Project

Exquisite defects. Detoxing the female literary genius at the crossroads of Critical Disability Studies and Neurophenomenology

Code
01D29320
Duration
01 December 2020 → 31 October 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • Literatures in German
    • Psychology of literature
Keywords
Neurophenomenology Critical Disability Studies Female German authors
 
Project description

Neurodiversity in male authors is regarded as a sign of genius, whereas female counterparts suffer from stigma, diagnoses and institutionalisation. This project aims to analyse neurodiversity and its designations in both modernist and postwar literature as well as ego-documents by German/Austrian female authors, by studying visual qualities in the language and drawing from Critical Disability Studies and neurophenomenology.