Research/Projects
Research/Projects
art and zuht: on the relationship between educational discourse, character representation and
plot motivation in Middle High German narrative texts, starting from
Wolfram von Eschenbach's 'Parzival' [working title] (dissertation project by Anna Sophia Dahlke)
(further explanations follow)
'you have grace and also power'. Religious knowledge in the Marian songs of the monk of Salzburg (habilitation project by Dr Britta Bußmann)
In analogy to the paradigm of the history of knowledge, there is a tendency in literary studies to interpret the history of literature as a 'history of the transmission of knowledge'. The habilitation project ties in with this by utilising the idea of knowledge representation and transmission in order to interpret the 20 Marian songs of the Monk of Salzburg. This corpus of songs is therefore used to investigate how religious knowledge about Mary was transferred, transformed and argumentatively substantiated with the help of literary processes in the 14th century and how the monk's songs themselves were received. A detailed project description can be found here.
Completed dissertations
- Martin Sebastian Hammer: Metalepses in the courtly novel. Narratological analysis and poetological interpretation based on 'Erec', 'Parzival' and 'Wildhelm von Österreich', Diss. Univ. Oldenburg 2024 (publication in preparation; supervisor: Prof. Dr Albrecht Hausmann).
- Maren Großbröhmer: Approaches to the Other in the Chanson de geste adaptations 'Loher und Maller' and 'Herzog Herpin' (Philologische Studien und Quellen 261), Berlin 2017 - (Supervisor: Prof. Dr Albrecht Hausmann)
- Valeska Lembke: Minne communication. Sprechen über Minne als Sprechen über Dichtung in Epik und Minnesang (Studien zur historischen Poetik 14), Heidelberg 2013 - (Supervisor: Prof. Dr Uwe Meves).
Contributions to medieval narrative research (BmE)
An online journal for medieval studies, edited by PD Dr Anja Becker (Munich) and Prof. Dr Albrecht Hausmann (Oldenburg):
The 'Beiträge zur mediävistischen Erzählforschung' (BmE) serves the publication of works in which medieval and early modern narrative in its traditional manifestations, as a cultural technique and poetic process as well as a category for literary and cultural theoretical reflections is thematised. The subject matter ranges from the early Middle Ages to the 16th century and is not limited to the narrative genres, but also includes narrative in poetry or play. www.erzaehlforschung.de.
Digital Medieval Studies
Conference and resulting anthology (BmE Themenheft 12) on the possibilities and limits of digitisation in medieval studies; together with Elisabeth Lienert (Bremen), Joachim Hamm (Würzburg) and Gabriel Viehhauser (Stuttgart). Further information: https://www.uni-bremen.de/fb-10/perspektiven-der-digital-humanities-fuer-die-altgermanistik
Bible epics. Narratological perspectives on a European tradition
Digital conference in February 2022 and conference proceedings (BmE Themenheft), organised together with Anja Becker (Munich). Further information: https://ojs.uni-oldenburg.de/ojs/index.php/bme/announcement/view/24
Funded by the 'Niedersächsisches Vorab' by the MWK of the State of Lower Saxony.
regional - marginal - digital: literature and language in peripheral areas
International conference (2021) and conference proceedings as part of the German Studies Institute partnership Oldenburg-Olomouc (CZ). Further information (PDF of the conference programme): https://uol.de/f/3/inst/germanistik/Konferenzprogramm.pdf?v=1634147917