SPAN 470 - Subject and the City: Imagined and Real

What do literary subjects and contemporary cities have in common? Students explore the connections between the two of them, placing special emphasis on the role that imagination plays in the construction of space. Through the analysis of novels, short stories, diaries and hybrid texts, students question the notion of authorship, problematizing the relationship between fictional characters, authors and readers with urban landscapes and spatial theories. A close analysis of literary representations of cities such as Madrid, Barcelona and New York, as well as the subjects who inhabit them, leads students to examine the fine line that separates the real from the fictional realm.

Credits: 1
Prerequisites: None
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: No First-year
Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
Liberal Arts CORE: None

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