Comparative Cultures and Literatures

The books in the Comparative Cultures and Literatures series compare and contrast two or more national, ethnic, religious, historical, or social cultures and/or literatures. The scope is open to encourage innovative studies of societies or literatures that have traditionally been compared or that have traditionally not been compared. Analyses may address contrasts and comparisons not only across national boundaries but also across time. The books in the Comparative Cultures and Literatures series compare and contrast two or more national, ethnic, religious, historical, or social cultures and/or literatures. The scope is open to encourage innovative studies of societies or literatures that have traditionally been compared or that have traditionally not been compared. Analyses may address contrasts and comparisons not only across national boundaries but also across time. The books in the Comparative Cultures and Literatures series compare and contrast two or more national, ethnic, religious, historical, or social cultures and/or literatures. The scope is open to encourage innovative studies of societies or literatures that have traditionally been compared or that have traditionally not been compared. Analyses may address contrasts and comparisons not only across national boundaries but also across time.

14 publications

African-American Literature and Culture

ISSN: 1528-3887

The purpose of this series is to present innovative, in-depth, and provocatively critical literary and cultural investigations of critical issues in African American literature and life. We welcome critiques of fiction, poetry, drama, film, sports, and popular culture. Of particular interest are literary and cultural analyses that involve contemporary psychoanalytical criticism, new historicism, deconstructionism, critical race theory, critical legal theory, and critical gender theory.

22 publications

Francophone Cultures and Literatures

The Francophone Cultures and Literatures series includes studies about the literature, culture, and civilization of all French-speaking countries except France, i.e., studies on the Francophone areas of Africa, the French-speaking islands in the Caribbean, as well as studies that deal with the French aspects in Canada. Cross-cultural studies between these geographic areas are also encouraged. The book-length manuscripts may be written in either English or French.

62 publications

Studies in Classical Literature and Culture

ISSN: 2196-9779

The series explores a wide range of topics within classical studies concentrating on Greek and Latin language, ancient literature and culture as well as its reception. It includes monographs, collections of articles and critical editions presented by scholars from around the world and aims to bring together modern approaches like literary theory and cultural studies with traditional philology represented by textual criticism. Encouraging an interdisciplinary point of view it aims at giving a comprehensive picture of new trends and recent achievements in classics.

21 publications

Russian Transformations: Literature, Culture and Ideas

ISSN: 1662-2545

Russian Transformations publishes studies across the entire extent of Russian literature, thought and culture from the medieval period to the present. The series gives special emphasis to the kinds of transformation that characterise Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet writing. Transformation has often been under the stimulus of (and resistance to) foreign traditions. Acts of cross-cultural and cross-literary reception mark Russia's sense of creative development and national identity. Transformation has often been the result of the on-going dialogues between writers working within the Russian literary tradition through polemic and subtle use of intertextuality. Similarly, the stunning political and social changes that have been characteristic of Russian history generated radical transformation in the institutions of literature and in forms of literature from Modernism to post-Perestroika as writers react to official policy on freedom of expression.

7 publications

English Literature and Culture in Context

ISSN: 2198-3399

The series English Literature and Culture in Context is published by the Department of English at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Its subsequent volumes aim at studying various aspects of Anglophone literature and culture in broad context. The series welcomes submissions adopting a variety of theoretical approaches as well as those based on sound historical research.

5 publications

Estudos Luso-Brasileiros: Cultura, Literatura e Mídias Audiovisuais / Luso-Brazilian Studies: Culture, Literature and Audiovisual Media / Luso-Brasilianische Studien: Kultur, Literatur und Audiovisuelle Medien

