Caucasian narrative in the discourse of comparative fairy tale research

• Applicants: Dr. Elguja Dadunashvili; Professorin Dr. Diana Forker
• Subject Area: General and Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies ; General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 501928518

The aim of the present project is to fill an essential gap in comparative fairy tale and folk tale research and in Caucasus Studies and to provide the first comprehensive research results on the tendencies and layers in Caucasian folklore in general and in fairy tales in particular. The additional contribution of the project lies in the establishment of a computer-based infrastructure for the successive, permanent and expandable indexing of Caucasian folklore, as well as for the interoperable re-use of the compiled text and metadata.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants