JOURNALISM IN THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE. “NUMERO ZERO” BY UMBERTO ECO AND THE EUROPEAN NOVEL ABOUT THE PRESS Cover Image

DZIENNIKARSTWO W LUSTRZE LITERATURY. „TEMAT NA PIERWSZĄ STRONĘ” UMBERTA ECO WOBEC EUROPEJSKIEJ POWIEŚCI O PRASIE
JOURNALISM IN THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE. “NUMERO ZERO” BY UMBERTO ECO AND THE EUROPEAN NOVEL ABOUT THE PRESS

Author(s): Edyta Żyrek-Horodyska
Subject(s): Media studies, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Umberto Eco; novel about a journalist; newspaper; tabloidisation; faction;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to discuss the Umberto Eco’s novel “Numero Zero” published in 2015. The image of mass media, presented by the Italian author, is compared to the earlier literary works portraying the work of journalists in previous literary epochs. Outlined analyzes concentrate on Eco’s media reflection, which appears in his novel as well as in his earlier discursive works.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 2 (230)
  • Page Range: 390-404
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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