Unit3TheFutureofBooksUmbertoEco,themostbrilliantandinfluentialscholarandintellectualexaminesthedestinyofthebooksandlibrariesintheInterneterafromthenewperspective.Battleseruptbetweenprintedbooksande-books.Whattolearn?※UmbertoEco(hisidentityandbooks)※spotgreatideasinthetext----3kindsofmemories----functionsofthelibrariesinthewestern’seyes.----relationshipbetweenInternettechnologyandthewaysofstorageofknowledge----physicaldisappearanceofbooks?UmbertoEcoandrosesareinseparable!UmbertoEco(1932-)aworldrenownednovelist,medievalist,philosopher,semiotician,literarycriticandprofessor.HisidentitybornJan.5,1932,Alessandria,Italy﹟withthebesteducation,militaryexperience,manyintellectualidentities:professor,semiotician(符号学家),philosopher,aesthetician,novelist,translator,themostfamouspublicintellectualinEurope﹟receivedaPh.D.fromtheUniversityofTurinin1954withhisdissertationTheAestheticProblemsofSt.ThomasAquinas﹟culturaleditorforItalianRadio-TelevisionandalsolecturedattheUniversityofTurinfrom1956to1964﹟militaryservicefrom1958-1959﹟taughtinFlorenceandMilanandfinally,in1971,assumedaprofessorialpostattheUniversityofBologna﹟understands6languages,writesandspeaksinEnglish﹟lecturesinthefirst-classuniversitiesintheworld,suchasHarvardandYaleEcoandChinatravelledtoUrumqiin1993participatedinaseminarinBeijingin2007(anecdote:hewasveryimpatientwithsomanyquestionsraisedbyChinesejournalists.)Eco’slibraryThere’saprivatelibrarywithabout50,000books.Owningoneofthebookswrittenbyhim(evenplacingitonthebookshelf)isconsideredasymbolofgreatlearningfortheEuropeans.HisgreatnameisassociatedwithTheNameoftheRose.bookcoverposterforthefilmTheNameoftheRoseTheNameoftheRoseisamurdermysterysetinanItalianmonasteryintheyear1327.FirstpublishedinItalianin1980underthetitleIlnomedellarosa,itappearedin1983inanEnglishtranslationbyWilliamWeaver.Whoiskillingmonksinagreatmedievalabbeyfamedforitslibrary-andwhy?BrotherWilliamofBaskervilleissenttofindout,takingwithhimtheassistantwholatertellsthetaleofhisinvestigations.E...
