Sumários

Case study 3: The spaces of horror

15 Novembro 2018, 10:00 • Santiago Perez Isasi

The spaces of horror: From The castle of Otranto to The shining (with an intermediate stop in Dracula). Analysis from the point of view of Bachelard, The poetics of space, and Bakhtin's cronotope. Crossings between gothic literature and travel literature.

Case study 2: Iberian literary spaces

8 Novembro 2018, 10:00 • Santiago Perez Isasi

Session devoted to literary representations of Iberian Spaces: Ramiro Pinilla’s “Getxo” in Verdes valles, colinas rojas and Eduardo Mendoza’s Barcelona in The city of marvels

Case study 1: Los Angeles

25 Outubro 2018, 10:00 • Santiago Perez Isasi

This session was devoted to an analysis of the representations of Los Angeles in three different texts or cultural productions:

1. The theoretical text "Thirdspace" by Edward Soja

2. The novel Less than zero by Bret Easton Ellis

3. The movie Mulholland Drive by David Lynch

Individual meetings with the lecturer

18 Outubro 2018, 10:00 • Santiago Perez Isasi

This session was substituted by

1.- One on one meetings with the students, in order to have a closer idea of their projects for the course essay and digital project

2.- The visualization of the movie Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)

Geocriticism and literary spatial analysis

11 Outubro 2018, 10:00 • Santiago Perez Isasi

Applying geographical concepts to literary analysis. Geocriticism. Mapping fiction and uncertainty. Discussion on the different concepts of geocriticism and their validity and usefulness for our own research.