ABSTRACT. The mainstay of the paper is formed by an analysis of Eco’s interpretive theory, his literary strategy, and the nature of the semiotic universe. The objective of this paper is to emphasize Eco’s sign system of seriality, his theory of semiotics, and textual economy and coherence in Foucault’s Pendulum. pp. 173–178

Keywords: Eco, semiotic theory, theoretical aesthetics, interpretation