“And whispering websters stealing through this world Discredit so much literature and praise” (W. H. Auden)
“the Austrian Society for Literature is neither a club nor a coffee house” (Stella Musulin)
”Der Nachteil bei großer Literatur ist, daß sich damit jedes Arschloch identifizieren kann.” (Peter Handke)
„Literatur ist, wenn ein Gedachtes zugleich ein Gesehenes und ein Gehörtes ist.“ (Karl Kraus)
„Eine kleinbürgerliche Beamtenliteratur haben wir vor uns, wenn wir die deutsche Literatur vor uns haben“ (Thomas Bernhard)
„die seltsame Stimmung an der Peripherie einer Revolution.― Wieder heim,― lese („schöne Literatur“ ― merke später, altes Heft)“ (Arthur Schnitzler)
„Daß Mathematik wichtiger für die Literatur ist als Literaturgeschichte.“ (Karl Kraus)
The research unit "Literary&Textual Studies" is dedicated to the exploration of literary and non-literary texts by means of Digital Humanities methods and thus brings together all literary and textual studies research projects based at the ACDH-CH.
The unit’s research agenda focuses on texts from German-speaking and other European regions, encompassing text types and genres such as pamphlets, poems, correspondences, posters, novels, diaries, plays, translations, as well as newspapers and periodicals. These texts are examined within the context of the unit’s three main research areas Authors & Editions, Periodicals & Corpora, and Linked Data & Vienna Time Machine.
A common goal of all research projects within the unit is the scholarly analysis, annotation, and public availability of a broad range of texts and resources. Following standardised parameters, these are systematically prepared in the form of openly accessible digital editions, corpora, databases, and research platforms.
The projects in the research unit “Literary&Textual Studies” adapt and transform established methods of textual analysis and interpretation for their use in the digital sphere. Moreover, they further develop available technologies in collaboration with the “DH Research&Infrastructure” unit to gain new scientific insights into the texts under investigation.