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The Palgrave Handbook of Feminist, Queer and Trans* Narrative Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the intersection between narrative theory and feminist, queer and trans* theory.

Taking as its point of departure Nelson Goodman’s theory of symbol systems as delineated in his seminal book “Ways of Worldmaking”, this volume gauges the possibilities and perspectives offered by the worldmaking approach as a model for the study of culture. Its main objectives are to explore the usefulness and scope of the approach for the study of culture and to supplement Goodman’s philosophy of worldmaking with a number of complementary disciplinary perspectives, literary and cultural approaches, and new questions and applications. It focuses on three key issues or concepts which illuminate ways of worldmaking and their interdisciplinary relevance and ramifications, viz. (1) theoretical approaches to ways of worldmaking, (2) the impact of media on ways of worldmaking, and (3) narratives as ways of worldmaking. The volume serves to demonstrate how specific media and narratives affect the worlds that are created, and shows how these worlds are established as socially relevant. It also illustrates the extent to which ways of worldmaking are imbued with cultural values, and thus inevitably implicated in power relations.

Though the phenomenon known as “unreliable narration” or “narrative unreliability” has received a lot of attention during the last two decades, narratological research has mainly focused on its manifestations in narrative fiction, particularly in homodiegetic or first-person narration. Except for film, forms and functions of unreliable narration in other genres, media and disciplines have so far been relatively neglected. The present volume redresses the balance by directing scholarly attention to disciplines and domains that narratology has so far largely ignored. It aims at initiating an interdisciplinary approach to, and debate on, narrative unreliability, exploring unreliable narration in a broad range of literary genres, other media and non-fictional text-types, contexts and disciplines beyond literary studies. Crossing the boundaries between genres, media, and disciplines, the volume acknowledges that the question of whether or not to believe or trust a narrator transcends the field of literature: The issues of (un)reliability and (un)trustworthiness play a crucial role in many areas of human life as well as a wide spectrum of academic fields ranging from law to history, and from psychology to the study of culture.

Taking as its point of departure Nelson Goodman’s theory of symbol systems as delineated in his seminal book “Ways of Worldmaking”, this volume gauges the possibilities and perspectives offered by the worldmaking approach as a model for the study of culture. Its main objectives are to explore the usefulness and scope of the approach for the study of culture and to supplement Goodman’s philosophy of worldmaking with a number of complementary disciplinary perspectives, literary and cultural approaches, and new questions and applications. It focuses on three key issues or concepts which illuminate ways of worldmaking and their interdisciplinary relevance and ramifications, viz. (1) theoretical approaches to ways of worldmaking, (2) the impact of media on ways of worldmaking, and (3) narratives as ways of worldmaking. The volume serves to demonstrate how specific media and narratives affect the worlds that are created, and shows how these worlds are established as socially relevant. It also illustrates the extent to which ways of worldmaking are imbued with cultural values, and thus inevitably implicated in power relations.

Though the phenomenon known as “unreliable narration” or “narrative unreliability” has received a lot of attention during the last two decades, narratological research has mainly focused on its manifestations in narrative fiction, particularly in homodiegetic or first-person narration. Except for film, forms and functions of unreliable narration in other genres, media and disciplines have so far been relatively neglected. The present volume redresses the balance by directing scholarly attention to disciplines and domains that narratology has so far largely ignored. It aims at initiating an interdisciplinary approach to, and debate on, narrative unreliability, exploring unreliable narration in a broad range of literary genres, other media and non-fictional text-types, contexts and disciplines beyond literary studies. Crossing the boundaries between genres, media, and disciplines, the volume acknowledges that the question of whether or not to believe or trust a narrator transcends the field of literature: The issues of (un)reliability and (un)trustworthiness play a crucial role in many areas of human life as well as a wide spectrum of academic fields ranging from law to history, and from psychology to the study of culture.

