Passages in Umberto Eco, Name of the Rose, That We'll Discuss In Class

Here is a list of passages we'll discuss in class, in addition to those which you all will choose.

Note: the first page numbers are those of the Harvest pb (Harcourt, Brace) of 1994, which is presently in print.

The page numbers in parentheses beside those are to the smaller-format Warner books edition, which I use and which some of you have.

1. 196 ff, esp. 199ff. (230 ff., esp. 234 ff.) -- the social origins of heresy.
2. 335 ff (403 ff) about poverty (cf. also 294 ff [353 ff.]).
3. 381-384 (460 -464) - Remigio's confessions -- class struggle and heresy.
4. 21ff. (261 ff.) -- Dolcino; the Fraticelli, 233ff. (276 ff.)
5. 45 ff. (46 ff.) -- heresy; Ubertino; Fraticelli
6. 351-354 (423-426) -- William "the democrat"
7. 118 ff. (134 ff.) -- Apocalypse; Dolcino
8. 316-7 (380-1) - literal and allegorical; also, 130 (148).
9. 121-127 (137-144) -- social and economic changes.
10. 130-134 (149-153) -- did Jesus laugh? cf. 473 ff. (576 ff.).

These are just some of the important and fascinating passages in this novel. But I hope to cover them.

Discussing them will give us a good overview

• of Eco's view of the late Middle Ages;
• of the religious and philosophical disputes that raged at that time;
• and of the social and economic conditions that ultimately determined them.

Please bring this list to class with you, along with the text, every day.