University or institution:
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Fields of research:
Textual criticism, editing, codicology;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
Deconstruction;
Feminist studies;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Oral poetry / Orality;
Writtenness;
World Literature;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and sociology;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Prose;
Drama;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
French literature;
Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.);
Literature of the Early modern period (14th and 15th century);
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU)
Fields of research:
Literary theory
Fields of research:
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Reader-response criticism;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
travel literature;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Translation;
Literature from North America;
Literature from the Benelux Countries;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Literature of the Middle Ages (6th-13th century);
Literature of the Early modern period (14th and 15th century);
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 17th century;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Spanish literature;
Portugese literature;
Literary theory;
Epic poetry;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Literature of the Early modern period (14th and 15th century);
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU)
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Spanish 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);
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
World Literature;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and law;
Poetics;
Lyric poetry;
Rhetoric;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Translation;
Theory of translation;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
North African literature;
Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa;
Literary theory;
Postcolonial studies;
Oral poetry / Orality;
World Literature;
Literature and natural science;
Literature and geography/cartography;
Prose;
Novel;
Novella;
Narrative;
Short prose;
Fairy tale/Literary fairy tale;
travel literature;
Essay;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
French literature;
Spanish literature;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
New Criticism;
Deconstruction;
New Historicism;
Reader-response criticism;
World Literature;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and natural science;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Lyric poetry;
Prose;
Non-fictional literature;
Drama;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Theory of translation;
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 17th century;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Fields of research:
Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine);
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa;
Literary theory;
Postcolonial studies;
World Literature;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
Literature and media studies;
Intermediality;
Prose
Fields of research:
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);
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
World Literature;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and music/sound studies;
Intermediality;
Drama;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Spanish literature;
Literary theory;
Narratology;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Novel
University or institution:
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland);
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Deconstruction;
Narratology;
World Literature;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
Poetics;
Prose;
Novel;
Essay;
Drama;
Tragedy;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Universität des Saarlandes (UdS)
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;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Feminist studies;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Ecocriticism;
Narratology;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and media studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Prose;
Drama;
The fictional;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Universität Koblenz-Landau
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Didactics of Literature;
Literary theory;
Media studies;
Narratology;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and visual studies;
Intermediality;
Literary genre;
Novel;
Narrative;
Rhetoric;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
Literary theory;
Reader-response criticism;
Postcolonial studies;
Narratology;
World Literature;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
Literature and geography/cartography;
Intermediality;
Prose;
autobiography;
Children's and young adult literature;
Translation;
Theory of translation
Fields of research:
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Literary theory;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
Poetics;
Aesthetics;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Literature of the 20th century
