Project

Metalepsis in six selected prose works by Günter Grass (1961-2010)

Code
01D34511
Duration
01 October 2011 → 12 May 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Language studies
    • Literary studies
    • Theory and methodology of language studies
    • Theory and methodology of linguistics
    • Theory and methodology of literary studies
    • Other languages and literary studies
Keywords
metalepsis narrative structure Grass 20th Century Contemporary German literature Novel Literary studies
 
Project description

This project aims to analyze the narrative phenomenon 'metalepsis' in six prose works by Günter Grass. The project will investigate the relation of metalepsis to time, space and intertextuality. It will chart the functions of metalepsis in the narrative structure and attempt to clarify this structure. It will be shown that the metalepsis supports the poetics the prose works convey.