European literatures and their interrelationships

According to Karl Mannheim (1922), cultures are "pluralistic interaction systems". This refers to production practices, cultural-historical contexts and reception processes. European literatures and their conceptualizations, shaped by different experiences, each exhibit moments of entanglement and negotiation. From both a diachronic and a synchronic perspective, they are based on interrelationships. Although 'literature' or 'art' can be regarded as an autonomous system, they are anchored in social transformation processes.
The cluster sees itself as an interdisciplinary cross-sectional area and is dedicated to questions such as multilingualism / language change, mediality, the relationships between literature, music and theater, the role of translation and non-translation, multiple affiliations and the role of the literary and the artistic. The aim of
is to accentuate the social relevance and critical potential of literature and the arts with regard to Europeanization and thus contribute to raising awareness of the diverse interrelationships and their effects on aesthetic 'Europe'.

Current members of the cluster are researchers from the Faculty of Humanities.