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Redaktion avldigital.de
Melville's Moby Dick is a book that defiantly (and perhaps frustratingly) defies a solitary meaning. Indeed, rather than providing readers with a single message in a simple narrative, the text is instead "overflowing" with meaning and the endless...
Fields of research
Literature from North America,
Hermeneutics,
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor)
and 1 more
Created on:
11.08.2023
Submitted by:
Redaktion avldigital.de
The term “flyover country” has specifically US-American roots and has developed into a metaphorical condensation of several interrelated issues: a geographical image that suggests many (political, social, cultural) forms of marginalization; a...
Fields of research
Literature from North America,
Literary theory,
Literature and cultural studies
and 5 more
Created on:
24.09.2021
University or institution:
Universität Rostock
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland);
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literary theory;
Interdisciplinarity;
Poetics;
Lyric poetry;
autobiography;
Aesthetics;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor)
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:
Technische Hochschule Köln (TH Köln)
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean);
Literature from the Benelux Countries;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
Spanish literature;
Portugese literature;
Digital Humanities;
Didactics of Literature;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
New Criticism;
Deconstruction;
New Historicism;
Reader-response criticism;
Media studies;
Narratology;
Oral poetry / Orality;
Writtenness;
World Literature;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and sociology;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and publishing/booktrade;
Literature and visual studies;
Literature and pedagogy;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
Literature and media studies;
Game Studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Lyric poetry;
Prose;
Novel;
Novella;
Narrative;
Short prose;
Fairy tale/Literary fairy tale;
Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment);
Comic;
autobiography;
travel literature;
Letter;
Diary;
Drama;
Folk literature;
Children's and young adult literature;
Formula literature;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Translation;
Theory of translation;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Universität Erfurt
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Spanish literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Ecocriticism;
Media studies;
Narratology;
World Literature;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Comic;
Digital literature;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Italian literature;
Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine);
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
Empirical Aesthetics;
Writtenness;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and visual studies;
Literature and geography/cartography;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Lyric poetry;
Epic poetry;
Prose;
Novel;
Novella;
Narrative;
Short prose;
Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment);
Essay;
Tragedy;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.);
Literature of the 16th century;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Universität Erfurt
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
New Criticism;
Deconstruction;
New Historicism;
Postcolonial studies;
Media studies;
Narratology;
Writtenness;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and law;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and theology/study of religions;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and visual studies;
Literature and music/sound studies;
Literature and media studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Lyric poetry;
Novel;
Novella;
Narrative;
Short prose;
Non-fictional literature;
autobiography;
travel literature;
Essay;
Letter;
Diary;
Drama;
Digital literature;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Translation;
Theory of translation;
Literature of the 17th century;
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Purdue University
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Poststructuralism;
New Historicism;
Reader-response criticism;
Ecocriticism;
Media studies;
Narratology;
Writtenness;
World Literature;
Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and sociology;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and visual studies;
Literature and social and cultural anthropology;
Literature and natural science;
Literature and media studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Lyric poetry;
Ballad;
Elegy;
Sonett;
Other lyrical forms;
Prose;
Novel;
Novella;
Narrative;
Short prose;
Fairy tale/Literary fairy tale;
Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment);
Comic;
Non-fictional literature;
Drama;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Theory of translation;
Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.);
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Universität zu Köln
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Digital Humanities;
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Hermeneutics;
Structuralism;
Poststructuralism;
Reader-response criticism;
Media studies;
Narratology;
Writtenness;
World Literature;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and other forms of art;
Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology;
Literature and law;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Literature and visual studies;
Literature and media studies;
Game Studies;
Intermediality;
Poetics;
Literary genre;
Comic;
Tragedy;
Formula literature;
Digital literature;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Translation;
Theory of translation;
Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.);
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:
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Structuralism;
Reader-response criticism;
Media studies;
Narratology;
Literature and media studies;
Game Studies;
Intermediality;
Comic;
Formula literature;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
University or institution:
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
Literary theory;
Poststructuralism;
New Historicism;
Gender Studies/Queer Studies;
Ecocriticism;
Narratology;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and natural science;
Poetics;
Ballad;
Novel;
Novella;
Narrative;
Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment);
autobiography;
Letter;
Diary;
Formula literature;
The fictional;
Aesthetics;
Rhetoric;
Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor);
Literature of the 18th century;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century
