Umberto Eco’s 'The Name of the Rose' is frequently cited as a 'meta-intertextual' novel because:
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Correct answer: It is set in a library and woven from references to medieval manuscripts
As a semiotician, Eco built the novel as an 'intertextual machine.' The plot revolves around a lost book by Aristotle, and the dialogue is often a patchwork of actual historical and theological texts.
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