James Joyce’S Dublin and Lars Saabye Christensen’s Oslo. Geocritical Readings

• Authors: Andra-Lucia Rus
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper analyzes the literary representations of Dublin and Oslo in the novels of James Joyce, respectively Lars Saabye Christensen. The methodology derives from concepts introduced by Bertrand Westphal in his books on geocriticism, with a special emphasis on the performative nature of literature in relation to space production.

Keywords

EN

Dublin; geocriticism; Oslo; space and place; space production writing the city

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 271-277

Dates

published

2013-03-01

online

2013-02-22

Contributors

author

Andra-Lucia Rus

• “Babeş-Bolyai” University Cluj-Napoca

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/rjes-2013-0026