Published by De Gruyter

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft

ISSN: 2567-241X

e-ISSN 2567-2428

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Die Reihe bietet substanzielle Einzeldarstellungen zu Grundthemen und zentralen Fragestellungen der Literaturwissenschaft. Dabei erhebt sie den Anspruch, für fortgeschrittene Studierende wissenschaftliche Zugänge zum jeweiligen Thema zu erschließen. Gleichzeitig soll sie Forscherinnen und Forschern mit speziellen Interessen als wichtige Anlaufstelle dienen, die den aktuellen Stand der Forschung auf hohem Niveau kartiert und somit eine solide Basis für weitere Arbeiten im betreffenden Forschungsfeld bereitstellt.

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Klaus Stierstorfer, Universität Münster.

Book 2020

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Fiktionalität

Lut Missinne, Ralf Schneider, Beatrix Theresa van Dam

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Fictionality is a much-debated concept in literary studies, and it also plays a part in many other societal situations. This Handbook begins by reviewing the phenomena of fictionality from the perspective of literary studies and goes on to sound out the significance of fictionality in other contexts. It is addressed to a broad professional audience in literary studies and other disciplines.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110466577
ISBN:: 9783110466577
ISBN:: 9783110466027
ISBN:: 9783110466331
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Literary Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Ahead of Publication 2023

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Interpretation

Eric Achermann

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"Interpretation" is a practice that concerns the meaning and value of verbal or emblematic expressions. This volume presents the history of the theory of interpretative practice and methods as well as their hermeneutic and philosophical basis, and addresses the role of interpretation in literary studies and other disciplines.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110577716
ISBN:: 9783110577716
ISBN:: 9783110407822
ISBN:: 9783110575859
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Comparative Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Ahead of Publication 2023

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Adaption

Rainer Emig, Lucia Krämer

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This handbook offers a broad overview of characteristic adaptation processes within and between media, and current academic issues in the theoretical understanding of adaptation. It describes the concepts, practices, and forms of adaptation and their role as cultural phenomena while also examining concepts of adaptation from other disciplines of relevance to literary studies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110410662
ISBN:: 9783110410662
ISBN:: 9783110407815
ISBN:: 9783110410792
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: General Cultural Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Poetik und Poetizität

Ralf Simon

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What makes a text poetic? Can we identify characteristics and practices that distinguish poetic texts from others? This handbook offers an overview of the history of poetics and of systematic studies of poeticism, and discusses a selection of author poetics. The paradigmatic focus on poeticism is also applied to broader areas of cultural studies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110410648
ISBN:: 9783110410648
ISBN:: 9783110764659
ISBN:: 9783110407808
ISBN:: 9783110410815
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Poetics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Literaturdidaktik

Christiane Lütge

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This volume deals with the central issues of literary didactics and addresses important topics and concepts. Unlike other pertinent monographies and edited volumes, it aims to provide an introduction to the issues of literary didactics across philological disciplines. It starts by tracing selected historic developments, looking both at the history of classical literary tuition, and English and German literary didactics. The central questions take up fields of literary didactic activity and use selected examples to outline objects of literary inquiry and literary concepts. Ultimately, the volume uses its focus on interdisciplinary concepts and larger-scale discourses to carry out a classification within a larger frame of reference.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110410709
ISBN:: 9783110410709
ISBN:: 9783111131092
ISBN:: 9783110401202
ISBN:: 9783110410846
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Education
Subject:: Curriculum and Pedagogy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Ahead of Publication 2023

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Weltliteratur

Vittoria Borsò, Schamma Schahadat

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The volume combines historical and systematic aspects of world literature under consideration of recent approaches in literary studies, cultural studies, and media science. It discusses global knowledge and material, medial, and aesthetic dimensions, illustrating their variable historical and cultural criteria according to world regions. The interdisciplinary role of world literature is discussed in the context of the digital humanities.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110410723
ISBN:: 9783110410723
ISBN:: 9783110410785
ISBN:: 9783110401196
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Comparative Literary Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Erzählen

Martin Huber, Wolf Schmid

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This handbook offers a systematic historical presentation of the phenomenon of narrative and its research. In addition to covering basic terminology and issues in literary and intermedial narrative, the volume also serves as an introduction to transdisciplinary aspects of narrative in legal studies, medicine, and business.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110410747
ISBN:: 9783110410747
ISBN:: 9783110709155
ISBN:: 9783110401189
ISBN:: 9783110410808
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Narratology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Drama

Andreas Englhart, Franziska Schößler, Andreas Grewenig, Hannah Speicher

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This handbook offers a systematic historical presentation of drama from the perspectives of literary and theater studies. In addition to discussing dramatists, institutions, and contexts (politics, economy, psychology, etc.), it covers post-dramatic and non-European forms of drama (in Japan, China, Africa, South America, and India). It also presents drama’s transdisciplinary connections to film, TV series, new media, musical theater, and dance.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110379594
ISBN:: 9783110379594
ISBN:: 9783110379563
ISBN:: 9783110379631
ISBN:: 9783110764673
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Literary Genres and Media
Subject:: Drama, Theater
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Literarische Institutionen

Norbert Otto Eke, Stefan Elit

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The myriad institutions for the production and promotion, reception and education, and distribution and storage of literature have not yet been examined in their complex entirety. This volume provides the first such examination and systematization of literary institutions from early "high" cultures to the present day, exploring the diverse ways in which they interact with each other and tracing the effect they have on literature in case studies. In doing so, it systematically reflects upon both guiding concepts and different research perspectives.

This volume will make it possible to carry out further research on institutional areas and specific organizations by building upon the outlines introduced here or viewing them from a differentiated perspective.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110365306
ISBN:: 9783110365306
ISBN:: 9783111131214
ISBN:: 9783110391299
ISBN:: 9783110364699
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Library and Information Science, other
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Lesen

Rolf Parr, Alexander Honold

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This volume brings together for the first time recent scholarship on reading, exploring its connections to theoretical, historical, societal, and cultural issues while also considering basic questions in literary studies from an inter-philological perspective. The essays go beyond mere surveys to offer insight about new research and the development of future research questions.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110365252
ISBN:: 9783110365252
ISBN:: 9783110764666
ISBN:: 9783110364675
ISBN:: 9783110391282
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Other Topics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Form

Robert Matthias Erdbeer, Florian Klaeger, Klaus Stierstorfer

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As a category in literature, "form" is a crucial source of conflict and insight. It is both a vehicle for literature’s "self-justification" (Selbstbegründung) and a focal point in associated discourse. This handbook unpacks the issue of "form" while shedding light on scholarly debates in their historic and systematic breadth. In doing so, it also considers discussion about form outside of literary studies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110364385
ISBN:: 9783110364385
ISBN:: 9783110364330
ISBN:: 9783110385786
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Textual Scholarship
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Mediality, Intermediality
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Book 2022

Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Autorschaft

Michael Wetzel

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Plagiarism scandals and debates about the rights of use for online publications have drawn attention to the problems associated with the concept of authorship. In literary studies, there have long been disputes about whether the category of the author can be done away with, if it might even be time to proclaim the "death of the author," or whether the author is currently returning as a guide for the literary canon of values.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110297065
ISBN:: 9783110297065
ISBN:: 9783110296921
ISBN:: 9783110389081
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Literary Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter