Text reproduced by publication: Eco U. The name of the rose, C. 65069. by : The name Umberto Eco is one of the most popular historians of medieval literature in modern culture of Western Europe. Critic and essayist , Professor at the University of Bologna of many universities in Europe and America , Author of dozens of books , The number of which he eats the speed , Imagination , Umberto Eco - one of the most bubbling craters of intellectual life in Italy The fact that in 1980 he abruptly changed the direction and the place of the academic scientist, polymath and critic appeared to the public as the author of the sensational received international fame, crowned with literary awards and also sensational adaptation, it seemed to a number of critics unexpected. They said Eco". However, if you carefully read the text of the novel, then the scientific interests of its author will become obvious. Moreover, it will become obvious that the novel is implemented that fuel the author's scientific thought, that it is a translation of Umberto Eco's cultural ideas into the language of artistic text. This gives the base "The Name of the Rose".