The Public Spaces of Contemporary Literature

Because we are continuously reminded that the global network represents a new agora, a term for which "public space" might read as the modern translation. Because our hyper-urbanized world has come into being alongside spaces other than those places of privatization: parks, gardens, and wh...

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Published in:Qui Parle 2014-12, Vol.22 (2), p.101-122
Main Author: Ruffel, Lionel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bourgeois
Critical Theory
Cultural Studies
Encyclopedias
French literature
Ideology
Literary history
Literary Theory
Literary translation
Literature and Literary Studies
Modern literature
Parole & probation
Poetry
Political debate
Privatization
Public space
Public spaces
Public sphere
Reading
Space
Speech
Subalterns
Theater
Theory and Philosophy
Translations
Visual artists
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Summary:Because we are continuously reminded that the global network represents a new agora, a term for which "public space" might read as the modern translation. Because our hyper-urbanized world has come into being alongside spaces other than those places of privatization: parks, gardens, and what anthropologist Marc Augé terms "non-places" such as airports or shopping malls. [...]the famous phrase of Louis XIV: "L'état, c'est moi!" Meanwhile, the rest of the population is confined to a form of existence that is strictly private, deprived notably of the right to participate in the public domain.
ISSN:1041-8385
1938-8020
2158-0057
DOI:10.5250/quiparle.22.2.0101