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  1. Komparatistik : Jahrbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft ; 2017
    Published: 11.11.2019

    In recent years, the interest in theory which has once been a moving force of academic research in the field of literary studies appears to have decreased. The status of theory, its relevance and appropriateness for the understanding of literature... more

     

    In recent years, the interest in theory which has once been a moving force of academic research in the field of literary studies appears to have decreased. The status of theory, its relevance and appropriateness for the understanding of literature have been put into doubt. Faced with this observation, some critics have even suggested that we have now entered into a new era of research which can retrospectively be identified as the era "after theory". Against the background of such pronouncements and to a certain extent in opposition to them, the investigations proposed here wish to uphold the idea of the utility and indeed the need for theoretical approaches to literature. To appreciate the status of theory and its possible contribution to a deepened understanding of literature, it is useful not to focus exclusively on the distinction or supposed divide between literature and theory. Instead we should pay attention to what links and unites them. This common ground or common denominator of literature and theory consists in the dimension of language. Furnishing the intellectual material from which both domains of articulation are formed, language constitutes at once the key element of literature and a principal concern of theory. [...] The present volume collects the papers presented in the context of the panel "Languages of Theory" at the conference of the "International Association of Comparative Literature" (ICLA) at Vienna in July 2016. As stated above, our aim is to examine the philological or linguistic preoccupations of current approaches in literary and cultural theory, to look into the (pre-)history of theory's engagement with linguistic concerns and to unfold its conceptual and semantic implications. Taking our cue from the title of the ICLA conference, "The Many Languages of Comparative Literature", we have found it to be a rewarding task to raise the issue of the "languages of theory" and to promote its further exploration and analysis. It is our contention that theoretical approaches and reflections do not only rightfully hold their place in comparative literature studies but that it is also worthwhile to interrogate their conceptual genealogies and terminological choices, their styles of thought and argument as well as their various linguistic engagements. The articles united in this volume have taken up this challenge and attempt to elucidate the intricate relationship of language and theory in exemplary case studies.

     

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    ISBN: 978-3-8498-1292-8
    DDC Categories: 800
    Collection: Aisthesis Verlag
    Subjects: Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Literaturtheorie
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  2. Borges : philology as poetry

    The titles of many of Borges's poems refer to canonical texts of world literature. One poem, for example, deals with the ending of the Odyssey and is simply called "A scholion"; others are called "Inferno V, 129" and "Paradise XXXI, 108", referring... more

     

    The titles of many of Borges's poems refer to canonical texts of world literature. One poem, for example, deals with the ending of the Odyssey and is simply called "A scholion"; others are called "Inferno V, 129" and "Paradise XXXI, 108", referring both to Dante's "Divine Comedy". These titles indicate that in his poems, Borges often keeps his distance from traditional poetical matters such as love, or, more generally, immediate emotions. Instead, he writes poems that gloss other texts, some of which actually relate love stories. Thus, Borges's poems stage themselves as philological commentaries rather than as poetry in its own right. In a similar vein and on a more general level, Borges likes to present himself in poems, interviews, and essays as a fervent reader of world literature, playing down his role as an original author. [...] In the following two sections of his paper, Joachim Harst tackles this question by commenting on two of Borges's philological poems, namely, the two texts on Dante's "Comedy". A ready objection to the idea of "philological poetry" is that despite Borges's selfstaging as reader, his texts obviously aren't philological in any academic sense. [...] The fundamental role of love for Dante's cosmological vision leads Harst to another understanding of the term "philology," namely, its more or less literal translation as "love of the lógos," the "lógos" being the cosmic principle and the divine word. Dante's Comedy can be considered a "philological" text in the sense that it is fueled by the "love of the lógos," and it discusses this love by citing, glossing and correcting other texts on love. Returning to Borges, Harst suggests that his two "philological" poems on Dante refer to this understanding of "philology." But by modifying the epic's theological underpinnings, they work to integrate Dante into a larger system which Borges calls "universal literature." Harst claims that this notion of literature, just like Dante's cosmos, is also centered on a lógos—albeit differently structured—and in this sense "philological."

