Congist'26: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis

Session

Session 4.7 (Day 2)

D2-S4-K1

14 May 2026, 15:15

Kurul Odası (Istanbul University Faculty of Letters)

Conveners

Session 4.7 (Day 2): Edebiyat Bilimi / Literary Studies

• Gabriella Pelloni (University Of Verona)

Disabled Bodies as Crisis in Medieval Narrative Poem "Der arme Heinrich" by Hartmann von Aue (D2-S4-K1)

Habib Tekin (Marmara University)

14/05/2026, 15:15

Oral Presentation

The representation of disability in medieval German literature shows a continuing crisis of the body, faith, and meaning. In this crisis, the human body becomes the site of conflict between divine will and human existence. Hartmann von Aue’s Der arme Heinrich presents a crisis through the story of a nobleman with Aussatz (leprosy). The disease creates a crisis of body,...

Micro-Crises and Their Solution – Medieval Stories about Overcoming Crises (D2-S4-K1)

Maya Spiegel-Emre (University of Tübingen)

14/05/2026, 15:35

Oral Presentation

The Middle High German Mären, long marginalized for their heterogeneous formats and often obscene content, were once dismissed as simplistic didactic tales. Today, their literary variety and interpretive openness are recognized as key qualities of these short narratives — and quite rightly so: for the Mären can be read as narratives of crisis and of how crises can be overcome.
These...

Crisis, Utopia and Engagement in Dirk C. Fleck's Eco-Thriller Das Tahiti Projekt (D2-S4-K1)

Elena Giovannini (Università del Piemonte Orientale)

14/05/2026, 15:55

Oral Presentation

"Eco is booming, even on the bookshelf", stated the Frankfurter Rundschau in 2008, reviewing Dirk C. Fleck's then-newly published eco-thriller Das Tahiti Projekt. Nowadays, ecological themes play an even greater role, primarily expressed in art through the fundamental conflict of economy vs. ecology.
Although the literary genre has existed since the 1980s, the Hamburg-based journalist Dirk...