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  1. Category: Projects
    Parasiten. Literatur- und wissensgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zu einer Mensch-Tier-Figuration im langen 19. Jahrhundert
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Das Projekt untersucht die Literatur- und Wissensgeschichte der Parasiten vom ausgehenden 18. bis zum beginnenden 20. Jahrhundert. Heuristisch unterscheidet es dabei zwei Phasen: eine ‚organologische‘ Phase, in welcher der Parasitismus als die...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Postcolonial studies,  Narratology and 5 more
    Created on: 01.10.2021
  2. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
    Pandemics and Coloniality: Biopolitical Entanglements in Early Modern Chronicles and COVID-19 Narratives
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This project's key question asks how structures of coloniality are inherent to COVID-19 narratives, and how their biopolitical mechanisms relate to early colonial accounts of disease. As a key result, the project will provide a rich set of...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  Literature and philosophy,  Literature and natural science and 4 more
    Created on: 05.07.2021
  3. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
    Author Fictions: Literary Authorship and Authorpoiesis in Modern English Literature
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Autorschaftsszenarien sind, so die These dieser Monographie, literarische Schlüsselszenen in der Moderne seit dem 18. Jahrhundert. In ihnen erzählt der Autor fiktional seinen Leser(inne)n von sich selber als Autor des Romans bzw. der Erzählung und...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literary historiography,  Literary theory and 6 more
    Created on: 07.06.2021