Narratological publications.
Research Centers and Individual Researchers
Web page of the "Center for Narratologiske Studier" at the Syddansk Universitet, Kolding (DK)
CIRN is based at St. Thomas University, a liberal arts institution located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. The objectives at CIRN are to serve the development of research, theory, and practice related to narrative across various disciplines by means of an on-line journal, workshops, conferences, a resource centre, academic courses, discussion forums and an online bibliography.
"The Liquid Narrative research group at North Carolina State University's Computer Science Department works in the area of procedural content generation [...]."
French website (with transl. in English) devoted exclusively to narrative theory; affiliation: Centre de recherches sur les arts et le langage at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS).
Abstracts and links for Ryan's narratological projects.
Narratologists from the Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Estonia) take part in the Nordic Network Of Narrative Studies. The network was formally founded at a meeting at Tartu University, Estonia in February 2007.
Université Nice
Interdisciplinary research group (University of Bonn) dedicated to narrative strategies and structures in non-European literatures
The website informs about the approach of interdisciplinary Literary and Media Interaction Research (LIR) which is currently implemented in the context of the EU-project: "Narrative media interaction and psycho-trauma therapy".
The 'Marburger Arbeitsgruppe Narrativik' researches the WHO and HOW of narrating.
The interdisciplinary network, supported by the University of Lausanne, was founded in January 2010; periodical newsletters inform about conferences and recent publications.
"In addition to its base at the University of Göttingen, the Research Unit has sub-projects at the Universities of Hannover, Tübingen, and Karlsruhe, as well as associated projects at the Universities of Bonn and Bern (Switzerland). International fellows are hosted by the Lichtenberg-Kolleg in Göttingen. In the first three-year funding period, the Research Unit will receive approximately € 1.85 million from the German Research Foundation (DFG)."
Portals and Directories
The site contains links and entries relevant to narratologists; it is also a search engine.
narratological Wikiography (Project Narrative, Ohio)
Website of the European Narratology Network with information about international narratological conferences, publications and research projects.
Website of the Académie de Lyon / LETTRES with a section on narratology.
The Ohio State University initiative aims to promote state-of-the art research and teaching in the field of narrative studies. The core members are Frederick Aldama, David Herman, Brian McHale, and James Phelan.
In cooperation with 'Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach', the 'Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek' in Weimar, the 'Deutscher Germanistenverband' et al.
Literature portal with an emphasis on narrative theory; information about workshops, publications, jobs, websites.
Section "News" of the International Society for Folk Narrative Research
Overviews, Introductions, Definitions
A concise overview of pertinent narratological models and concepts.
Concise definitions and explanations of narratological terms.
Journals and Series
Publisher: "Centre Interdisciplinaire Récits, Cultures, Psychanalyse, Langues et Sociétés" (Nice)
Table of contents accessible.
The interdisciplinary journal of narrative theory features research on storytelling practices across a variety of media, including face-to-face interaction, literary writing, film and television, virtual environments, historiography, opera, journalism, graphic novels, plays, and photography, studied from perspectives developed in such fields as narratology, discourse analysis, jurisprudence, philosophy, cognitive and social psychology, Artificial Intelligence, medicine, and the study of organizations.
The Electronic Journal is directed to all those who are interested in the development of narrative fiction: "No particular area or methodology is preferred."
Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies
Narrative Inquiry is the continuation of the 'Journal of Narrative and Life History' (1990-1997).
Zeitschrift für Erzählforschung /Journal of Folktale Studies / Revue d'Etudes sur le Conte Populaire
Contributions to Narrative Theory / Beiträge zur Erzähltheorie; Editors: Fotis Jannidis, John Pier, Wolf Schmid.
Italian journal (online); themes: literary theory, literary criticism, literary philosophy (essays, reviews, translations, announcements, information for the scientific community)
The Journal of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature
"Where Narratology Meets a New Visuality. Textual Criticism vis-à-vis Structural Poetics."
Contributions and Announcements in the Humanities (in French).
The Journal is published four times a year by Northern Illinois University.
Editors: Craig Dionne, Abby Coykendall. "JNT publishes theoretically sophisticated essays that explore narrative issues from a variety of interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and critical contexts."
Encyclopaedia for Historical and Comparative Studies
