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  1. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 01.11.2023
    CFP for an Edited Collection on the Contemporary Global Novel
    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
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.09.2023
    CfP Eternal Peace in Speculative Fiction
    Submitted by: Johannes Kaminski

    Dear colleagues, I am currently putting together a special issue of World Literature Studies (WLS) dedicated to speculative fiction. Looking forward to see your abstracts by September 15! See CfP below. Best wishes Johannes Kaminski ...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  World Literature,  Literature and sociology and 6 more
    Created on: 30.06.2023
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.07.2021
    Novels, Then and Now Area of the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association, MAPACA 2021
    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
  4. Sona Lisa Arasteh-Roodsary
    University or institution: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU)
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literary theory; Literature and cultural studies; Novel; Formula literature

  5. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.01.2021
    Impasse
    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
  6. Reinhard M. Möller
    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

  7. Diana Hitzke
    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

  8. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Universität Zürich (Uzh)
    Hybride Zeiten. Temporale Dynamiken 1400-1600
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Das Projekt erforscht, in welchem Masse im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert Zeitindikatoren in textuellen wie visuellen Formen zunehmen, inwiefern Zeitsemantiken eine immer grössere Rolle spielen, wie Zeit in ihren multiplen Schattierungen und...

    Fields of research Media studies,  Narratology,  Lyric poetry and 5 more
    Created on: 24.05.2019
  9. Category: Workshops, seminars
    Beginning: 21.06.2018
    Erzählformen des Abenteuers
    Submitted by: Manuel Mühlbacher

    Der Auftakt-Workshop der Forschergruppe "Philologie des Abenteuers" findet am 21. und 22. Juni 2018 statt und ist dem Thema "Erzählformen des Abenteuers" gewidmet. Der Begriff "Abenteuer" erscheint schon in seinen mittelalterlichen Ursprüngen...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  Narratology and 6 more
    Created on: 12.12.2018
  10. Category: Research Units
    Institutions: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
    Philologie des Abenteuers
    Submitted by: Manuel Mühlbacher

    Der Begriff ‚Abenteuer‘ bezeichnet einen elementaren Nukleus des Erzählens – ‚elementar‘ sowohl im narrativen als auch im psychologischen Sinn. Unter den Grundbegriffen des Literarischen nimmt er eine Sonderstellung ein, weil er zum einen genuin...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  Narratology and 6 more
    Created on: 12.12.2018
  11. Hend Asaad
    University or institution: Ain Shams Universität
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; North African literature; Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa; Near Eastern literature; Feminist studies; Gender Studies/Queer Studies; Postcolonial studies; Narratology; World Literature; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology; Literature and sociology; Literature and law; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and philosophy; Literature and natural science; Literature and media studies; Novel; Narrative; Short prose; Folk literature; Children's and young adult literature; Formula literature; The fictional; Translation; Theory of translation; Literature of the 20th century

  12. Dominic Angeloch
    University or institution: Redaktion "Psyche"
    Fields of research: Literature from North America; Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literature from UK and Ireland; French literature; Literary theory; Hermeneutics; Reader-response criticism; Narratology; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology; Literature and philosophy; Poetics; Lyric poetry; Other lyrical forms; Prose; Novel; Narrative; Short prose; Comic; Non-fictional literature; autobiography; Essay; Formula literature; The fictional; Aesthetics; Translation; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century

  13. Alexander Nebrig
    University or institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; French literature; Digital Humanities; Literary historiography; Hermeneutics; Structuralism; New Criticism; Reader-response criticism; Media studies; Oral poetry / Orality; World Literature; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Literature and law; Literature and publishing/booktrade; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; Literature and media studies; Poetics; Literary genre; Lyric poetry; Elegy; Sonett; Epic poetry; Prose; Novel; Narrative; Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment); autobiography; travel literature; Tragedy; Domestic drama; Folk literature; Digital literature; Aesthetics; Rhetoric; Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor); Themes, motifs, thematology; Translation; Theory of translation; Literature of the 17th century; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century

  14. Mahamat Ali Alhadji
    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

  15. Ute Barbara Schilly
    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