The construction of space according to Umberto Eco

The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze systematically the various types of places used by Eco in his novels and the design of the space that emerges. The article focuses on two fundamental types of space carried by Eco in almost all of his novels : namely closed spaces and open and unlimited space. These two types of space are selected because they create spaces of writing closely related to a poetics of the secret not to say of the plot. In this novelistic treatment of space, Eco mobilizes many semiotic reminiscences on the premises as restrictive but at the same time inspiring forms of character behavior.