Epic Poems of the ‘long’ 17th Century (1570–1740) in the German Area. Historical Inventory and Bibliographical Database

拟议的项目侧重于17世纪（1570-1740）德国领土上的史诗（carmina heroica）的一般传统。如果考虑到它在早期现代德国文学史上的巨大意义，carmina heroica这一流派，在17世纪对这一流派的理解包括英雄主义和说教诗歌以及其他史诗传统，根本没有得到适当的探索。该项目旨在通过建立一个历史清单和一个互动式书目数据库以及补充研究来填补现有研究中的这一空白。通过对迄今为止一直被忽视的carmina heroica类型的文学史进行探索，该项目将有助于修订早期现代文学类型的通史。首先，它旨在证明17世纪的叙事史并没有目的性地导致现代小说的产生。此外，该项目将有助于对文学与知识之间关系的现有研究进行迫切需要的历史化。最后，它为建立新的小说史视角提供了可能。

The proposed project focusses on the generic tradition of epic poems (carmina heroica) of the ‘long’ 17th century (1570–1740) in the German territories. If one takes its immense significance for early modern German literary history into account, the genre of carmina heroica, which in the seventeenth century understanding of the genre includes heroic and didactic poems as well as other epic traditions, has not at all been appropriately explored. The project aims at filling this gap in the existing research by constructing a historical inventory and an interactive bibliographical database, as well as by supplementary research. By exploring the literary history of the genre of carmina heroica, which has been largely neglected until now, the project will contribute to a revision of the general history of early modern literary genres. First of all, it aims at demonstrating that the history of narrative in the 17th century did not teleologically lead to the modern novel. Furthermore, the project will contribute to an urgently needed historicization of existing research on the relationship between literature and knowledge. Finally, it makes possible the establishment of new perspectives on the history of fiction.