ISSN: 2567-7802

Do ponto de vista dos estudos culturais, com foco especial em literatura e mídia, a série apresenta as principais questões e paradigmas dos estudos luso-brasileiros no circuito internacional. Ela também aborda fenômenos significativos das culturas lusófonas que têm recebido pouca atenção até o momento, especialmente a complexa dinâmica e os múltiplos entrelaçamentos das formas de expressão cultural surgidas a partir de intercâmbios transregionais e globais. Neste contexto as dimensões midiáticas das produções culturais são examinadas em suas respectivas configurações, considerando referências intertextuais, bem como contextos sociais, políticos e históricos. Levando em conta a crescente internacionalização dos estudos luso-brasileiros, a série abrange publicações em português, alemão e inglês. Aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Literatur- und Medienwissenschaften, präsentiert die Schriftenreihe aktuelle Entwicklungen und Paradigmen der internationalen Lusitanistik. Sie erschließt auch signifikante Phänomene der portugiesischsprachigen Kulturen, die bislang wenig Beachtung finden, mit einem besonderen Augenmerk auf den komplexen Dynamiken und vielfältigen Verflechtungen kultureller Ausdruckformen, die aus transregionalen und globalen Austauschprozessen hervorgegangen sind bzw. durch diese entstehen. In diesem Zusammenhang werden die medialen Dimensionen kultureller Produktionen in ihren jeweiligen Konfigurationen untersucht, unter Berücksichtigung intertextueller Bezüge sowie sozialer, politischer und historischer Kontexte. Der Internationalität der Lusitanistik entsprechend, erscheinen in der Schriftenreihe Bücher auf Portugiesisch, Deutsch und Englisch.

8 publications

Studies in Modern Polish Literature and Culture

The main aim of these series of publications is to elucidate the best achievements of Polish literature and culture in 20th century as well as to bring closer to the Western readers the most prestigious works in Polish human sciences. Among others the series will present such major literary figures as Stanis?aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Czes?aw Mi?osz, Wis?awa Szymborska, Bruno Schulz, Zbigniew Herbert. The vision of the historical meanders of literature will be paralleled by transformations of methodological concepts. The main aim of these series of publications is to elucidate the best achievements of Polish literature and culture in 20th century as well as to bring closer to the Western readers the most prestigious works in Polish human sciences. Among others the series will present such major literary figures as Stanis?aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Czes?aw Mi?osz, Wis?awa Szymborska, Bruno Schulz, Zbigniew Herbert. The vision of the historical meanders of literature will be paralleled by transformations of methodological concepts. The main aim of these series of publications is to elucidate the best achievements of Polish literature and culture in 20th century as well as to bring closer to the Western readers the most prestigious works in Polish human sciences. Among others the series will present such major literary figures as Stanis?aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Czes?aw Mi?osz, Wis?awa Szymborska, Bruno Schulz, Zbigniew Herbert. The vision of the historical meanders of literature will be paralleled by transformations of methodological concepts.

1 publications

Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures

ISSN: 2364-7558

The series Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures focuses primarily on various aspects of both theoretical and applied linguistics. Based on a broad understanding of Anglophone literature and culture, it approaches its topics either synchronically or diachronically. In principle, its monographs and collections of articles are devoted to the English language, literatures and cultures of the English speaking countries. However, comparative or contrastive studies are also welcome. The editors, as well as numerous contributors to its volumes, are affiliated with the University of Rzeszów, but researchers representing other academic centres are by all means invited to contribute individual monographs, or collections of papers. The range of topics and theoretical approaches remains unlimited in the case of all three disciplines.

52 publications

South Asian Literature, Arts, and Culture Studies

The South Asian Literature, Arts and Culture Studies series invites submissions from scholars working in the field of South Asian Studies, with a particular interest in literature, the arts (print and film), politics, religion, and society. South Asian Studies especially focuses on the Indian subcontinent, particularly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Burma, and the diaspora of Non-Resident South Asians throughout the world. The series welcomes a variety of approaches and theories that interrogate and explore aspects and elements of South Asian thought, life, and artistic production. The series does not only focus on contemporary, but also in special cases, on the ancient or classical studies. This series welcomes a variety of analytical approaches and theories, especially postcolonial, feminist, post-structural, new historical, psychological, Marxist, and structuralist. Scholars working in related fields, such as philosophy, hermeneutics, and social theory, with a major interest in how these disciplines relate to South Asian Studies, are also invited to contribute manuscripts.

