Unity in Diversity: the Literary Space of Germany of the Past Century (on the research project “Literary process in Germany of XX and XXI centuries”, Institute of Worldliterature RAS)

Abstract

The conceptual basis of the research project "the Literary process in Germany of the XX and XXI centuries", carried out by the researchers of the Institute of world literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences and leading Germanists of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Germany, is analyzed. Isolation of the German artistic and aesthetic area among the German-language multitude allows to give a clear idea of the uniqueness of a single national literature, to understand the specifics of the formation of German mentality and cultural identity, and also helps to identify possible ways of the development of German literature in the border era - at the turn of the XX-XXI centuries.

Keywords

• literary process
• problems of periodization
• cultural transfer
• comparative studies
• aesthetic paradigms
• multiculturalism
• national stereotypes
• intercultural communication