     

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    Subjects: Dante Alighieri; Divina Commedia; Rezeption; Borges, Jorge Luis; Liebe <Motiv>; Philologie
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  3. Languages of theory : introduction

    In recent years, the interest in theory which has once been a moving force of academic research in the field of literary studies appears to have decreased. The status of theory, its relevance and appropriateness for the understanding of literature... more

     

    In recent years, the interest in theory which has once been a moving force of academic research in the field of literary studies appears to have decreased. The status of theory, its relevance and appropriateness for the understanding of literature have been put into doubt. Faced with this observation, some critics have even suggested that we have now entered into a new era of research which can retrospectively be identified as the era "after theory". Against the background of such pronouncements and to a certain extent in opposition to them, the investigations proposed here wish to uphold the idea of the utility and indeed the need for theoretical approaches to literature. To appreciate the status of theory and its possible contribution to a deepened understanding of literature, it is useful not to focus exclusively on the distinction or supposed divide between literature and theory. Instead we should pay attention to what links and unites them. This common ground or common denominator of literature and theory consists in the dimension of language. Furnishing, so to speak, the intellectual material from which both domains of articulation are formed, language constitutes at once the key element of literature and a principal concern of theory.

     

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  4. Workshopbericht: Vergleich - Übersetzung - Weltliteratur : komparatistische Praktiken in der Diskussion : Auftaktveranstaltung des Netzwerks "Undiszipliniert? Komparatistische Praktiken und ihre gesellschaftliche Bedeutung", Bern, 14.-15.02.2020
    Published: 22.03.2022

    Am 14. und 15. Februar 2020 fand an der Universität Bern der Workshop "Vergleich - Übersetzung - Weltliteratur. Komparatistische Praktiken in der Diskussion" statt. Die Veranstaltung war zugleich Auftaktveranstaltung für das geplante DFG-Netzwerk... more

     

    Am 14. und 15. Februar 2020 fand an der Universität Bern der Workshop "Vergleich - Übersetzung - Weltliteratur. Komparatistische Praktiken in der Diskussion" statt. Die Veranstaltung war zugleich Auftaktveranstaltung für das geplante DFG-Netzwerk "Undiszipliniert? Komparatistische Praktiken und ihre gesellschaftliche Bedeutung" und wurde organisiert von Melanie Rohner, Netzwerkmitglied an der Universität Bern, und den Antragstellern des Netzwerks, Joachim Harst und Alena Heinritz. Das Programm des Workshops setzte sich aus netzwerkinternen Besprechungen und drei öffentlichen Impulsvorträgen zusammen, an die jeweils eine Diskussion eines ausgewählten Textes anschloss.

     

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    ISBN: 978-3-8498-1659-9; 978-3-8498-1726-8; 978-3-8498-1727-5
    DDC Categories: 800
    Collection: Aisthesis Verlag
    Subjects: Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Vergleich; Übersetzung; Weltliteratur
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  5. "The Dream She Clung To Enfolded Her" : Apparat und Begehren im Hollywood-Film
    Published: 17.07.2017

    Ich möchte im Folgenden die Affinität zwischen psychoanalytischem und cineatischem Apparat zur Auseinandersetzung mit konkreten Filmen nutzen, indem ich drei Filme vorstelle, die ihrerseits Projektionen, Spiegelungen und Identifikationen... more

     

    Ich möchte im Folgenden die Affinität zwischen psychoanalytischem und cineatischem Apparat zur Auseinandersetzung mit konkreten Filmen nutzen, indem ich drei Filme vorstelle, die ihrerseits Projektionen, Spiegelungen und Identifikationen thematisieren und diese Konstellation inhaltlich mit Geschichten des Begehrens verknüpfen. Solche Momente führen eine doppelwendige Struktur in den Film ein: Sie stellen zum einen optische Reflexe - ohne jede "tiefere" Bedeutung - als Grundlage des Begehrens dar, während diese zum anderen den medialen Apparat innerhalb des Films spiegeln; das steigert sich weiterhin, wenn die Filme explizit oder implizit auf Hollywood als Ort der "Traumproduktion" verweisen. Dabei möchte ich in der Interpretation zeigen, dass es in den ausgewählten Werken weniger um Befriedigung durch imitierende Repräsentation als um die ganz konkrete Produktion von Begehren im Film geht. Das sei im folgenden am Beispiel dreier Filme aus bzw. über Hollywood - 'Sunset Blvd.', 'Mulholland Dr.' und 'No Country for Old Men' - anschaulicher vorgeführt.

     

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    Subjects: Hollywoodfilm; Begierde <Motiv>; Psychoanalyse <Motiv>
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