The updated and extended edition of this established textbook provides Bachelor students of German philology with the central concepts, processes and working techniques of literary studies. Basic questions regarding the historical classification of texts, the function and features of categories and the role of the author are explained with reference to concise examples. It also takes into account the most recent extensions of literary research into cultural and media studies.

Ralf Klausnitzer, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.