The reminiscences of «The Name of the Rose» by Umberto Eco in the «Bibliomysteries» by Otto Penzler

Abstract

The article explores the intertextual discourse of Umberto Eco’s novel «The Name of the Rose» and Otto Penzler’s book series «Bibliomysteries» through the reminiscences as a form of the intertextuality that reflects «images of the literature in the literature». The plot analysis is carried out and seven main characteristic features of the detective component of the novel Eco are singled out. The genre-typological features of each of the selected works of the Penzler’s series are studied and the following types of the reminiscences are revealed: direct, or unchanging; modified, or transformed; and hidden, or implicit. The following number of the reminiscences in the considered works is defined: 1) «The Compendium of Srem» by F. Paul Wilson – 8 direct, 14 transformed, 2 hidden; 2) «An Acceptable Sacrifice» by Jeffery Deaver – 4 direct, 7 transformed, 2 hidden; 3) «Condor in the Stacks» by James Grady – 2 direct, 5 transformed, 3 hidden; 4) «The Gospel of Sheba» by Lyndsay Faye – 5 direct, 8 transformed, 2 hidden; 5) «It’s in the Book» by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins – 3 direct, 6 transformed, 2 hidden. It is established that the specified series as a set of texts reveals in relation to the novel Eco property intertextuality due to the presence in the receiving texts of different types of reminiscences of the original text. Taking into account the genre features of the recipient texts, the interaction of the texts takes place in the detective plane source text, which is a distinctive feature of the considered intertextual discourse.