Requisites: Pre-requisite: Cultural and Literary Theory AND AND Pre-requisite: Any SCQF 9 module in literature, film, photography, cultural studies, sociology, psychology, or related discipline (at module leader discretion).

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Critically reflect on the way particular cities have historically been represented in literature and culture.

LO2: Analyse particular literary and cultural representations of urban space.

LO3: Critically reflect on the ways literary and cultural representations of cities construct the identities of their fictional inhabitants.

LO4: Conclude how perceptions of urban space impact upon the social and cultural lives of city dwellers.

LO5: Appraise the extent to which cultural artifacts can subvert hegemonic topographies of urban space.