University or institution:
Freie Universität Berlin
Fields of research:
Literature from North America;
Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland;
Literature from UK and Ireland;
French literature;
Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary);
Literary historiography;
Literary theory;
Poststructuralism;
Deconstruction;
New Historicism;
Narratology;
World Literature;
Interdisciplinarity;
Literature and cultural studies;
Literature and philosophy;
Poetics;
Prose;
Novel;
Aesthetics;
Themes, motifs, thematology;
Literature of the 19th century;
Literature of the 20th century