Research platform „Literary field GDR“: authors, works, networks Pilot study: The students of the Institute of Literature „Johannes R. Becher“ Leipzig

研究平台“东德文学领域”：作者、作品、网络 试点研究：莱比锡“Johannes R. Becher”文学研究所的学生

• 批准号: 419244741
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Stefan Edlich
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2018-12-31 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/419244741?language=en
• 关键词: Research; platform; Literary; field; GDR

The project heuristically draws upon research on GDR literature viewed from the perspective of Bourdieu’s notion of literary field and, perspectively, aims at a complete coverage of this field. For this purpose, it is necessary to 1.) collect data for providing the empirical basis for advanced quantitative analysis 2.) apply quantitative methods for exemplarily investigating literary fields and networks 3.) develop user friendly software tools for data input and exploration.The pilot study is dedicated to the direct students of the German Institute for Literature „Jo-hannes R. Becher“ (IfL) in Leipzig. These persons constitute a group of authors that is both complete and representative for the literary field of the GDR. From 1955 until 1993, the IfL was the only academic institution for the education of authors within the German speaking countries, and one of the most influential institutions within the GDR’s literary field. It reflects both the GDR’s attempt to claim leadership by cultural politics, and the “poetic idiosyncrasy” of literary practice. Its graduates comprise a wide scope of literary forms, genres and field posi-tions, ranging from canonical authors to outsiders and dissidents. The institute provided the grounds for various careers and roles, and contributed to the establishment of networks and to the profiling of different and divergent aesthetic positions.As the basis for a digital research platform on GDR literature, the project will comprehensively investigate sources related to biography, work and reception of the 348 IfL direct students. Collection of data will be based on 1.) a synopsis of existing information published in encyclo-paedias or authority files, 2.) research of archival sources, and 3.) questionnaires. On the ba-sis of this data, analyses of authors’ networks and their position within the field will be carried out.Within the field of literary research, the project, hence, brings together fundamental bio-biographical research on the authors to be considered with the employment of quantitative approaches for analysing literary fields and networks from various perspectives. In addition, a software infrastructure will be developed that integrates functionality for advanced search and analysis and makes it accessible for domain experts without particular IT expertise, aiming at addressing a broad range of research interests and usages.The project will deliver standalone results by the provision of fundamental data for analysing a key institution of the literary field of the GDR and exemplary investigations on these data. If it is completed successfully, funding for the further investigation of the literary field of the GDR will be applied for. In the end, it will be possible to carry out research in literary history on the basis of a comprehensive data collection for a complete literary field.

本项目启发式地借鉴了布迪厄文学场域概念视角下的德意志民主共和国文学研究，并在视角上旨在全面覆盖这一领域。为此，有必要1.)收集数据，为高级定量分析提供经验基础；2.)应用定量方法对文学领域和文学网络进行举例调查；3.开发用户友好的软件工具，进行数据输入和探索。这项试点研究是专门为莱比锡德国文学学院“约翰·汉内斯·r·贝歇尔”（IfL）的直接学生进行的。这些人构成了一个完整的作家群体，在德意志民主共和国文学界具有代表性。从1955年到1993年，IfL是德语国家唯一的作家教育学术机构，也是德意志民主共和国文学领域最有影响力的机构之一。它既反映了民主德国试图通过文化政治来获得领导地位，也反映了文学实践的“诗意特质”。它的毕业生包括广泛的文学形式、流派和领域职位，从权威作家到局外人和持不同政见者。该学院为各种职业和角色提供了基础，并有助于建立网络，并为不同和不同的审美立场提供了轮廓。作为德意志民主共和国文学数字研究平台的基础，该项目将全面调查与348名德意志民主共和国文学学院直接学生的传记、作品和接待有关的资料来源。数据的收集将基于1.)百科全书或权威文件中公布的现有信息的摘要，2.)对档案来源的研究，以及3.)问卷调查。在此数据的基础上，对作者的网络及其在该领域的地位进行分析。因此，在文学研究领域，该项目将作者的基本传记研究与定量方法结合起来，从不同的角度分析文学领域和文学网络。此外，将开发一个软件基础设施，集成高级搜索和分析的功能，使没有特定it专业知识的领域专家可以访问它，旨在解决广泛的研究兴趣和使用。该项目将通过为分析德意志民主共和国文学领域的一个关键机构提供基础数据和对这些数据进行示范性调查，从而产生独立的结果。如果成功完成，将申请资助对德意志民主共和国文学领域的进一步调查。最后，在全面搜集完整文学领域资料的基础上，进行文学史研究。