Umberto Eco and Metaphor as a Cognitive Instrument

Abstract

In various essays Eco has analyzed the production and the interpretation of metaphor, from a theoretical as well as from a historical point of view. According to Eco, the metaphor is a cognitive instrument, which pushes the reader to revise and to reorganize his/her knowledge and ideas about the world. In the context of unlimited semiosis, the metaphor has the role of «interpretant». Eco stresses the importance of the «open metaphor». It depends on the «openness» of the metaphor if the reader is permitted to travel along the paths of semiosis, enriching his/her encyclopedic competence. 
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Musarra-SchrØder, U. (2018). Umberto Eco and Metaphor as a Cognitive Instrument. Revista De La Sociedad Española De Italianistas, 12, 121–129. Retrieved from https://revistas.usal.es/dos/index.php/1576-7787/article/view/20499

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