ART AND ABDUCTION WITHIN UMBERTO ECO’S THEORETICAL WORKS

Authors

  • Antonio Barros de Brito Junior UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21709/casa.v8i1.2943

Keywords:

Umberto Eco, abduction, aesthetics, interpretation

Abstract

This article deals with the concept of abduction within Umberto Eco's theoretical work. The main goal of this text is to show how Umberto Eco disdains the aesthetic component in favor of a more cognitive approach of artistic fruition. Besides, the article intends to show the relationship between abduction and the Kantian concept of teleological judgment. It also offers, as a conclusion, an analysis of some of the consequences of this relationship which Umberto Eco was not totally aware of.

Author Biography

Antonio Barros de Brito Junior, UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Licenciado em Letras, Mestre em Teoria Literária e Doutor em Teoria Literária, todos pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp).

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Published

10/09/2010

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2010)

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Papers

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