Umberto Eco
The Department of French & Italian
presents a Horizon of Knowledge lecture by
Theresa Coletti
Umberto Eco, the Middle Ages, and the Historical Novel
Friday, Feb 24, 2006
1:30 pm
Ballantine Hall 109
Theresa Coletti is Professor of English at the University of Maryland, College
Park. She is presently the Director of Graduate Studies in English and was
for some time the Chair of the Department of English. A specialist in Medieval
dramatic literature, she has been awarded the Martin Stevens Prize for the
Best New Essay in Early Drama Studies by the Medieval and Renaissance Drama
Society in 2002; an American Council on Education Fellowship; and research
support from the American Council of Learned Societies, the University of
Maryland Research Center of Arts and Humanities, and the American Association
of University Women.
Professor Coletti’s study Naming the Rose: Eco,
Medieval Signs, and Modern Theory (Cornell University Press, 1988) is widely regarded as the
best interpretation of Umberto Eco’s prize-winning novel, The
Name of the Rose, and was the first monograph on Eco published in English. She
has written numerous articles on Medieval drama but has also found time
in her impressive research program focused upon Medieval English literature
to write several important articles on Eco’s second novel, Foucault’s
Pendulum. She is also a contributor to the forthcoming Cambridge Companion
to Umberto Eco.
Professor Coletti’s most recent book is Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints: Theatre, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004), a nominee for the Otto Grundler Prize.
Sponsors: Mary-Margaret Barr Koon Fund, Medieval Studies Institute, West European Studies, Comparative Literature, and the Dean of the Faculties
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