5 publications

Studies in East Asian Literatures and Cultures

Until the publication of volume 6, the series was edited by prof. Barbara Michalak-Pikulska, and the title of the series was "Studies in Oriental Culture and Literature". The series aims to present contemporary research in the fields of Literary and Culture Studies encompassing the Chinese, Korean, Japanese cultural spheres, and the geographic area of Mainland China and Taiwan, Korean Peninsula, and Japan. Topics of interest include classical and contemporary literature, languages and writing systems, research on historical and modern East Asian cultures, as well as cross-cultural and comparative studies of the region. Of special interest are topics transgressing the traditional boundaries of Sinology, Korean, and Japanese Studies, presenting original, interdisciplinary perspectives. The series welcomes monographs and thematic collective volumes by scholars from around the world. The language of the series is English.

8 publications

Literatur – Kultur – Ökonomie / Literature – Culture – Economy

ISSN: 2364-1304

The series provides a forum for interdisciplinary discussion of aspects of a cultural science-oriented economics. Representations of economic relationships in literature and other arts, cultural sociological studies on the relationship between art, culture and economics, linguistics and literary analysis of economic narratives and metaphors, and the importance of cultural studies concepts such as fictionality and virtuality in the context of financial economics are topics of the series. Also, studies on the design and manipulation of spaces, time management and cultural practices are within its scope. Manuscript Proposals may be submitted in literary and cultural studies, economics, sociology, and philosophy – like with comparative or interdisciplinary approach. Languages of publication are primarily German and English. All volumes are peer reviewed. Editorial Board: Bernd Blaschke (University of Bern) Elena Esposito (Bielefeld University / Università di Bologna) Nadja Gernalzick (Mainz University / University of Vienna) Anton Kirchhofer (University of Oldenburg) Eva Kormann (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Stefan Neuhaus (University of Koblenz) Wolfgang Reinhard (University of Freiburg) Peter Seele (Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano) Urs Stäheli (University of Hamburg) Die Schriftenreihe bietet ein Forum für die interdisziplinäre Diskussion von Aspekten einer kulturwissenschaftlich orientierten Ökonomik. Darstellungen ökonomischer Zusammenhänge in der Literatur und anderen Künsten, kultursoziologische Untersuchungen zum Zusammenhang zwischen Kunst, Kultur und Ökonomie, sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Analysen ökonomischer Narrative und Metaphern sowie die Bedeutung kulturwissenschaftlicher Konzepte wie Fiktionalität und Virtualität im Rahmen der Finanzökonomie sind Themen der Reihe. Auch Studien zur Gestaltung und Veränderung von Raum und Räumen oder Zeitmanagement und kulturellen Praxen entsprechen ihrem Profil. Manuskriptvorschläge können unterbreitet werden aus Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Soziologie und Philosophie – gern mit komparatistischem oder interdisziplinärem Ansatz. Publikationssprachen sind in erster Linie Deutsch und Englisch. Alle Bände werden peer reviewed. Wissenschaftlicher Beirat: Bernd Blaschke (Universität Bern) Elena Esposito (Universität Bielefeld / Università di Bologna) Nadja Gernalzick (Universität Mainz / Universität Wien) Anton Kirchhofer (Universität Oldenburg) Eva Kormann (KIT Karlsruhe) Stefan Neuhaus (Universität Koblenz) Wolfgang Reinhard (Universität Freiburg i.Br.) Peter Seele (Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano) Urs Stäheli (Universität Hamburg)

16 publications

Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture

ISSN: 1094-6233

Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture welcomes proposals for monographs and rigorously edited essay collections focusing on the work of women and LGBTQ+ creators as well as the representation of women, gender and/or sexuality in literature, media and culture. The series contributes to efforts to broaden the German-language canon by publishing pioneering studies of relatively unknown writers, artists and filmmakers and cutting-edge assessments of more established figures. Studies of the history of women and LGBTQ+ subjects in German-speaking cultures, such as the participation of women in German, Austrian, Swiss and exile intellectual life and the struggle for equal rights, as well as historical considerations of gender and sexuality in German-speaking countries, are also encouraged. Editorial Board: Clare Bielby (University of York), Helga Druxes (Williams College), Priscilla Layne (University of North Carolina), Ervin Malakaj (University of British Columbia), Helmut Puff (University of Michigan), Anna Richards (Birkbeck University of London), Carrie Smith (University of Alberta), Tom Smith (University of St Andrews), Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly (University of Oxford), Yasemin Yildiz (University of California, Los Angeles)

