The ideologies of lived space in literary texts, ancient and modern
In his essay 'Des espaces autres' (1984) Michel Foucault announced that after the nineteenth century, which was dominated by a historical outlook, the current century might rather be the century of space. His prophecy has been fulfilled: the end of the twentieth century witnessed a 's...
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | In his essay 'Des espaces autres' (1984) Michel Foucault announced that after the nineteenth century, which was dominated by a historical outlook, the current century might rather be the century of space. His prophecy has been fulfilled: the end of the twentieth century witnessed a 'spatial turn' in humanities which was perhaps partly due to the globalisation of our modern world. Inspired by the spatial turn in the humanities, this volume presents a number of essays on the ideological role of space in literary texts. The individual articles analyse ancient and modern literary texts from the angle of the most recent theoretical conceptualisations of space. The focus throughout is on how the 'experience' of space is determined by dominant political, philosophical or religious ideologies and how, in turn, 'the description of spaces in literature' is employed to express, broadcast or deconstruct this experience. By bringing together ancient and modern texts, this volume hopes to stimulate discussion among disciplines and across continents |
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| Beschreibung: | Papers originally presented at the Colloquium "Space in Literature: Questioning Space in Fiction" held at the University of Amsterdam, May 26-27, 2011 |
| Beschreibung: | 256 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9789038221021 978-90-382-2102-1 9038221029 90-382-2102-9 |