WEISS, Michaela. Literary tourism and the shaping of space and identity in Victoria Hislop's novel The Island. Brno Studies in English. 2021, vol. 48, No 1, p. 275-288. ISSN 0524-6881. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/BSE2021-1-15.
Other formats:   BibTeX LaTeX RIS
Basic information
Original name Literary tourism and the shaping of space and identity in Victoria Hislop's novel The Island
Authors WEISS, Michaela (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Brno Studies in English, 2021, 0524-6881.
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60206 Specific literatures
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
RIV identification code RIV/47813059:19240/21:A0000845
Organization unit Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/BSE2021-1-15
Keywords in English literary tourism; The Island; historical romance; tourist gaze; Spinalonga
Tags SGS12020, ÚCJ
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D., učo 48912. Changed: 3/3/2022 08:39.
Abstract
The paper discusses the historical romantic novel The Island (2005) by contemporary British writer Victoria Hislop (b. 1959) in the context of literary tourism. Hislop set her novel on Crete, depicting the tragic and a long-time silenced part of Greek history connected with the leper colony on the island of Spinalonga in the years 1903 to 1957. Hislop's novel became an international bestseller and turned the island, together with the Elounda Gulf and town Agios Nikolaos, into one of the most popular tourist areas in Crete. Focusing on the effect of the novel on the place, the paper predominantly discusses the presentation of the setting from a perspective of literary tourism studies, addressing the psychological impact of a literary travel on the tourist-protagonist.
PrintDisplayed: 5/5/2024 07:42