Project description
The pioneering role of women in contemporary literary-critical culture
The EU-funded TOPCRIT project aims to produce a richer, more inclusive understanding of the concept of post-criticism by studying the pioneering role of women in contemporary literary-critical culture. Working at the cutting edge of debate on the functions, forms and futures of criticism, the project will use a combination of interdisciplinary scholarship and innovative technologies to document, investigate and disseminate experimental literary-critical writing by women, providing the first account to date of women’s contributions and challenges to the ‘post-critical’ paradigm. To ensure maximum impact and visibility, project outputs will be shared in formats and contexts designed to influence state-of-the-art academic debate and curricular models. A vibrant outreach strategy has been developed to spark wider public interest in the ways ‘literary’ texts and forms can perform key critical functions, and to strengthen women’s key role in contemporary critical conversation.
Objective
The principal objective of The Other Post-Criticism (TOPCRIT) is to bring women’s innovative knowledge production in the field of contemporary literary criticism into a broader, more challenging definition of the novel concept of post-criticism. This ICT-enabled project uses a combination of interdisciplinary scholarship and innovative technologies to document, research and disseminate exciting forms of critical and interpretive production by women authors, building on the candidate’s proven track record in this original and distinctive line of research. The project’s interdisciplinary framework harnesses state-of-the-art theorisations of gender to challenge the current binding of post-criticism to a predominantly male philosophical legacy. Seeking to influence the paradigm of the post-critical at a decisive moment in its young history, and working at the cutting edge of debate on the function, forms and continued relevance of literary criticism, TOPCRIT provides the first account to date of women’s post-critical writing – including the use of generic experimentation, performance aesthetics, digital technologies, and a radical reimagining of the essay form –, situating these innovations alongside compelling theoretical discussions of post-criticism by women. TOPCRIT’s project design has at its core a strategy to ensure the maximum impact and visibility of the research, sharing outputs in formats and contexts designed to influence not only state-of-the-art academic debate and curricular models, but, through a vibrant outreach strategy, to spark wider public interest in the ways ‘literary’ texts and forms can perform key critical functions. Aligned with the objectives of the Horizon 2020 Sixth Societal Challenge (‘Europe in a Changing World: Inclusive, Innovative, and Reflective Societies’), the project is designed to document and highlight marginalised cultural production by women, strengthening women's key role in contemporary critical conversation.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinator
08002 Barcelona
Spain