Virtuality in Contemporary German-Language Literature: Quantity and Connectivity (D02)

• Subject Area: German Literary and Cultural Studies (Modern German Literature)
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 470106373

The research project D02 examines how the conditions of observation made possible by digitization in contemporary german-language literature are translated into a poetics of virtuality. It reconstructs how literature, from the point of view of quantity and connectivity, gains independent perspectives on virtual lifeworlds, which in turn are developed from their interaction with the computer, but also with the concepts of Digital Humanities and the theories of virtuality.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1567: Virtuelle Lebenswelten
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Natalie Binczek; Professor Dr. Armin Schäfer