The Cartography of the Political Novel in Europe

该项目旨在研究不同国家和文化背景下的人们如何参与当代政治问题，从而在塑造21世纪世纪的欧洲社会和政治方面发挥作用。这是通过一种特殊的美学和社会现象的棱镜来实现的，我们称之为欧洲的政治小说（或PNE），它不仅在严格限定的文学界，而且在整个欧洲社会都越来越突出。鉴于政治写作的这种新的相关性，CAPONEU的目标是评估政治小说作为欧洲文化遗产的重要组成部分，并作为社区建设和欧洲宣传的工具。该联盟汇集了一个跨学科的研究团队，不仅旨在解开20世纪世纪丰富的文学遗产，而且（通过与广泛的演员合作）使PNE的经验与我们现在有关。它使我们能够了解不同的信仰，价值观，传统，经济，历史，文化，年龄和性别形成的看法如何反映在PNE作为一种特定的文学体裁，以及这种体裁如何以及为什么重新出现作为一个社会因素今天。因此，不仅在PNE的信仰和传统的代表性将被分析，而且PNE本身在塑造和改变对个人，国家，经济，特别是对欧洲的历史和文化过去的观点的作用。意识到近几十年来欧洲项目因危机（经济和政治危机，移民，COVID-19大流行和气候变化）而不稳定，现在的问题是EPN的欧洲遗产如何能够积极加强欧洲社会对危机的适应能力。考虑到各种形式的民粹主义和/或威权主义同时复苏，随后的经济衰退以及最近的后果不可预测的战争，回答这个问题对欧洲的未来至关重要。鸣谢：由萨格勒布大学协调的CAPONEU汇集了8个合作伙伴，其中5个已根据赠款协议101094658获得欧盟地平线研究和创新计划的资助。其他三个合作伙伴，布莱顿大学，剑桥大学和Autonomy由Innovate UK资助，作为担保基金的一部分，该基金为涉及英国合作伙伴的成功的Horizon Europe投标提供担保。

The project sets out to examine how people in different national and cultural contexts engage with contemporary political issues and thereby have their share in shaping European societies and politics in the 21st century. This is done through the prism of an extraordinary aesthetic and social phenomenon that we call the political novel in Europe (or PNE), which is gaining prominence not only in strictly delimited literary circles but in European societies at large. Given this new relevance of political writing, CAPONEU’s goal is to assess the political novel as an important element of the European cultural heritage and as a tool for community building and European advocacy. The consortium brings together an interdisciplinary research team that seeks not only to unpack the rich literary heritage of the 20th century but also (through collaboration with a wide range of actors) to make the PNE experiences relevant to our present. It allows us to understand how perceptions formed by different beliefs, values, traditions, economy, history, culture, age and gender are reflected in the PNE as a specific literary genre, and how and why this genre re-emerges as a social factor today. Thus, not only the representation of beliefs and traditions in the PNE will be analysed, but also the role of the PNE itself in shaping and changing perspectives on the individual, the state, the economy, and especially on Europe’s historical and cultural past. Aware that the European project has been destabilised in recent decades by crises (economic and political crises, migrations, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change), the question now is how the European heritage of the EPN can become active in strengthening the resilience of European societies to crises. Given the simultaneous resurgence of various forms of populism and/or authoritarianism, a subsequent recession, and, most recently, war with unpredictable consequences, answering this question will be crucial for the future of Europe. Acknowledgement: CAPONEU, coordinated by University of Zagreb, brings together 8 partners, 5 of which have received funding from the European Union’s Horizon research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094658. The other three partners, University of Brighton, University of Cambridge and Autonomy are funded by Innovate UK as part of the Guarantee Fund which underwrites successful Horizon Europe bids involving UK partners.