The Ambiguity of the Turkish in Early Modern German Narrative Literature

这个项目在主题上和历史上都隶属于当前的研究项目“未确定的巴洛克诗歌”。《西里西亚的诗歌歧义与自白歧义：德国新诗（1620-1742）的文化动力因素》，并从两个方面展开研究。一方面，考虑到对伊斯兰教的文学反思，兴趣的范围从基督教内部的忏悔差异转向了两个主要宗教团体之间的差异。因此，重点将放在伊斯兰教和基督教的区别上。另一方面，“土耳其人”作为一种外来文化建构的模糊性强调了宗教和种族差异的现象。研究歧义问题的基本立场将是对土耳其所有事物的威胁和迷恋之间的比例。流行的早期现代土耳其敌人的概念将被考虑与跨文化惊奇的历史观点。虽然到目前为止，科学兴趣点的历史基础是巴洛克时代，但后续项目将扩展到16世纪和18世纪。文本语料库包括在早期现代对土耳其人的描述和反思中研究不足的文学叙事作品。分析将聚焦于特定的虚构类型，如小说和史诗，以及功能性文本（特别是旅行文学、小册子、大报和期刊），这些文本根据同时代的现实概念，以叙事形式描绘事实现实（“Wirklichkeitserzählungen”）。这些流派将以比较的方式进行调查。

This project is thematically and historically affiliated to the current research project Undetermined Baroque Poetry. Poetic and Confessional Ambiguity in Silesia as Cultural Dynamic Factors of a New German Poetry (1620-1742), and widens its focus in a twofold regard. On the one hand, by taking literary reflections on Islam into account, the range of interest moves from the dimension of inner-Christian confessional differences to those between the two major religious groups. Hence, the focus will be on the differentiation between Islam and Christianity. On the other hand, the ambiguity of 'the Turkish' as a construction of a foreign culture emphasizes phenomena of both religious and ethnic difference. The fundamental stance in researching the question of ambiguity will be the scaling between the threats of and fascination with all things Turkish. The prevailing early-modern concept of the Turkish enemy will be considered against historical perspectives of intercultural amazement. While up to now the scientific point of interest is historically based in the Baroque epoch, the follow up-project will expand into the 16th as well as the 18th century. The textual corpus comprises under-researched literary narrative pieces in early modern descriptions of and reflections on the Turkish. The analysis will zoom in on particular fictional genres, such as the novel and the epic poem, as well as on functional texts (esp. travel literature, pamphlets, broadsheets and periodicals), which portray factual reality in a narrative shape ('Wirklichkeitserzählungen'), according to coeval concepts of reality. These genres will be surveyed in a comparative approach.