Chapter 1
Narrative, identity, and the city
Article outline
- 1.1Introduction
- 1.2The city as discussed by scholars
- 1.3The city in literature
- 1.4The fragmented, unreal self of postmodernity
- 1.5Different perspectives on place-identity-narrative
- 1.5.1Identity and place
- 1.5.2Identity and narrative
- 1.5.3City and narrative
- 1.6Some more specific synergies
- 1.6.1The city affords the evolution of human subjects, and thereby
also supplies the elements of plot
- 1.6.2City and self relate to each other through
intertextuality
- 1.6.3The story of the city and the story of the self reflect each
other
- 1.6.4The city provides occasions for narration
- 1.6.5The city threatens to decenter the teller
- 1.7Method of analysis
- 1.8Filipino materials
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Notes