Literary Geography: A Research Paradigm of Time and Space

Abstract

From the humanistic perspective, examining the “space” structure of literature and the “geographical” picture has become a possibility to expand the path of literary research. As a theoretical perspective, literary geography emphasizes the integration and interaction between literature and geography, and further explores the multiple cultural contexts behind literature and geography. Changes in climate and phenology in different regions can trigger the writer’s life consciousness and emotional cognition in many cases. Geography in literature is the eternal spiritual homeland in the soul of the writer. It is also the original driving force of creation. It encourages the writer to carry out the spiritual hometown consciously or unconsciously. This spiritual hometown is presented in the creative process and literary works. Therefore, geospatial is not only the natural environment for the writer’s creative style, but also the source of the writer’s “spiritual hometown”. The influence of geography and cultural traditions on a writer and even a group of writers is both potential and relatively stable.