GRK 1767:  Factual and Fictional Narration

• Subject Area: Literary Studies
• Term: from 2012 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 190376163

The graduate school "Factual and Fictional Narration" GRK focuses on factual narration; in addition it explores the interplay of factuality and fictionality across a large spectrum of texts as well as in various (audio-)visual media. The concept of ¿factual narrative¿ is here understood to signify narratives whose pragmatic contexts and referential properties ground them in the real-world situations of their addressees. In its second phase, the graduate school plans to highlight the diachronic aspect of the concepts of factuality and fictionality, emphasizing comparisons of modern with classical and medieval understandings of, and engagements with, these terms. In addition, the graduate school will also increasingly engage in research on factual narratives from a variety of areas outside the key domains of literature, autobiography and history, cooperating with disciplines outside the philologies.A third intercultural focus will consist in the comparative examination of the different cultural conditions shaping concepts of the factual and the fictional and in the analysis of transfer phenomena between cultures.In the course of this transdisciplinary venture we also wish to go beyond the limitations of traditional narrative theory, absorbing insights and methods developed in other disciplines in order to analyze factual narratives. As a result, current narratological modelsare to be extended and adapted to the requirements of factual narration. The analyses of diachronic, interdisciplinary and intercultural aspects of factual and fictional narration will be explored in a broad range of scholarly fields of study.The training offered by the graduate school fulfils the highest international standards. It equips students with the necessary methodological and disciplinary know-how in their field(s). Teamwork and cooperation are encouraged at all levels. The curriculum includes research-based interdisciplinary lectures and seminars. Students are also offered job-related training sessions as well as a series of applied courses catering to didactic and presentational skills. Each PhD candidate receives close support from a team of two supervisers from different fields. All the PhD students will be encouraged to develop their initiative and creativity and will be given free scope to explore their academic interests. The design and practice of the graduate school builds on the expertise of a number of other graduate schools at the University of Freiburg. The University is dedicated to successful gender-equality focused career training.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• Spokesperson: Professorin Dr. Monika Fludernik
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Achim Aurnhammer; Professorin Dr. Eva von Contzen; Professorin Dr. Robin Curtis; Professor Dr. Hans-Helmuth Gander; Professor Dr. Andreas Gelz; Professorin Dr. Lena Henningsen; Professor Dr. Daniel Jacob; Professor Dr. Dietmar Neutatz; Professor Dr. Carl E. Scheidt; Professor Dr. Frank Ludwig Schäfer; Professor Dr. Stefan Tilg