Književna sfera kao izvorište identiteta grada

Abstract

The paper analyses the ways in which the literary sphere, understood as a space that includes literary works, writers, literary events, and institutions, contributes to the development of city identity. Based on the typology of urban symbols developed by Peter Nas and associates, in this paper we identify different types of identity markers of the city, which are related to the literary sphere, such as monuments dedicated to writers and literary characters, institutions such as literary museums and libraries, depictions of cities in literary works, literary events, and other related phenomena. Identification of “urban literary symbols” is an important step in sociological examination of the ways in which elements of the literary sphere contribute to the city’s recognizability, as well as in considerations of the possibility to use them as a cultural resource for local development. Unlike the existing literature about the use of objects and phenomena from the sphere of culture for city branding where the emphasis is mostly on film and music, this work focuses on objects and phenomena from the sphere of literature, so therefore the analysis considers the specifics of literary production in a global context.