19 publications

Critical Perspectives on English and American Literature, Communication and Culture

ISSN: 2297-4628

The peer-reviewed series provides a forum for first-class scholarship in the field of English and American Studies and focuses on English and American literature, drama, film, theatre and communication. The series welcomes critical perspectives on the reading and writing of texts, the production and consumption of high and low culture, the aesthetic and social implications of texts and communicative practices. It publishes monographs, collected papers, conference proceedings and critical editions. The languages of publication are both English and Spanish. Scholars are invited to submit their manuscripts to the editors or to the publisher.

37 publications

Silesian Studies in Anglophone Cultures and Literatures

ISSN: 2197-4438

The "Silesian Studies in Anglophone Cultures and LIteratures" series will explore various aspects of contemporary Anglophone cultures and literatures with a particular emphasis on postcoloniality, deconstruction, class, race and gender as signifying processes in texts produced in Britain and other Commonwealth countries. The series welcomes submissions from a variety of disciplines, especially comparative and interdisciplinary studies. The language of the publications is English. Authors are welcome to submit manuscripts of monographs and collections of essays.

7 publications

Salzburg Studies in English Literature and Culture SEL & C

The series “Salzburg Studies in English Literature and Culture SEL & C“ publishes monographs and collected volumes on English Language and Literature. The main research topics of the series editor Professor Sabine Coelsch-Foisner are all genres of English literature, with a special focus on theatre, narratology, the concepts of change, cultural and critical theory and aesthetics as well as cultural infrastructures. The series “Salzburg Studies in English Literature and Culture SEL & C“ publishes monographs and collected volumes on English Language and Literature. The main research topics of the series editor Professor Sabine Coelsch-Foisner are all genres of English literature, with a special focus on theatre, narratology, the concepts of change, cultural and critical theory and aesthetics as well as cultural infrastructures. The series “Salzburg Studies in English Literature and Culture SEL & C“ publishes monographs and collected volumes on English Language and Literature. The main research topics of the series editor Professor Sabine Coelsch-Foisner are all genres of English literature, with a special focus on theatre, narratology, the concepts of change, cultural and critical theory and aesthetics as well as cultural infrastructures.

6 publications

Studien zu den Romanischen Literaturen und Kulturen/Studies on Romance Literatures and Cultures

ISSN: 2511-9753

The book series Studien zu den Romanischen Literaturen und Kulturen / Studies on Romance Literatures and Cultures focuses on French, Italian, and Spanish literature as well as on other Romance literatures and cultures. The publications deal with literary and cultural aspects of the Romance-speaking world from the Middle Ages on to the present. We welcome monographs as well as multi-author volumes Edited by Ulrich Winter, Christian von Tschilschke, Olaf Müller and Samia Kassab-Charfi Die Reihe Studien zu den Romanischen Literaturen und Kulturen / Studies on Romance Literatures and Cultures widmet sich der französischen, italienischen und spanischen Literatur sowie weiteren romanischsprachigen Kulturräumen. Die Beiträge der Reihe beschäftigen sich mit literaturwissenschaftlichen und kulturwissenschaftlichen Aspekten der Romania vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Es werden ebenso Monographien wie Sammelbände publiziert. Herausgegeben von Ulrich Winter, Christian von Tschilschke, Olaf Müller und Samia Kassab-Charfi

71 publications

Nordeuropäische Arbeiten zur Literatur, Sprache und Kultur / Northern European Studies in Literature, Language and Culture

ISSN: 2196-9760

The object of these interdisciplinary series is above all studies from the Nordic countries which deal with questions in the field of literary, linguistic and cultural studies. Special emphasis is placed on phenomena of interculturality and transculturality respectively as well as on aspects of the teaching and learning of other languages. Against this background these series at the same time aim to close a gap between theory and practical use. Gegenstand der interdisziplinär angelegten Reihe sind Arbeiten vor allem aus den nordischen Ländern, die sich mit literatur-, sprach- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen beschäftigen. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt auf Phänomenen der Inter- bzw. Transkulturalität sowie auf Aspekten des Lehrens und Lernens anderer Sprachen. Vor diesem Hintergrund versteht die Reihe sich zugleich als Brückenschlag zwischen Theorie und Praxis.

