Texts:

– Donald E. Polkinghorne, Narrative Psychologie und Geschichtsbewußtsein. Beziehungen und Perspektiven. Frankfurt, 1998 (for more details see: slack channel).

– Julia Vassilieva, Narrative Psychology: Identity, Transformation and Ethics. London 2016. [ch 1+2: 1-49].

Further reading:

– Brian Schiff, "The Function of Narrative: Toward a Narrative Psychology of Meaning" Narrative Works: Issues, Investigations, & Interventions 2/1 (2012): 33-47.

Chair: Isabel Toral.

Scholars of premodern Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac, and other, including modern, literatures meet every two weeks to discuss milestones of literary theory and recent contributions to narrative studies (mostly in English), with a particular focus on the analysis of frame narratives, such as Kalīla and Dimna. The subject of each session is one or two groundbreaking and thought-provoking contributions in literary theory, with relevance for the analysis of literary works. The fortnightly online meetings in the summer term of 2020 are to be carried on until July 22, 2020 on a remote basis. 

It is possible to join the group at any given time, please contact johannes.stephan@fu-berlin.de for participation.