Detailed Information on Publication Record
2021
Literary tourism and the shaping of space and identity in Victoria Hislop's novel The Island
WEISS, MichaelaBasic 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
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
60206 Specific literatures
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
References:
RIV identification code
RIV/47813059:19240/21:A0000845
Organization unit
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Keywords in English
literary tourism; The Island; historical romance; tourist gaze; Spinalonga
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 3/3/2022 08:39, doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
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.