#literature studies

Arts & Humanities

AI Literature: Will ChatGPT Be the Author of Your Next Favourite Novel?

The rise of large language models has generated an online boom in AI-written literature across genres as diverse as bedtime stories for children, sci-fi novellas, autobiographies, and romance novels. But if we can generate entire volumes with nothing but a prompt or two, how will books be conceived in the future? And what impact will ChatGPT have on our notion of literature?

Jenifer Becker | 02.04.2024

Arts & Humanities

The January 6 US Capitol Attack: A Non-Revolution With an Enduring Impact

Two years after the violent insurrection around and inside the US Capitol building, the threat to the oldest democracy in modern Western history is far from over. A comparison of Hannah Arendt’s theory of revolutions and a miniseries about John Adams offers insights into the political challenges we are facing today.

Hanno Berger | 06.01.2023

Arts & Humanities

Ice Play: What Ice Does in Lyrics, Novels, Toys and Games

It can be cut, stacked, shaped, liquified, swallowed, shattered, and reshaped again and again. Ice as a recurring theme in literature and games provides a canvas for a wealth of phenomena and features of human existence.

Jon Stone | 20.12.2022

Arts & Humanities

10 Jahre Open-Access-Bücher bei De Gruyter: Frédérique Renno und ihr Gewinnertitel „Die deutschsprachige weltliche Liedkultur um 1600”

Frédérique Renno erforscht den ästhetischen Wandel von Dichtung und Musik um 1600 – außerdem ist sie eine der Gewinnerinnen unseres Open-Access-Wettbewerbs. Im Kurzinterview stellt sie sich und ihr neues Buch vor.

The Editors | 30.09.2022

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