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From: Laudadio
Date: 11/4/99
Time: 2:24:14 PM
Remote Name: 168.191.113.22
The parallel that I see has to do with Eco's approach and attitude toward the writing of The Name of the Rose. Like the monks, he pursues and uses clues to hunt for a hidden source. This quest drives him into a labyrinth of viscious circles,discouragements, and intellectually driven visions, all of which help to erode any other concerns and social relations in his life.
For Eco to criticise Adso's writing, in that it is "impervious to the revolution of the vernacular", is to hold a mirror up to his own writing. Eco further describes Adso's thinking and writing as being conservatively old-fashioned, dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries. Ironically, Eco even admits to taking the same approach as Adso. He claims to hold "no concern for timelines" and "gloriously lacking in any relevance for our day, attemporarily alien to our hopes and our certainties." Thus, there is a definite parallel here.