Call for Book Chapters: Mythological Motifs in German Narratives

Call for Book Chapters: Mythological Motifs in German Narratives

The study of mythology transcends the boundaries of time, space, and medium. Myths have always been an integral part of human storytelling, shaping collective identities, cultural ideologies, and individual imaginations. From ancient oral traditions and epics to contemporary literature, cinema, graphic novels, and digital media, mythological motifs continue to evolve and find expression across genres and media.

This edited volume, part of the Interdisciplinary Studies on German Philology series, seeks contributions that explore the enduring relevance, transformation, and reinterpretation of mythological motifs in German narratives. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches from folklore and mythology studies, discourse studies, literary studies, philology, cultural studies, media studies, film studies, semiotics, visual studies and related fields.

We encourage submissions in German and English that engage, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Adaptation and transformation of myths in contemporary German literature, cinema, and art
• Discursive Representations of Myths
• Rewriting the Myth: Discursive Constructions and Reinterpretations
• Mythological Structures in Modern Discourse
• Reimagination of classical myths in Germanic and comparative contexts
• Visual and multimodal representations of mythology
• Mythology in popular culture and digital media
• Mythological archetypes in classic and contemporary German narratives
• Gender, identity, and mythology
• Eco-mythologies and ecological reinterpretations of myths
• Intersections of myth, folklore, and cultural ideology
• Mythological narratives in non-traditional media (games, VR, social media)

Publication: Selected papers will be published by Istanbul University Press in the series Interdisciplinary Studies on German Philology.

Book Title: Mythological Motifs in German Narratives

Publisher: Istanbul University Press

Submitting your paper: Please send your paper proposals (max. 1 DIN-A-size page, Times New Roman 12, 250-300 words) and a 100-word author biography by February 28, 2026 to the editors listed below:

Assoc. Prof. İrem ATASOY, Istanbul University, Department of German Language and Literature
irem.atasoy@istanbul.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Habib TEKIN, Marmara University, Department of German Language and Literature
habib.tekin@marmara.edu.tr