Within the research group as a whole, the individual subprojects approach their specific research topics with a high degree of transdisciplinary diversification, but also in a spirit of close cooperation. In order to engage with the concrete analytical tasks at hand, four distinct fields of study have been identified:

(1) Between Recourse and Rupture – Epic Texts and Literary Tradition
(Subproject 03 Huss, Subproject 05 Nelting)

(2) Literary Traditions of Textualisation and Extraliterary Knowledge Change
(Subproject 06 Roling, Subproject 08 Hempfer)

(3) Historical Constructions of the Past and Their Adaptation to Concepts of the Present
(Subproject 02 Johnston/Keller, Subproject 04 von Rosen)

(4) Poetic and Poetological Codings and Re-codings of 'Old' vs. 'New'
(Subproject 01 Köbele, Subproject 07 Traninger)