26 publications

Studies in Literature, Culture, and the Environment / Studien zu Literatur, Kultur und Umwelt

ISSN: 2365-645X

This interdisciplinary and international book series aims to bring together current approaches in the environmental humanities (particularly in the fields of ecocriticism, environmental history, and environmental justice), with a focus on European contexts. It comprises thematic and theoretical studies which engage ecological issues, climate change, and the discourse of the Anthropocene, seeking to understand the forms of their representation across different media, cultures, and historical periods. „Studies in Literature, Culture, and the Environment" aim to connect the environmental humanities to the social and natural sciences and thus to contribute to the remediation of ecological problems. The series comprises monographs and edited volumes in both German and English. All publications will be peer reviewed. Book proposals are welcome and may be submitted to the editors. Editorial Board: Stefania Barca (University of Coimbra, Portugal) Axel Goodbody (University of Bath, UK) Isabel Hoving (Leiden University, The Netherlands) Dolly Jørgensen (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden) Peggy Karpouzou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) Timo Maran (University of Tartu, Estonia) Serpil Oppermann (Cappadocia University, Ürgüp/Nevşehir, Turkey) Dana Phillips (Towson University, Baltimore, USA) Stephanie Posthumus (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) Christiane Solte-Gresser (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany) Keijiro Suga (Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan) Pasquale Verdicchio (University of California, San Diego, USA) Berbeli Wanning (University of Siegen, Germany) Sabine Wilke (University of Washington, Seattle, USA) Hubert Zapf (University of Augsburg, Germany) Nikoleta Zampaki (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) Evi Zemanek (University of Freiburg, Germany) Die interdisziplinär und international ausgerichtete Reihe hat das Ziel, aktuelle Forschungsansätze zu Ecocriticism, Umweltgeschichte und Umweltgerechtigkeit mit einem deutlichen Fokus auf Europa zu bündeln. Sie umfasst theoretische und gegenstandsbezogene Studien, die sich mit dem Umwelt- und Klimawandel wie auch dem Anthropozän-Diskurs aus geistes- und kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive auseinandersetzen und die Formen ihrer narrativen und bildlichen Darstellung epochen- und kulturraumübergreifend ausloten. Zudem schlägt sie eine Brücke zu den umweltbezogenen Sozial- und Naturwissenschaften und will so zum besseren Verständnis ökologischer Probleme beitragen. Die Reihe enthält Monographien, Forschungsberichte sowie Sammel- und Tagungsbände in deutscher und englischer Sprache. Alle Bände werden peer reviewed. Manuskriptvorschläge an die Herausgeber sind willkommen. Wissenschaftlicher Beirat: Stefania Barca (Universität Coimbra, Portugal) Axel Goodbody (Universität Bath, Großbritannien) Isabel Hoving (Universität Leiden, Niederlande) Dolly Jørgensen (Luleå University of Technology, Schweden) Peggy Karpouzou (Nationale und Kapodistrias-Universität Athen, Griechenland) Timo Maran (Universität Tartu, Estland) Serpil Oppermann (Kapadokya Universität, Ürgüp/Nevşehir, Türkei) Dana Phillips (Towson University, Baltimore, USA) Stephanie Posthumus (McGill University, Montreal, Kanada) Christiane Solte-Gresser (Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken) Keijiro Suga (Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan) Pasquale Verdicchio (University of California, San Diego, USA) Berbeli Wanning (Universität Siegen) Sabine Wilke (University of Washington, Seattle, USA) Hubert Zapf (Universität Augsburg) Nikoleta Zampaki (Nationale und Kapodistrias-Universität Athen, Griechenland) Evi Zemanek (Universität Freiburg)

