Literaturwissenschaft

Dismember Remember

Das anatomische Theater von Lina Saneh und Rabih Mroué

What happens if a body is dissected with words rather than physically? If what is taken apart is reassembled? What impact does this have on how we see things? This volume is the...

Arabische Musikinstrumente in der Literatur des Mittelalters

With cultural exchange taking place in various settings during the Middle Ages, European musical instruments were highly influenced by Islamic cultures. Apart from the impact of...

Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft

Band 19 (2012/2013): Oswald von Wolkenstein im Kontext der Liedkunst seiner Zeit

The South Tyrolean knight Oswald von Wolkenstein (ca. 1377-1445) is the most notable German lyricist of the late Middle Ages. The present volume contains 25 articles in total,...

der âventiuren dôn

Klang, Hören und Hörgemeinschaften in der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters

The contributions in this volume assess the value of the acoustic in the Middle Ages and evaluate its importance in medieval literature. Although a great deal of research in...

The Andalusian Music of Morocco

Al-Ala: History, Society and Text

This book reframes the history of the Andalusian music of Morocco by highlighting the interplay of oral and literary processes in the preservation and transmission of this...

Deutsche Liebeslyrik vom Minnesang bis zu Oswald von Wolkenstein

oder die Erfindung der Liebe im Mittelalter

This initial volume of the series provides a basic introduction into the particularities of the history of mentality, language and literature in a study of the Middle Ages...

Conflicting Narratives: War, Trauma and Memory in Iraqi Culture

This volume deals with the Iraqi cultural production under and after Baathist rule, a research field which, in comparison to Iraqi history and politics, has attracted relatively...

Das Ende des Babylonischen Exils

Kulturgeschichtliche Epochenwende in der Literatur der letzten irakisch-jüdischen Autoren

“Das Ende des Babylonischen Exils” is the first comprehensive German-language study of Iraqi-Jewish literature. It is also the first study on the subject to consider memoirs...

Das »Nibelungenlied« und »Das Buch des Dede Korkut« – Sprachwissenschaftliche Aspekte

Beiträge zum ersten interkulturellen Symposion in Baku, Aserbaidschan, 2009

This volume of conference proceedings brings the “Kitab Dede Korkut” into the spotlight of intercultural comparative studies of medieval heroic epic poetry. The oldest and only...

The City of the three Mosques: Ávila and its Muslims in the Middle Ages

This book troubles the traditional treatment of Muslims living under Christian rule in Iberia, traditionally dubbed “Mudejars,” as marginal in both medieval Christian and Muslim...

Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft

Band 18 (2010/2011): Konrad von Megenberg (1309 bis 1374): Ein spätmittelalterlicher »Enzyklopädist« im europäischen Kontext

This proceedings places Konrad von Megenberg (1309-1374) squarely at the focal point of European cataloging. It combines contributions from Megenberg followers from different...

Georgische Gegenwartsliteratur

Eine Anthologie georgisch-deutsch

This anthology illustrates the literary work of the historical development of Georgia over the last 30 years for German readers. It includes in particular such works, which - to...

Eine Reise in die Berge und ans Wasser

Chinesische Malerei und Gedichte aus der Klassischen Zeit

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Die aus Shanghai stammende Künstlerin Lili Yuan lässt in traditioneller Tuschmalerei großartige, mystisch...

Poetik der Fremdheit

Palästinensische und irakische Lyrik des Exils

This first study on contemporary Arabic exile poetry focuses on four poets who contributed essentially to the innovation of the contemporary Arabic “Qa“īda”: Sa ͑dī Yūsuf (b....

Herzog Friedrich von der Normandie

Der altschwedische Ritterroman »Hertig Fredrik av Normandie«. Text, Übersetzung, Untersuchungen

Around 1300 the norwegian royal house ordered an unknown writer to translate a nowadays lost german source into the old swedish knight’s tale „Hertig Fredrik av Normandie“....

Individuation and the Shaping of Personal Identity

A Comparative Study of the Modern Novel

This book endeavors to contribute to comparative literary studies, especially the study of the modern novel, through its analysis of the process of individuation in four distinct...

Tierisch moralisch. Die Welt der Fabel in Orient und Okzident

Begleitschrift zur Sonderausstellung im Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg vom 22. Februar bis 1. Juni 2009

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Die Fabel gehört zu den ältesten und am weitest verbreiteten Literaturgenres der Welt. Ihre Tradition reicht von...

Von listigen Schakalen und törichten Kamelen. Die Fabel in Orient und Okzident

Wissenschaftliches Kolloquium im Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg zur Vorbereitung der Ausstellung „Tierisch moralisch. Die Welt der Fabel in Orient und Okzident“ am 22. und 23. November 2007

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Die berühmte, ursprünglich aus Indien stammende Fabelsammlung „Pancatantra“ ist in der Fassung, die ihr der...

Die »nakba« erinnern

Palästinensische Narrative des ersten arabisch-israelischen Kriegs 1948

For Palestinians, the term nakba (catastrophe) subsumes the events within the context of the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948, immediately after the foundation of the state of...

Nizamis Schatzkammer der Geheimnisse

Eine Untersuchung zu Mahzan ul-asrar

This study of Niẓāmī’s (d. 1209) Makhzan ul-asrār (Treasure of Mysteries) deals with problems of the work’s history and reception, analyzing the formal setting of the poem as well...