Although it is well known that narrative impacts our modes of assessing and interpreting the world as well as the creation of cultural identities and cultural communities, there is little research on the way in which cognition, culture, and narratives intersect. Cultural narratology usually focuses on the relation between culture and narrative, while cognitive narratology explores the relation between cognition and narrative. However, the three concepts reciprocally influence each other: narratives shape cognition just as cognitive frames and processes shape narratives. Similarly, the culture we belong to informs our cognitive processes and the way we perceive, interpret and react to our environment. Culture and narrative also impact each other in myriad ways. Narratives are therefore at the centre of this volume, and each chapter deals with narrative (either as a cognitive or performative tool), relating it to either cognition, or culture, or to both. The volume also explores social practices of real-world storytelling (for instance in discourses on migration), and the cognitive dimension of cultures that narratives provide access to. The latter includes shared (self-)concepts, schemata, and cultural models. This interdisciplinary volume builds conceptual bridges between cultural studies, cognitive theory, and narrative theory.

Der Band "Konzepte der Kulturwissenschaften" bietet Orientierung in einem interdisziplinären Diskussionsfeld, das inzwischen selbst für Fachleute kaum noch überschaubar ist. Er informiert über die gegenwärtigen kulturwissenschaftlichen Diskussionen - insbesondere in den Literaturwissenschaften - und gibt einen systematischen und umfassenden Überblick über die verschiedenen Ansätze wie Kultursemiotik, Kulturanthropologie und New Historicism. Weitere Kapitel widmen sich der Medienwissenschaft, kulturwissenschaftlicher Geschlechterforschung, Fragen des kulturellen Gedächtnisses oder interkultureller Kommunikation.

Wie werden Texte wissenschaftlich interpretiert? Kompakt und übersichtlich stellt das Lehrbuch die gängigen literaturtheoretischen Ansätze vor darunter z. B. Strukturalismus, Dekonstruktion, Diskursanalyse und Systemtheorie. Der Schwerpunkt des übersichtlich gestalteten Bandes liegt auf der Anwendung: Ausführliche Beispielanalysen zeigen, wie mit den verschiedenen Theorien und den daraus abzuleitenden Methoden Texte und auch Filme analysiert werden. Unerlässliches Handwerkszeug für das literaturwissenschaftliche Studium.

Der Band "Konzepte der Kulturwissenschaften" bietet Orientierung in einem interdisziplinären Diskussionsfeld, das inzwischen selbst für Fachleute kaum noch überschaubar ist. Er informiert über die gegenwärtigen kulturwissenschaftlichen Diskussionen - insbesondere in den Literaturwissenschaften - und gibt einen systematischen und umfassenden Überblick über die verschiedenen Ansätze wie Kultursemiotik, Kulturanthropologie und New Historicism. Weitere Kapitel widmen sich der Medienwissenschaft, kulturwissenschaftlicher Geschlechterforschung, Fragen des kulturellen Gedächtnisses oder interkultureller Kommunikation.

Schlüsselkompetenzen unabdingbar für den Studien- und Berufserfolg. Denn Schlüsselqualifikationen befähigen dazu, flexibel auf unterschiedliche Anforderungen zu reagieren, eigenständig Probleme zu lösen und adäquat mit sachlichen Herausforderungen umzugehen. Dazu gehören z.B. wissenschaftliches Schreiben, Lern- und Memorierungstechniken, Rhetorik und Vortragstechniken, Zeit- und Projektmanagement sowie Teamfähigkeit, Moderationskompetenz, interkulturelle Kompetenzen, didaktische Kompetenzen, Medien-, Präsentations- und Visualisierungskompetenzen. Der Band präsentiert alle relevanten Schlüsselkompetenzen in systematischer Form und bereitet optimal auf Prüfungen und auf den Einstieg in das Berufsleben vor. Mit vielen praktischen Hinweisen, Tipps und Übungen zur selbstständigen Entwicklung von Schlüsselkompetenzen.

Die Kindler Klassiker präsentieren in einem Band die wichigen Autoren und Werke einer Nationalliteratur. Auf 600 - 800 Seiten werden sie vorgestell: kurze biografische Skizzen der Autoren und kundige Darstellung der Werke. Alles wie im KLL, nur: eine ganze literarische Welt in einem Band.