The Open Work

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book literary criticism theoretical work

The Open Work is a seminal theoretical text by Umberto Eco that explores the role of openness, ambiguity, and reader participation in the interpretation of modern art and literature.

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The Open Work canonical 1
The Open Work (English edition) 1
open work 1

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instanceOf book ⓘ
book ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
theoretical work ⓘ
author Umberto Eco ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
describesRoleOf openness as structural feature of artworks ⓘ
reader as co-creator of meaning ⓘ
exploresConcept active reader ⓘ
ambiguity as aesthetic value ⓘ
closed work ⓘ
multiple interpretation ⓘ
The Open Work self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: open work
fieldOfWork art theory ⓘ
literary studies ⓘ
musicology ⓘ
genre aesthetics ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ
hasImpactOn semiotic approaches to art ⓘ
theory of interpretation ⓘ
hasPart essay on information theory and aesthetics ⓘ
essay on openness in musical composition ⓘ
essay on the role of the interpreter ⓘ
hasTranslation The Open Work self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Open Work (English edition)
influenced contemporary aesthetics ⓘ
post-structuralist literary theory ⓘ
reader-response criticism ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
mainSubject aesthetic theory ⓘ
ambiguity in interpretation ⓘ
modern art ⓘ
modern literature ⓘ
openness in art ⓘ
reader participation ⓘ
semiotics ⓘ
notableFor analysis of participation of the interpreter ⓘ
formulation of the concept of the open work ⓘ
originalTitle Opera aperta ⓘ
publicationDate 1962 ⓘ
1989 ⓘ
publisher Bompiani ⓘ
Harvard University Press ⓘ
setInContextOf avant-garde art ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
theoreticalFramework semiotics ⓘ
structuralism ⓘ
translator Anna Cancogni ⓘ

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Umberto Eco → notableWork → The Open Work ⓘ
The Open Work → hasTranslation → The Open Work self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Open Work (English edition)
The Open Work → exploresConcept → The Open Work self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: open work