Veranstaltung: A Sea of Literatures: Theories, Concepts, and Methods of Mediterranea...

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Titel: A Sea of Literatures: Theories, Concepts, and Methods of Mediterranean Literary Studies
Beschreibung:
Mediterranean studies are flourishing worldwide and can already boast a fair list of classics, especially in the field of history: The work of Fernand Braudel, of course, is first to be mentioned, along with more recent works such as David Abulafia's The Great Sea or Peregrine Horden and Nicholas Purcell's The Corrupting Sea.
In literary studies, the Mediterranean is discussed in many ways and at very different conceptual levels: as a space in which materials, motifs, and text networks embrace different cultures; as an object of literary representation; as a cultural theory; as an intertextual phenomenon; etc.
What these concepts have in common is that they all cross existing borders: borders between literatures, languages, and cultures as well as borders between nation states and national philologies. The borders are replaced by transnational networks and relationships that can no longer be thought of in terms of traditional categories. What is still missing, therefore, are theoretical and methodological standards and concepts that could enable Mediterranean literary studies to stand as an independent field of research.
The conference takes up initial methodological suggestions that have been made in recent times by various researchers, including the volume by Akbari and Mallette A Sea of Languages whose title it alludes to. However, the emphasis of the conference will lie more on the literary than on the linguistic aspects. Possible questions and topics include: the relationship between Mediterranean studies and postcolonial studies; literature and Mediterranean anthropology; the connections between globalization and regionalization in Mediterranean literature; migration literature; identity and memory; inter- and transculturality of Mediterranean literature; the history of Mediterranean ideas in the course of time; intertextuality and intermediality; translations. All these elements can be analyzed from a contemporary as well as a historical perspective. The aim is to treat both earlier epochs and the present day on an equal footing.
The conference will focus on the literatures of the Romance and Romance-speaking countries. However, contributions from other relevant literatures are also welcome, so that inter- and transcultural relations in the Mediterranean and beyond can be captured.
Schlagworte: Mediterranean, Literature, Theory
Kurztitel:
Ort: Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
Staat: Österreich
Zeitraum: 10.10.2019 - 12.10.2019
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Homepage: https://romanistik.uni-graz.at/de/schwerpunkt-mittelmeer/forschung/the-conference/

VeranstalterInnen
MitarbeiterInnen Zeitraum
Angela Fabris
Angela.Fabris@aau.at
Institut für Romanistik
Forschungsaktivitäten
zur Visitenkarte
(intern)
  • 10.10.2019 - 12.10.2019
Steffen Schneider
Österreich
steffen.schneider@uni-graz.at
Forschungsaktivitäten
(extern)
  • 10.10.2019 - 12.10.2019
Albert Göschl
Österreich
albert.goeschl@uni-graz.at
Forschungsaktivitäten
(extern)
  • 10.10.2019 - 12.10.2019

Zuordnung
Organisationseinheit
Fakultät für Kultur- und Bildungswissenschaften
  Institut für Romanistik
Universitätsstr. 65-67
A-9020 Klagenfurt
Österreich
   romanistik@aau.at
https://www.aau.at/romanistik
zur Organisation

Kategorisierung
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Veranstaltungstyp
  • Tagung/Konferenz
Sachgebiete
  • 605004 - Kulturwissenschaft
  • 602042 - Romanistik
  • 602031 - Literaturgeschichte
  • 602003 - Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft
  • 602053 - Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
  • 604011 - Filmwissenschaft
Forschungscluster
  • Visuelle Kultur
TeilnehmerInnenkreis
  • Überwiegend international
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  • Science to Science (Qualitätsindikator: n.a.)
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Universität Graz, Institut für Romanistik
Merangasse 70/III
8010 Graz
Österreich - Steiermark
Merangasse 70/III
AT - 8010  Graz

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