17 publications

Early American Literature and Culture Through the American Renaissance

The Early American Literature and Culture series aims at providing a forum for discussions of interdisciplinary approaches to American literary culture in the broadest sense of the term. Scholars examine the formation, encoding, and transformation of value systems in literature and history, by analyzing the forces of the market place, gender politics, conquest and colonization, ethnicity, racialism, and genocide during the period of 1580-1880. The Early American Literature and Culture series aims at providing a forum for discussions of interdisciplinary approaches to American literary culture in the broadest sense of the term. Scholars examine the formation, encoding, and transformation of value systems in literature and history, by analyzing the forces of the market place, gender politics, conquest and colonization, ethnicity, racialism, and genocide during the period of 1580-1880. The Early American Literature and Culture series aims at providing a forum for discussions of interdisciplinary approaches to American literary culture in the broadest sense of the term. Scholars examine the formation, encoding, and transformation of value systems in literature and history, by analyzing the forces of the market place, gender politics, conquest and colonization, ethnicity, racialism, and genocide during the period of 1580-1880.

5 publications

Canadiana

The collection will offer a platform for the presentation of research-works in Canadian Studies, a discipline of increasing interest. New developments in the Studies of Literature, Culture and Media shall be documented in the new collection. The specific character of Canadianess creates a major interest for intercultural, multicultural and transcultural aspects. This fact will have an impact not only on the basic research fields, but also on epistemological dimensions. In this collection, research works to Canadian issues will be published in German, English or French, with abstracts in the other two languages. Editors’ Homepage: Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Ertler Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Klooß La présente collection cherche à fournir une plate-forme aux travaux de recherche portant sur les Etudes canadiennes, dont l'importance ne cesse d'augmenter. Elle servira de documentation des nouveaux développements en recherches sur les littératures, les cultures et les médias. Par le caractère particulier de la canadianité, les aspects interculturels, multiculturels et transculturels y connaîtront une dimension particulière, ce qui aura des conséquences non seulement aux objets de la recherche, mais aussi aux questions épistémologiques. Dans notre collection, les recherches sur les sujets canadiens seront publiées en allemand, anglais ou français, avec des résumés dans les deux autres langues respectives. Page d'accueil des éditeurs: Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Ertler Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Klooß Die Reihe versteht sich als Plattform für Forschungsarbeiten aus dem Bereich der Kanada-Studien, deren Bedeutung in den letzten Jahren ständig zugenommen hat. Neuere Entwicklungen in den Literatur-, Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften sollen hier dokumentiert werden. Durch den spezifischen Charakter des Kanadischen kommt den interkulturellen, multikulturellen und transkulturellen Aspekten eine besondere Bedeutung zu, was sich nicht nur auf die untersuchten Zusammenhänge, sondern auch auf die epistemologische Dimension auswirkt. In dieser Reihe werden die Untersuchungen zu kanadischen Themen in deutscher, englischer oder französischer Sprache mit abstracts in den jeweils anderen Sprachen veröffentlicht. Homepage der Herausgeber: Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Ertler Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Klooß

21 publications

Hybris: Literatura y Cultura Latinoamericanas

ISSN: 2736-5298

Since Ancient Greece and the classical era, philosophers, artists and critics have delved into the relationships between literature and other arts. First it was painting and plastic arts –ut pictura poesis, by Simónides de Ceos and Horacio–, later on music, architecture, theatrical representation, sculpture and already, in modern and contemporary times, photography, cinema, television, the mass media. At present this vast and stimulating field of cultural and artistic hybridizations has been completed with new technologies and all "transmedia narratives", generating concepts and transversal actions attached to digital creation and new communicative realities: touch-media, cross-media, intermediality, transmediality, hypertextuality, multimodality, etc. This collection, Hybris: Latin American Literature and Culture, intends, on the one hand, to investigate in the diachronic sense that these relationships have been emerging in the literary and cultural field, understood as aesthetic, practical, leveling and technical borrowing parameters between arts and, therefore the other, is to reflect from a philosophical, social, cultural and theoretical perspective on the possibilities offered by such hybridizations, always within a Latin American context. In classical mythology, Hybris was the goddess of excess, insolence, the absolute absence of moderation, and evoked the need to go beyond limits. This new concept of Hybris intends to insist on the mythological marks of transgression, erasing borders between the arts, shaking the tendency to subdivision and containment and, at the same time, it also demandings identification with the Latin term hybrida, which alludes to the racial or cultural mixing. Hybridization and symbiosis between arts will therefore be the outlines and contexts in which these studies will be invested. Desde la Antigua Grecia y la época clásica, filósofos, artistas y críticos han profundizado en las relaciones entre la literatura y otras artes. Primero fue la pintura y artes plásticas –ut pictura poesis, de Simónides de Ceos y Horacio–, más adelante la música, la arquitectura, la representación teatral, la escultura y ya, en la época moderna y contemporánea, la fotografía, el cine, la televisión, los mass media. En la actualidad este vasto y estimulante campo de hibridaciones culturales y artísticas se ha completado con las nuevas tecnologías y todas las "narrativas transmedia", generando conceptos y actuaciones transversales anejas a la creación digital y a las nuevas realidades comunicativas: touch-media, cross-media, intermedialidad, transmedialidad, hipertextualidad, multimodalidad, etc. Esta colección, Hybris: Literatura y Cultura Latinoamericanas, pretende, por un lado, indagar en el sentido diacrónico que estas relaciones han ido perfilando en el campo literario y cultural entendidos como parámetros estéticos, prácticos, de nivelación y préstamos técnicos entre artes y, por otro, reflexionar desde una perspectiva filosófica, social, cultural y teórica sobre las posibilidades que ofrecen tales hibridaciones, siempre dentro de un contexto latinoamericano. En la mitología clásica, Hybris era la diosa de la desmesura, la insolencia, la ausencia absoluta de moderación, y evocaba la necesidad de traspasar límites. Este nuevo concepto de Hybris pretende insistir en las marcas mitológicas de la transgresión, borrando fronteras entre las artes, sacudiendo la tendencia a la parcelación y a la contención y, a la vez, reclama también la identificación con el término latino hybrida, que alude a la mezcla de sangre. Hibridación y simbiosis entre artes serán, por tanto, los contornos y contextos en los que se imbricarán estos estudios.

18 publications

Méditerranée: Littératures - Cultures / Mittelmeer: Literaturen - Kulturen

Das Mittelmeer ist in den letzten Jahren nicht nur ins Zentrum politischer Interessen gerückt, sondern auch in den Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften neu entdeckt worden. Seit mehr als 2000 Jahren treten in diesem in exemplarischer Weise transkulturellen Raum Kulturen miteinander in Kontakt, sei es in Form friedlicher Begegnungen, sei es in Form blutiger Konflikte. Das Mittelmeer hat nicht nur die Mentalitäten der Menschen geprägt, die an seinen Ufern leben, sondern Mythologien und Bilderwelten geschaffen, die tief in die literarischen Texte und Filme eingeschrieben sind. Aufbruch und Neuanfang, Reise, die Begegnung mit dem Anderen, die Beziehungen von Mensch, Natur und Geographie sind nur einige der Themen und Motive, die vom Mittelmeer ihren Ausgangspunkt nehmen, um in die Weltliteratur auszustrahlen. Die Reihe nimmt Arbeiten auf, die diesen Themen, Bildern und Mythologien in Literatur und Film nachgehen, die nach der diskursiven Errichtung und Begründung, aber auch nach der Überschreitung und Überwindung kultureller Grenzen im Mittelmeerraum fragen, die die Beziehungen und Bezugnahmen zwischen den einzelnen Kulturen und ihren Artefakten untersuchen. Sie situiert sich im Rahmen einer transnationalen, postkolonial und transkulturell begründeten Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft, in der auch die wissenschaftliche Analyse von Film und anderen medialen Formen ihren Platz hat. Homepage der Herausgeberinnen: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Arend Dr. Elke Richter

