious and orthodox monastery, the story is a ringing critique of thoughtless orthodoxy, of enforced ideology. The "justice" of the Inquisitor led to three deaths by people largely innocent of heresy and the protectionism of ideas led to the destruction of them. An Italian novel, translated in beautifully archaic, yet modern, English, it obliquely critiques the modern Catholic Church, which has maintained its dogmatic orthodoxy, if not entirely its power and wealth.
It is, however, a magnificent piece of historical fiction which apparently breathed life back into the genre. Although set in a rather localalized time period, the scope is, nonetheless, epic, with ideas developed over long stretches of time meeting in a temporal nexus clothed by vivid descriptions of buildings and people. Anyone who has lived the Christian life and read the overly pious monastic writings, orthodox and somehow irrelevant, will find the characters and setting to be especially believable. Those thoughtful readers willing to distill the message will find a subtle critique of the Church, which while only the standard modern reactionary ideas, still offers a thoughtful picture counteracting the natural tendency of faith to become dogmatic.
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2007-06-24 17:56:09 · answer #2 · answered by Sandy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You mean the significance of the ENTIRE novel??
I don't understand your questions. Sorry.
Read the wikipedia article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_rose
2007-06-24 16:55:40 · answer #3 · answered by Custo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