Remigius Bunia Which Features of Language Allow Fiction to Influence People and Their View on Reality?
Remigius Bunia is Junior Professor of Comparative Literature at Free University, Berlin, where he also acted as Managing Director of the Peter-Szondi-Institute for Comparative Literature. Bunia is the founder of the Research Network Fictionality. In his research, Bunia’s main focus is on the interplay between language and fiction, and how language can invoke certain images that make fiction resonate within the reader.
Area of Research
Literary Theory
2009-2015
Junior Professor
Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin)
Peter Szondi Institute of Comparative Literature
2014
Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor
Indiana University Bloomington
Department of German
2014
Erasmus Visiting Professor
University of Udine (Università di Udine)
Department of German
2013
Visiting Scholar
University of Sao Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo)
Department of German
2012
Visiting Scholar
University of Montreal (Université de Montréal)
Department of European Studies
2011
Visiting Professor
School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales)
Arts Department
2007-2009
Assistant Professor
Zeppelin University (Zeppelin Universität)
Department of Cultural Sciences
2007
Research Assistant
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
Department of German
2007
Assistant to the Dean
University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
2006
Research Assistant
University of Siegen (Universität Siegen)
Department of German
2004
Research Assistant
University of Siegen (Universität Siegen)
Department of German
2006
PhD in Comparative Literature & German Literature
University of Siegen (Universität Siegen)
Thesis "Faltungen. Fiktion, Erzählen, Medien"
2002
Master of Arts in German Literature
University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)
2002
Master in Economics
University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)
Fellowships
- Figures of the Third, University of Constance (2007)
- National Merit Foundation (1998, 2004)
- Cultures of Mendacity, University of Regensburg (2004)
Prizes
- Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School for Literary Studies, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/Wissenschaftsrat (2011)
- Research Network “Fictionality”, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (2008)
By integrating findings from cognitive linguistics, psychology and neurology into literary studies the research presented in this video examines the different uses and effects of language in literature. To get a grasp on the qualities of language that make the influence of fiction possible REMIGIUS BUNIA distinguishes two modes of language: one mode for communication about specific objects with specific attributes, and another mode of communication that is about triggering experiences.
LT Video Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.21036/LTPUB10138
Poetische Sprache und Ästhetogenie: Zum semantischen Gehalt von Äusserungen jenseits ihres 'propositionalen Inhalts'
- Remigius Bunia
- Sprache und Literatur
- Published in 2013
Truth in Fiction
- Remigius Bunia
- How to Make Believe: The Fictional Truths of the Representational Arts
- Published in 2015
Poetische Sprache und Ästhetogenie: Zum semantischen Gehalt von Äusserungen jenseits ihres 'propositionalen Inhalts'
- Remigius Bunia
- Published in 2013
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