Submitted by:
Georgia Lummert
When analyzing asymmetries between centers, semi-peripheries, and peripheries, literary scholars draw on various theoretical and methodological traditions, such as post- and decolonial approaches or, as for example the Warwick Research Collective,...
Fields of research
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),
Literature from the Benelux Countries,
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland
and 15 more
Created on:
22.05.2024
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
We are seeking proposals for contributions to an edited collection of essays, titled Unruly Fictions: Geographies of Genre in the Contemporary Global Novel, focused on how the contemporary global novel expands the generic boundaries of fiction. This...
Fields of research
Literature from North America,
Literature from UK and Ireland,
Postcolonial studies
and 7 more
Created on:
25.09.2023
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Les arts du roman grec, des textes antiques à leur réception moderne et contemporaine ALTER – Équipe 2, « Arts et Savoirs » Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour – Mardi 7 novembre 2023 Appel à communications En 1640, le...
Fields of research
Reader-response criticism,
Literature and other forms of art,
Literature and visual studies
and 5 more
Created on:
28.08.2023
Submitted by:
Manuel Mühlbacher
Seminar at the Annual Conference of the American Comparative Literature Association (Chicago, 16–19 March 2023) In contemporary Western culture, the term ‘adventure’ seems to be applicable to almost everything. While the ‘adventure appeal’ is...
Fields of research
Narratology,
Novel,
Rhetoric
and 1 more
Created on:
20.09.2022
Submitted by:
Thomas Kullmann
Emerging Scholars Workshop des Interdisziplinären Instituts für Kulturgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit (IKFN) Osnabrück | 12.–14.10.2022 Spätestens seit dem ‚Emotional Turn‘ der (späten) 1990er-Jahre ist die Emotionsforschung in den Kultur- und...
Fields of research
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Literature from UK and Ireland,
French literature
and 33 more
Created on:
15.02.2022
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Novels, Then and Now invites papers on all novel genres, authors, time periods, cultures, and settings. Consider it a safety net for novels that don’t fit neatly into a specific genre or that cross genres. For example, consider the many sub-genres of...
Fields of research
Literature from North America,
Novel,
travel literature
and 3 more
Created on:
17.05.2021
University or institution:
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)
Fields of research:
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Prose;
Novel;
Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment);
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean);
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Spanish literature;
Portugese literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
Deconstruction;
Reader-response criticism;
Feminist studies;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Postcolonial studies;
World Literature;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and natural science;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Lyric poetry;
Prose;
Novel;
Non-fictional literature;
autobiography;
Essay;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Translation;
Theory of translation;
Literature of the 17th century;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
Submitted by:
Soapbox Journal
For the next volume of Soapbox, a graduate peer-reviewed journal for cultural analysis, we invite young researchers and established scholars alike to submit work that critically engages with the theme of the impasse. [Border] In its first...
Fields of research
Textual criticism, editing, codicology,
Digital Humanities,
Literary theory
and 49 more
Created on:
28.12.2020
University or institution:
Universität Passau
Fields of research:
Literature from the Benelux Countries;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
French literature;
Spanish literature;
North African literature;
Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa;
Near Eastern literature;
Didactics of Literature;
Postcolonial studies;
World Literature;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and visual studies;
Intermediality;
Novel;
Narrative;
Comic;
autobiography;
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
Universität Freiburg (Schweiz) / Université de Fribourg
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean);
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine);
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
South Eastern European literature (Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey);
North African literature;
East Asian literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Structuralism;
Empirical Aesthetics;
Reader-response criticism;
Feminist studies;
Narratology;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and philosophy;
Poetics;
Prose;
Novel;
Novella;
Narrative;
Short prose;
Aesthetics;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland);
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
South Asian literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Narratology;
World Literature;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
Novel;
Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment);
travel literature;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (JLU);
Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine);
South Eastern European literature (Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey);
Literary theory;
Postcolonial studies;
World Literature;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Prose;
Novel;
travel literature;
Essay;
Translation;
Theory of translation;
Literature of the 20th century;
Literature of the 21st century
University or institution:
San Francisco State University (SFSU)
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean);
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland);
Literature from the Benelux Countries;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Spanish literature;
Portugese literature;
Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine);
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
South Eastern European literature (Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey);
North African literature;
Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa;
Literature from Israel;
Near Eastern literature;
East Asian literature;
South Asian literature;
Textual criticism, editing, codicology;
Didactics of Literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
New Criticism;
Deconstruction;
New Historicism;
Empirical Aesthetics;
Reader-response criticism;
Feminist studies;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Postcolonial studies;
Narratology;
Oral poetry / Orality;
World Literature;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and law;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Game Studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Prose;
Novel;
Narrative
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
Medieval romance is arguably the most influential secular literary genre of the European Middle Ages. Its history has not been written yet. In order to enhance our understanding of this history (both conceptually and cross-culturally), this project...
Fields of research
Narratology,
Novel,
Rhetoric
and 2 more
Created on:
17.06.2019
