{"product_id":"the-representation-of-space-prose-and-maps-about-the-london-underground-von-ulrike-miske","title":"The representation of space: Prose and maps about the London Underground","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, University of Paderborn, course: Narratives of London, language: English, abstract: Some people say you can only experience London as you walk it. Others say that riding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe London Tube gives you the real picture of the city as you receive different\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eperspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndeed, the world¿s oldest and largest underground, is one of the city¿s most prominent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand prototypical features. For more than 140 years, a diverse range of people such as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etourists, visitors, provincials and commuters have travelled the metropolis by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunderground. Yet all of them for the same reason: to get from one place to the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the opening of the first line in 1868, the London Underground also attracted the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eattention of many writers who depicted this means of transportation in their works. In\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efact, the London Underground still fascinates many contemporary authors such as Doris\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLessing and Charlie Higson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading Lessing¿s In Defence of the Underground or Higson¿s The Red Line you are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etaken along on a journey below the city, exploring the metropolis. While the story¿s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echaracters travel through London they organize space. When riding one of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunderground lines, certain places and linked together. As the story continues, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enarrative structures unfold to be spatial syntaxes that take the reader along on a tour\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough the metropolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this paper I will argue to what degree texts about the London Tube as well as the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon Underground maps can be considered a way of organizing the space of London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst of all, I want to give a short introduction on spatial theory and a definition of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econcept of spatial stories. Afterwards, I will apply my findings on spatial stories to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon Underground texts In Defence of the Underground and The Red Line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoreover, I will discuss the different representation of London within the two texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, I want to examine to what degree London Underground maps can be considered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea way of organizing the space of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640166633\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640166633","offer_id":39424955318365,"sku":"9783640166633","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/49af2741-befb-424b-ae90-0a52ded682e0.jpg?v=1777612743","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-representation-of-space-prose-and-maps-about-the-london-underground-von-ulrike-miske","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}