Agency of Urban Space and David Greig’s San Diego as Soft City
Agency of space is a phenomenon not to be ignored. Affecting every entity, it encloses and interacts with gives space a peculiar agency. Without doubt, urban space is a particular space where the interaction between human and space is the densest. Billions of people sustain their lives in urban cont...
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The English Language and Literature Research Association of Türkiye
2024-04-01
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| description | Agency of space is a phenomenon not to be ignored. Affecting every entity, it encloses and interacts with gives space a peculiar agency. Without doubt, urban space is a particular space where the interaction between human and space is the densest. Billions of people sustain their lives in urban containers and these containers surrounding them are shaping the lives of its inhabitants. This act of shaping is not only physical but also identity-related. Through the analysis of how the characters are shaped by the eponymous city in David Greig’s San Diego, this article aims to demonstrate the special relationship between urban space and human beings. While some spatial theories and spatial agency are being stressed prior to reaching any conclusions about this relationship, the similarity between a playwright and an architect will be analysed to highlight that the setting of the play is not a random construction and to demonstrate how the playwright utilises space to shape his characters. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-171020c2d3864e18926b3322269fc3462025-01-05T18:58:39ZengThe English Language and Literature Research Association of TürkiyeIdeas: Journal of English Literary Studies2757-95492024-04-0141273610.62352/ideas.1439136Agency of Urban Space and David Greig’s San Diego as Soft CityÖmer Kemal Gültekin0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2438-0322Mehmet Akif Ersoy UniversityAgency of space is a phenomenon not to be ignored. Affecting every entity, it encloses and interacts with gives space a peculiar agency. Without doubt, urban space is a particular space where the interaction between human and space is the densest. Billions of people sustain their lives in urban containers and these containers surrounding them are shaping the lives of its inhabitants. This act of shaping is not only physical but also identity-related. Through the analysis of how the characters are shaped by the eponymous city in David Greig’s San Diego, this article aims to demonstrate the special relationship between urban space and human beings. While some spatial theories and spatial agency are being stressed prior to reaching any conclusions about this relationship, the similarity between a playwright and an architect will be analysed to highlight that the setting of the play is not a random construction and to demonstrate how the playwright utilises space to shape his characters. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3737646urban spacedavid greigsan diegosoft cityagency |
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| title | Agency of Urban Space and David Greig’s San Diego as Soft City |
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