Svenja Hagenhoff

Prof. Dr. Svenja Hagenhoff

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Department of Theatre- and Mediascience
Institut für Buchwissenschaft

Room: Raum 02.006
Nürnberger Str. 71
91052 Erlangen

Svenja Hagenhoff works on questions about the literature business as a system and the nature of writing and reading media as artefacts.

Literature is usually (first) written down and then received by reading. Written and reading media are therefore central carriers of literature. Their external forms are not sacrosanct and they are not ‘typical’, but depend on time, place, function, culture and technology. As man-made objects of use and reception, written and reading media can be shaped; they are always more or less suitable for use in specific situations and for specific tasks.

Literature only has an effect on the public if it is circulated. This requires resources and processes based on the division of labour, which are permanently coordinated and organised. These organised social actions are in turn influenced by various institutions that promote and privilege literary communication, prevent it or steer it in certain directions.

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