Παρουσίαση/Προβολή

(63ΛΕ184) -  Ισαβέλλα Βούζα

Περιγραφή Μαθήματος

The course examines the impact of cities and urban environments on Anglophone literature of the twentieth- and twenty-first-centuries. It explores changes in socio-spatial perception during these centuries and attends to the representation of cities in literature, focusing on paces and rhythms of urban spaces across scale (from the metropolis to smaller cities), time (cities as they evolve across centuries), locations (city boroughs, neighbourhoods and ghettos), and types of inhabitants (citizens, locals, and immigrants). Navigating key concepts such as the metropolis, the street, the crowd and the flaneur, the course also draws from key theoretical frameworks in literary theory, sociology, geography, urban studies, and architecture. What is the role of the city in the Anglophone literary imaginary? How does literature manage to capture the topographical changes that shifted the dynamics of urban living during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries? Students will engage with these questions by focusing on diverse literary genres, such as novels, short stories, poems, travelogues, and essays as well as genre fiction, such as science and climate fiction.

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Τετάρτη 24 Σεπτεμβρίου 2025