 Biopoetics in Modern and Postmodern Literature THESIS TOPIC PROPOSAL Institute: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest literature Doctoral School of Literary Studies Thesis supervisor: Zoltán Kulcsár-Szabó Location of studies (in Hungarian): ELTE BTK Abbreviation of location of studies: ELTE Description of the research topic: Attempts at redefining the essence and forms of human and non-human “life” have crucially shaped recent issues not only of life, medical, or legal sciences but those of literary and cultural studies, philosophy and political theory etc. Proposals may include case studies which address Modern literature’s manifold contributions to the framing of the concepts of human, animal or vegetal life, further also investigations focused on recent theoretical approaches to biopoetics. Required language skills: English, Hungarian or German Recommended language skills (in Hungarian): Hungarian, German Number of students who can be accepted: 1 Deadline for application: 2024-05-06 |