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DIEGESIS.
Interdisziplinäres E-Journal für Erzählforschung / Interdisciplinary E-Journal for Narrative Research 3.2
Date of
publication: December 2014 Theme: Historical Narratology
Structuralist
narratology has mainly focused on systematic aspects of narrative texts and on
developing a universally valid terminology for the analysis of narratives.
However, the history of storytelling is also a history of narrative forms. How
can narratology account for historical change and variety in narration? A
possible solution might be to regard formal aspects of narratives not as
neutral containers of variable content, but as features themselves determined
by the cultural and historical contexts in which they occur.
This issue
focusing on historical narratology will investigate the historical semantics of
narrative forms by looking at representative cases. Suitable contributions for
this issue include, for example, diachronic studies on the development of
specific motifs, themes, genres or forms of writing, such as providence vs.
contingency, the fantastic vs. the neo- fantastic, the development of
unreliable narration, the development of omniscient narra- tion, and the
development of perspectival narration. Contributions can examine ancient,
medieval and/or modern writing, both literary and non-literary. Also welcome are sys- tematic contributions or those reflecting the history of a discipline,
which consider the possibilities and problems of a historical narratology.
DIEGESIS invites abstracts of approximately half a page (DIN-A4) by September 30th, 2013 at the
latest. Please send your abstract, along with a brief CV, to the DIEGESIS editorial team: PD
Dr. Matthias Aumüller or Dr. Filippo Smerilli (diegesis@uni-wuppertal.de).
The editorial team and the editors will decide on the acceptability of
proposals by November 30th, 2013. Contributions (approx. 15-20 pages) have to
be submitted by June 30th, 2014. The issue on historical narratology will be
published in December 2014.
In
addition, always welcome are REVIEWS of new works (i.e. works published in the
last three to four years) in the field of narratology, specifically cross-disciplinary contributions in addition to contributions from those
working in the fields of language and literature. Recommendations for reviews
can be sent to the aforementioned e-mail address at any time; in your e-mail,
you should name the book(s) you would like to review and provide a brief
overview of your academic career.
About
DIEGESIS:
DIEGESIS is the first interdisciplinary journal dedicated to
narrative research that provides free online access to full-text articles and
reviews (www.diegesis.uni-wuppertal.de). The
high standard of work published in DIEGESIS is ensured by a combination of
competitive calls for papers and a peer review process.
DIEGESIS is published
at the University of Wuppertal and in cooperation with the local Centre of
Narrative Research (CNR) (www.zef.uni-wuppertal.de) by Matei Chihaia (Romance
studies), Sandra Heinen (literature and media studies), Matías Martínez (German
studies), Michael Scheffel (general literary studies) and Roy Sommer (English
and American studies).
