Congist'26: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis

Session

Keynote Session 2

KS2

13 May 2026, 12:30

Kurul Odası (Istanbul University Faculty of Letters)

Conveners

Keynote Session 2

• Özlem Karadağ (İstanbul University)

The Crisis of Literary Evolution in the Digital Age (KS2)

Massimo Salgaro (Verona University)

13/05/2026, 12:30

Oral Presentation

New phenomena such as digital social reading, Instapoets and the ‘rating culture’ expressed in online reviews are challenging traditional literary criticism in newspapers and magazines. Millions of reviews on platforms such as Amazon or Goodreads are part of this reading culture and counterbalance professional criticism. At the same time, successful Instapoets such as Rupi Kaur reject the...