Poetics of Decision-Making in German Narrative Literature of the Middle Ages (A12 [A01])

• Subject Area: German Medieval Studies (Medieval German Literature)
• Term: from 2015 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 252080619

In the second phase, the project will examine the early-modern novel with respect to how narration considers and comments on contemporary cultural practices of decision-making, as understood as a historically changeable form of social action. The spectrum of decision-making modes to be found in the early-modern novel stretches from internalised, individual monologues about decisions, through institutionalised forms of collective decision-making and counselling, to externalised decision-making. The central questions will be about which ways decision-making is narratively depicted and which functions it fulfils in the narratives.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1150: Cultures of Decision-Making
• Applicant Institution: Universität Münster
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Bruno Quast