An open group for all members interested in literary theory, literary criticism, the history of literary theory and criticism, literary aesthetics or literary cultural studies, the theory of literary history, comparative literature, and literary and philological studies generally.
Manfred Engel deposited Mediating the Dream / Les genres et médias du rêve. Ed. by Bernard Dieterle and Manfred Engel. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2020 (Cultural Dream Studies; 4) — Contents and Preface in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 weeks, 4 days agoRepresentations of dreams – no matter if factual or fictional – are influenced not only by cultural patterns but also by the specific opportunities offered and the specific challenges posed by the genre or medium which was chosen for them. The essays in this volume consider, in detailed case studies, variants of factual dream reports and fic…[Read more]
Steven Swarbrick deposited Renaissance Posthumanism and Its Afterlives in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 1 month, 1 week agoIntroduction to a special issue on Renaissance post-humanism and its afterlives.
José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Los poderosos (se) engañan in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 months, 2 weeks agoSpanish abstract: Algunas reflexiones sobre (auto)engaño e ideología por vía de un comentario sobre el libro Ideología de Teun A. van Dijk. Los poderosos engañan. Creen tener un acceso privilegiado a la realidad, y utilizan esa perspectiva dominante (‘topsight’) para dominar. Con frecuencia para dominar engañando. Pero también se engañ…[Read more]
Maciej Junkiert deposited Recepcja spartańskiej historii w pierwszych dekadach XIX wieku. Perspektywa polska: Groddeck – Lelewel ‒ Mickiewicz in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 months, 3 weeks agoOver the last four decades of the 18th century, the image of Sparta began to include a few characteristic elements that later became an important point of reference for 19th-century writers, philosophers and historians. Issues of Spartan equality of citizens, fully responsible for their country, and also soldierly honour and Sparta’s military c…[Read more]
Raphael F. Alvarenga deposited Pacto com as trevas: uma leitura materialista de ‘Heart of Darkness’ in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 months, 3 weeks agoThe authors seek to put together the numerous pieces of a materialist puzzle which for over a century has haunted criticism. Against culturalist readings of Conrad’s famous novella, the correct position of the problem, so it is argued, unveils the pact with the living fetish, crawling in the ‘white’ heart of African colonial darkness.
Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited Lecture: Multilingualism as a Stimulus to Islamic Literary Theory (2019) in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 months, 4 weeks agofile is too large for this repository so I list the links below:
Link to lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xtDwVTndx4&t=43s
Audio: https://soundcloud.com/unibirmingham/multilingualism-as-a-stimulus-to-islamic-literary-theoryIn her lecture, Gould discusses how cross-cultural encounters have generated new literary theories and new…[Read more]
Miklos Mezosi deposited L’esprit d’escalier és „az igazságra való törekvés s a hamisításban való gyönyör”. Megjegyzések Füst Milán kvázi-platonikus látomásához és indulatához in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 months, 4 weeks agoKarinthy Frigyesnek az a törekvése, hogy az általa művelt „irodalmi karikatúrára” szabatos műfaji meghatározást adjon, valójában egy olyan, a szabályos szépségideál holt eszménye ellenében elgondolt „kvázi-platonista” szépségfelfogást sejtet, amelynek elevenségét a hiba garantálja: „A bájban és kedvességben mindig van valami torz és viszont a…[Read more]
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Miklos Mezosi deposited The inserted narratives in Boris Godunov in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 3 months agoWe encounter three inserted narratives in Boris Godunov – both in Pushkin and in Musorgsky. The first and the second Uglich stories are related by the same characters in the opera as in the drama (Pimen and Shuisky respectively). The third narrative is related by the patriarch in Pushkin’s drama, whereas in Musorgsky by Pimen. After thr…[Read more]
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Miklos Mezosi deposited „…szörnyü elbeszélni mi van ottan…” vagy “…per verba nincs mód, nyelv hogy elbeszélje”? A „perszonifikáció intertextuális lebeg(tet)ése”: Dante Commediá-ja és Petőfi János vitéze in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 3 months agoWhenever we think of “literary travel,” or “travel literature”, we are liable to encounter the history and poetics of genres forming an essential part of what we call literary history.
In this paper I seek to explore the “great literary voyages” that were to substantially contribute to the Western canon. The travels and trials of Odysseus in…[Read more] - Load More
