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  1. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Freie Universität Berlin
    Mythenschlüssel und Urkultur: Antiquarismus und Aitiologie im 19. Jahrhundert
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Das Teilprojekt befasst sich mit Universalmythologien des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts und ihrer Bedeutung für die Mythenexegese der späteren Folkloristen und Anthropologen, denen das gesammelte und zu mythologischen Systemen verdichtete Material im...

    Fields of research Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine),  Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism and 5 more
    Created on: 17.01.2024
  2. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    Die Anfänge des Schreibens in den Anfängen der Welt: Schöpfung und Auktorialität
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Das Teilprojekt untersucht das Verhältnis von Schöpfung und Auktorialität in der Literatur der Vormoderne. Dabei wählt es die Ambiguität von ‘Schöpfung’ als Erschaffung von Welt und Hervorbringung von Text zum Ausgangspunkt und fragt, wie die darin...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Literature and cultural studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 6 more
    Created on: 17.01.2024
  3. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Uppsala universitet / Uppsala University (UU)
    Swedish Images of Italy: Travel Literature in the Age of Liberty (1719–72)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Swedish travel literature from Italy during the Age of Liberty (Frihetstiden, 1719–72) engages in several of the main cultural and political debates of the time. Swedish travellers show both a reorientation in the understanding of classical...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  travel literature,  Literature of the 18th century
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  4. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Uppsala universitet / Uppsala University (UU)
    Tropical Engagements: Vernaculars in French Early Modern Travel Writing (Africa and the Caribbean 1645-1728)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    "Tropical Engagements" examines how vernacular languages are incorporated into and impact upon early modern French travel writing from Africa and the Caribbean, by means of lexical inclusions of foreign words and of reported dialogues. The purpose is...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  World Literature,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality and 4 more
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  5. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU)
    European Travel Writing in Context. The Socio-Political Dimension of Travelogues 1760-1850
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The project [...] investigates the thesis that travel writing is a fundamental medium in the process of the major political and social changes in Europe from the late 18th to the middle of the 19th century. In particular, the processes of the...

    Fields of research Literature and sociology,  travel literature,  Literature of the 18th century and 1 more
    Created on: 12.12.2018