The historical object

representation of the historical object

naive reading hamlet in a literary context

Reading Hamlet With / Without Its (Lit.)Hist. Context

functions of literary history

literary evolution 1

literary evolution 2

literary hiSTORY features 1

literary hiSTORY features 2

Lit.hist. as result of selection and construction:

literary hiSTORY claims to be...

literary hiSTORY
culutre /meta

Perspektivengebundenheit

account of Eng. lit. determined by

master narratives

the principles of coherence

traditional literary hiSTORY: trends

multifarious characters

perspectives and principles

a functional approach, Less on ‚deeper meaning‘ or aesthetic value of literary works, than on:

functional approach interested in

functional approach sees literature as

functional approach: historicity & culturality

functional approach: media history

literary history: general models

Extrinsic

Intrinsic

New extrinsic approaches as synthesis

Models of Periodisation: Mixed Categories

The Beginnings of English

The Renaissance

Restoration to Romanticism

The Romantic Period

The Nineteenth Century

The Early Twentieth Century

The Twentieth Century

models of periodisation:

extrinsic periods

intrinsic periods

Functions historically attributed to literature

mimetic function

expressive function

Self-reflexive function

literatue: a definition

some features of culture

a defintion of culture

three dimensions of culture

concept of episteme

episteme

criteria of selection: cultural issues