Geocriticism : reading literature in the spatial turn
Other Title(s)
النقد الجغرافي : قراءة الأدب في الدور المكاني
Author
al-Khafaji, Arij Muhammad Jawad
Source
al-Qadissiyah Journal for Humanities Sciences
Issue
Vol. 21, Issue 4 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.7-16, 10 p.
Publisher
University of al-Qadisiyah College of Arts
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
History and Geography
Literature
Abstract EN
Corresponding with the new wave of interdisciplinary studies, literary research tries its hand at experimenting with the instruments and findings of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to stir novel questions and issues in the territorially-oriented literary works.
Hence, a recent kind of literary GIS has emerged as a methodology of mapping literature.
The maps and geo-data which are produced in the aftermath prove that there are still dark spots/aporias which have not yet been clarified in the oldest classics, Biblical literature, and literary works of all times and all kinds.
Of course, not all literary works can be mapped, however GIS can recommend the proximity of visualizing literary texts and inspire new research questions.
The GIS-map, which turns to be a substitutive text built on the original written or spoken text, a Derridean 'detour' from the origin which is gradually lost, might be feasible to see if GIS can be incorporated as an integral part of the original text so that no information will remain undiscovered, or it becomes a highly demanding supplement to the original text that both should be studied carefully in the light of each other in order to implement a meaning.
Hence, the GIS-map would naturally be a 'writerly' text for the active.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Khafaji, Arij Muhammad Jawad. 2018. Geocriticism : reading literature in the spatial turn. al-Qadissiyah Journal for Humanities Sciences،Vol. 21, no. 4, pp.7-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-920283
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Khafaji, Arij Muhammad Jawad. Geocriticism : reading literature in the spatial turn. al-Qadissiyah Journal for Humanities Sciences Vol. 21, no. 4 (2018), pp.7-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-920283
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Khafaji, Arij Muhammad Jawad. Geocriticism : reading literature in the spatial turn. al-Qadissiyah Journal for Humanities Sciences. 2018. Vol. 21, no. 4, pp.7-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-920283
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Text in English ; abstracts in English and Arabic.
Record ID
BIM-920283