Prof. Dr. Eva von Contzen
Research interests
- Narrative theory, especially historical narratology
- Narrative and narration in medieval literature
- History and development of literary forms, including lists and enumerations
- Reception studies, particularly the reception of classical literature
- History of the epic
- Contemporary retellings of ancient and medieval material
- Cognitive literary studies
- Medievalism, i.e. the reception of the Middle Ages in post-medieval times
Selected publications
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“Repetition, Again. Cross-disciplinary Approaches to Practices and Forms of Repeating.” DIEGESIS. Interdisciplinary E-Journal for Narrative Research 13.2 (2024): 138-59. (co-authored with Stefan Pfänder, Uta Reinöhl, and Maria Sulimma).
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“Chrononarratology: Modelling Historical Change for Narrative Theory.” Narrative 30.1 (2022): 26-46. (co-authored mit Dorothee Birke und Karin Kukkonen).
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Narratologie und mittelalterliches Erzählen. Autor, Erzähler, Perspektive, Zeit und Raum. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2018. (co-edited with Florian Kragl).
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Handbuch Historische Narratologie. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2019. (co-edited with Stefan Tilg).
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“’I still retain the Empire of my Minde’: Thomas Ross’s Continuation of Silius Italicus (1661; 1672).” Medievalia et Humanistica39 (2014): 25-46.
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