3 publications

Lingue e Culture / Languages and Cultures / Langues et Cultures

ISSN: 2235-6363

This series, edited by the Department of Language Sciences and Foreign Literatures of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, intends to publish scholarly reflections on the languages and literatures taught within this Languages and Literatures Faculty. The series is rooted in a tradition of studies which are both philologico-literary and linguistic - a combination of approaches designed to be both rigorous and complemen-tary. The themes of the series will focus on linguistic, stylistic and literary studies re-lated to both European and extra-European cultures. The series will include mostly mo-nographs and doctoral thesis. Questa collana del Dipartimento di Scienze Linguistiche e Letterature Straniere dell'Università Cattolica di Milano intende offrire una riflessione scientifica organica sulle lingue e le letterature europee ed extraeuropee, di cui si professa linsegnamento nella Facoltà di Scienze Linguistiche e Letterature Straniere della medesima Università. La collana fonda le radici in una tradizione di studi caratterizzata da due filoni - uno filologico-letterario, l'altro linguistico - colti nella loro reciprocità. I temi della collana si incentrano su studi linguistici, stilistici e letterari relativi alle culture europee ed extra-europee. La collana accoglierà principalmente studi monografici e tesi di dottorato. La collection du Département de Sciences Linguistiques et Littératures Etrangères de lUniversité Catholique de Milan vise à offrir une réflexion scientifique organique sur les langues et les littératures européennes et extra-européennes. La collection se fonde sur une tradition détudes caractérisée par deux approches - lune philologique et littéraire, lautre linguistique - prises en compte dans leur réci-procité. Les sujets de la collection se concentrent sur des études linguistiques, stylis-tiques et littéraires. La collection accueillera principalement des études monographiques et thèses de doctorat. Questa collana del Dipartimento di Scienze Linguistiche e Letterature Straniere dell'Università Cattolica di Milano intende offrire una riflessione scientifica organica sulle lingue e le letterature europee ed extraeuropee, di cui si professa linsegnamento nella Facoltà di Scienze Linguistiche e Letterature Straniere della medesima Università. La collana fonda le radici in una tradizione di studi caratterizzata da due filoni - uno filologico-letterario, l'altro linguistico - colti nella loro reciprocità. I temi della collana si incentrano su studi linguistici, stilistici e letterari relativi alle culture europee ed extra-europee. La collana accoglierà principalmente studi monografici e tesi di dottorato. This series, edited by the Department of Language Sciences and Foreign Literatures of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, intends to publish scholarly reflections on the languages and literatures taught within this Languages and Literatures Faculty. The series is rooted in a tradition of studies which are both philologico-literary and linguistic - a combination of approaches designed to be both rigorous and complemen-tary. The themes of the series will focus on linguistic, stylistic and literary studies re-lated to both European and extra-European cultures. The series will include mostly mo-nographs and doctoral thesis. Questa collana del Dipartimento di Scienze Linguistiche e Letterature Straniere dell'Università Cattolica di Milano intende offrire una riflessione scientifica organica sulle lingue e le letterature europee ed extraeuropee, di cui si professa linsegnamento nella Facoltà di Scienze Linguistiche e Letterature Straniere della medesima Università. La collana fonda le radici in una tradizione di studi caratterizzata da due filoni - uno filologico-letterario, l'altro linguistico - colti nella loro reciprocità. I temi della collana si incentrano su studi linguistici, stilistici e letterari relativi alle culture europee ed extra-europee. La collana accoglierà principalmente studi monografici e tesi di dottorato.

6 publications

North American Studies in Nineteenth-Century German Literature and Culture

ISSN: 2235-3496

"This series of scholarly works focuses on literature and other cultural artifacts produced during the long nineteenth century in German-speaking lands. The series includes studies in criticism and literary history, as well as analyses of the social and political dimensions of literature and culture. The aim of the series is to offer contributions by North American scholars who have rediscovered once significant authors, genres or modes of production and consumption; reevaluated canonical or other texts and their contexts; or explored other forms of expression, such as journalism, letters or diaries. This scholarship serves to renew our understanding and appreciation of a body of work that was acknowledged as internationally important in the nineteenth century and that still speaks to us today."

40 publications