Neue Nachbarschaften. Stil und Social Media in der Gegenwartsliteratur
Organizers: Pola Groß, Hanna Hamel, Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung in cooperation with the Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus
19 Nov 2020: Readings and discussions with the authors Berit Glanz, Stefanie Sargnagel and Senthuran Varatharajah (livestream)
20 Nov 2020: Academic workshop via zoom
Social media is creating new, often closer relationships between readers and authors, which, in turn, influences the writing process, the resulting texts, and, ultimately, the success of literature with the public. A younger generation of writers is therefore forging new relationships to social media as a place of production, reception, and distribution. Direct publication on the internet creates new opportunities for young authors, bypassing traditional gatekeepers such as publishers, literary criticism, and literary events. But this new freedom also imposes new restrictions: Readers can keep an eye on their favorite authors even during the writing process itself and can influence their success through likes and retweets of individual literary postings.
Combining readings, discussions with the authors, and an academic workshop on the following day, the event will look at how we can grasp and understand the new neighborhoods in social media and ask whether they produce new literary styles. In this context, the relationship between social media and the ‘traditional’ book market will be discussed as well as collective forms of writing and the function of authorship today.
Program
19 Nov 2020 (livestream): Three readings followed by discussions, panel discussion in the evening.
Authors: Berit Glanz, Stefanie Sargnagel and Senthuran Varatharajah
LIVESTREAM at 19 Nov 2020, 16.15
16.15
Opening of the event (Pola Groß & Hanna Hamel, ZfL)
16.30
Berit Glanz – Reading & discussion (with Christian Metz, Universität Frankfurt)
17.15
Break
17.30
Senthuran Varatharajah – Reading & discussion (with Pola Groß, ZfL)
18.15
Break
18.30
Stefanie Sargnagel – Reading & discussion (with Rupert Gaderer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
19.15
Break
20.00
Panel discussion with Berit Glanz, Stefanie Sargnagel and Senthuran Varatharajah (with Hanna Hamel, ZfL)
including digital participation opportunities (Social media moderation, Pola Groß, ZfL)
20 Nov 2020 (via zoom): Workshop
10.00
Pola Groß/Hanna Hamel (ZfL): Introduction
10.30
Elias Kreuzmair (Universität Greifswald): Literatur und Twitter. Versuch einer Stilkunde
11.30
Nina Tolksdorf (Freie Universität Berlin): Literarische Inszenierungen des Privaten in sozialen Medien
12.30
Break
13.30
Christian Metz (Universität Frankfurt): Im Stile der Verletzlichkeit. Zur Konstruktion von Intimität in Twitter-, Whatsapp-, Instagram-Literatur
14.30
Marcella Fassio (Universität Oldenburg): Praktiken, Poetiken und Deutungsmacht – Männliche Autorschaft in literarischen Weblogs
15.30
Break
16.00
Rupert Gaderer (Ruhr-Universität Bochum): Energiezustände. Deprivation und Exzess digitaler Literatur
17.00
Lea Schneider (Freie Universität Berlin): Ist das Literatur oder muss das weg? Bewertungskämpfe beim Übergang von Online-Texten in den Print-Markt und ihre politischen Implikationen
18.00
Final discussion
In German.
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