Naslov
Literature and Cultural Memory Studies: Crossing Disciplinary Borders or Challenging Boundaries?

Autori
Grubica, Irena

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Conference Abstracts / - , 2015

Skup
Alpen Adria Anglistics Conference - Crossing Borders and Challenging Boundaries

Mjesto i datum
Klagenfurt, Austrija, 25.09.2015. - 27.09.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
književnost, studije o kulturnoj memoriji, interdisciplinarnost
(literature, cultural memory studies, interdisciplinarity)

Sažetak
Over the last three decades the concept of cultural memory has been stimulating an ongoing interdisciplinary dialogue in the humanities, by bringing together a variety of disciplines: literature, history, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, translation studies, media studies, etc. In her book Travelling Concepts in the Humanities Mieke Bal refers to cultural memory as one of such exemplary concepts that easily travel across disciplinary borders. The basic argument in her study is that interdisiciplinarity in the humanities „must seek its heuristic and methodological basis in concepts rather than methods. “ (2002:55) Therefore, „travelling concepts“ such as cultural memory overtly challenge conventional methodological protocols. Although Bal's statement received various criticism we consider it a valuable starting point in our discussion and we want to position our arguments in relation to it. This position paper seeks to contribute to the above mentioned interdisciplinary dialogue by focusing on some methodological concerns that arise when we attempt to relate the burgeoning field of memory studies to literary studies. The relations between cultural memory and literature are manifold and they range from the issues of intertextuality to canon formation, identity formation, cultural translation, the representation of history and trauma, etc. Some of the questions raised in this paper will be: In what way do the basic concepts in cultural memory studies challenge the methodology of literary studies? Do these concepts alter when they travel across disciplinary borders and in what way do they extend or erase the disciplinary boundaries? How is cultural memory represented in literature? In what way does literature shape cultural memory? How does it differ from other disciplines in doing that? Attempting to answer these complex questions my position paper will rely on a variety of different theoretical sources and definitions of cultural memory (Lachmann, Derrida, Ricoeur, Huyssen, Teridman, Stewart, Halbwach, Assmann (s), Radstone, etc) as well as illustrate its arguments with some specific examples from literary works.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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