The FSGS is a structured doctoral programme at the FU Berlin that has been funded by the Excellence Initiative since 2007. Fields of research include the relationships between literary texts, the connections between literary texts and processes of language reflection, rhetoric and poetics, the correlation between literature and other aesthetic media, and the interdependence of literature and discourses of knowledge. Applications are open to young scholars with a literary research project.
FID AVL has a regular exchange of information with the FSGS. The FSGS actively communicates its activities via the Networking module, promoting the platform to its members as a means of research communication. The FSGS also disseminates information about the FID AVL and its services via its communication channels, for example the blog LiteraturWissenschaft in Berlin. In the future, open access cooperations are planned, which will result from the research activities of FSGS members.