| Approach | Reading | |----------|---------| | | The novel exposes that all truths are interpretations. The “true manuscript” is a fiction. | | Detective fiction | Subverts the genre: the detective solves the mystery but loses everything. | | Religious | A meditation on how dogma kills and how joy (laughter, sex, storytelling) is repressed. | | Semiotic | Every object is a sign; the killer uses signs (apocalyptic imagery) to mislead. | | Political | The abbey is a microcosm of 14th-century Church power struggles. |
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The story is set against a backdrop of conflict between the Papacy and the Franciscan order over the concept of apostolic poverty. Digital Access & Resources | Approach | Reading | |----------|---------| | |
The story is framed as a manuscript discovered by an unnamed narrator, supposedly written by , an elderly Benedictine monk recalling his youth. | | Religious | A meditation on how