tourism and literature; tourist literature; Dublinesca; literary tourist; literary pilgrim
Abstract
This paper aims at exploring the interrelation between literature and tourism. At first, we start by explaining the relevance of the emerging field of interdisciplinary research – literature and tourism –, which combines literary studies and studies in tourism, and by drawing a distinction between this line of research and that on ‘travel literature’. Secondly, we focus on the opposition traveller/tourist, as well as on some of the key concepts in this area of research: literary site, literary tourist, literary pilgrim and authenticity. Finally, we analyse the novel Dublinesca, by Enrique Vila-Matas (2010), within the studies in literature and tourism.
