La evolución de la imagen literaria del paisaje urbano: De la ciudad moderna a la ciudad actual

Abstract

Traditionally divided into three stages (pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial), we have summarised the process of urban development into two key moments: the modern city (industrial stage) and the present-day, post-modern city (post-industrial stage). This new approach consists in analysing the process of urban development using various literary works that describe urban morphology as key points of reference. With this aim in mind, we have focused on Spanish (Castilian) literature from the beginning of the 19th century to present day that refers to the main Spanish cities, being, and appearing in the following order in this study: Oviedo, Madrid, Cuenca, Segovia, Salamanca, Granada, Barcelona, Sevilla and Alicante. These cities are analysed alongside New York, which has been the grand metropolis since the beginning of the previous century and is the city to have captured the imagination of our writers like no other.