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Der vorliegende narratologische Sammelband Metalepsis in Popular Culture ist das Ergebnis der gleichnamigen internationalen und interdisziplinären Konferenz, die vom 25. bis zum 27. Juni 2009 in Neuchâtel in der Schweiz stattfand. Er umfasst nicht nur zwölf Beiträge, die sich jeweils der Analyse metaleptischer…

In this interview, Maria Mäkelä provides her personal definition of narrative research, introduces her current research projects, and speculates about the future of narrative research

Over the course of the so-called narrative turn, narrative research has fundamentally expanded its scope and now also shows an interest in, among other things, the pragmatic context of narratives. As a result of the ‘cognitive turn’, narratologists have mainly explored the ways in which narratives are…

The chapter reacts to this special issue’s leading question “Why narratology?” by reflecting on a narrative phenomenon that has been neglected by literary and cul¬tural criticism: that of ‘women writing men.’ A number of reasons for the seeming reluctance to approach this question, which suggests itself…

The article discusses this special issue’s leading question ‘Why narratology?’ with regard to a specific group of texts, for which a separate version of narratological inquiry has been proposed as part of the diversification of narratologies: postcolonial literature. Previous outlines of a postcolonial…

Marcel Beyer is one of the most prominent German-language writers. His contribution discusses the challenges of non-fictional narratives while focusing on Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The author wrote his essay as part of his 'Poetikdozentur' at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal.

In the short stories of Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar, immersive media are frequently staged as allegories of immersion. They are as-sociated with a specific type of plot which is about the access to diegetic worlds or exit from them, and which provides more information about…

Jan Alber / Rüdiger Heinze (Hg.): Unnatural Narratives – Unnatural Narratology. Berlin / Boston: De Gruyter 2011 (= linguae & litterae Bd. 9). 273 S. EUR 99,95. ISBN 311022903 Seit einiger Zeit ist bei vielen Narratologen ein zunehmendes Ungenügen an der gegenwärtigen Ausrichtung erzähltheoretischer…

Jan Alber / Monika Fludernik (Hg.): Postclassical Narratology: Approaches and Analyses. Columbus, OH: Ohio State UP 2010. (Theory and Interpretation of Narrative). 323 Seiten. USD 32,95. ISBN 978-0-8142-5175-1 „Consolidation despite continuing diversity“: Untersuchungsgegenstand und Zielsetzung des Sammelbandes

Liltih Jappe / Olav Krämer / Fabian Lampart (Hg.): Figurenwissen. Funktionen von Wissen bei der narrativen Figurendarstellung. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter 2012 (= linguae & litterae Bd. 8). EUR 99,95. ISBN 978-3-11-022913-4