Anglophone Literatures: Dissolution and Consolidation in the Global Marketplace (A02)

• Subject Area: European and American Literary and Cultural Studies ; General and Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies ; Public Law ; Private Law ; Economic Policy, Applied Economics
• Term: from 2019 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 403589434

The project widens the scope of the research conducted in “Literature and the Market” by adding a comparative perspective and broadening the field of inquiry to include the global anglophone literary marketplace. We consider the nature of the competition within the European market, especially the legal, cultural and economic status of “national literature” in relation to English-language imports. We also analyze the dynamics of “national literature”, funding mechanisms and prestige in the global anglophone market, for instance regarding postcolonial cultural formations and migrant literature.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1385: Law and Literature
• Applicant Institution: Universität Münster
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Caroline Kögler; Professorin Dr. Corinna Norrick-Rühl, since 7/2021; Professorin Dr. Petra Pohlmann