![]() ![]() Additionally, whereas literature once carried significant intellectual weight, it is now easily dismissed as irrelevant and outdated. In his use of literature as a motif, Eco builds associations between literary readership and intelligence and critical thinking. Through a close reading of the novel, this thesis considers the way Numero Zero reflects on the role of literature in a post-truth society, both as a work that reflects explicitly on various kinds of media, and as a novel. Umberto Eco’s Numero Zero revolves around the Italian news industry in the 1990’s, and can be seen as an early example of post-truth literature. While digital media are often considered accomplice to the ‘post-truth’ problem, the role of literature in the modern world is still largely undescribed. ![]() In contemporary Western society, the concept of truth is destabilizing in face of relativist skepticism and an influx of ‘fake news’. ![]()
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