“Rewriting as a Literary Strategy of Engaging with Canonical Texts”

FB 05: Gutenberg Institute for World Literature and Written Media, Department of Comparative Literature, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Irina Rajewsky

Academic career
Since 04/2022Doctorate in Comparative Literature at JGU Mainz
(Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Irina Rajewsky, Prof. Dr. Frank Zipfel)
Since 04/2022Research assistant, JGU Mainz, Gutenberg Institute for World Literature and Written Media, Department of Comparative Literature (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Irina Rajewsky)
2021 – 2022Research assistant, JGU Mainz, Gutenberg Institute for World Literature and Written Media, Department of Comparative Literature (two-semester vacancy representation)
2021 – 2022Bachelor of Arts, Catholic Theology, University of Freiburg
2020 – 2022Student assistant, JGU Mainz, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Department of Moral Theology (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Goertz)
2018 – 2021Master of Arts, Comparative Literature, JGU Mainz
2019 – 2020Master of Studies, Jewish Studies, University of Oxford
2019Student assistant, JGU Mainz, Gutenberg Institute for World Literature and Written Media (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dieter Lamping)
2016 – 2021Student assistant, JGU Mainz, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Department of Old Testament Studies (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Hieke)
2014 – 2018Bachelor of Arts, Major: Comparative Literature/European Literature, Minor: Catholic Theology, JGU Mainz
Awards & grants
Since 2024Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program of JGU Mainz (junior member)
2022Deutschlandstipendium Scholarship (Public-Private Scholarship of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
2016 – 2021Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation)
2020Award for Outstanding Performance in Ancient Languages, awarded by the Faculty of Catholic Theology, JGU Mainz
2019, 2016Award for Outstanding Student Papers and Theses, awarded by the Gutenberg Teaching Council, JGU Mainz (for the Bachelor’s thesis in Comparative Literature and for a paper in the field of moral theology)
Publications
Book chapters and articles“1 Könige 19.” In: Hieke, Thomas: Gott erscheint. Epiphanie- und Theophanie-Texte im Alten Testament. Mit einem Beitrag von Franziska Rauh. Freiburg i. Br. 2024. 102–113.

“Mary Douglas.” In: Dietrich, Jan et al. (eds.): Handbuch Alttestamentliche Anthropologie. Tübingen 2024. 42–45.

“Predigen über Christa T. Eine Problemskizze zur Rezeption literarischer Texte in Das Wort an die Gemeinde mit einer Betrachtung von Bezugnahmen auf Christa Wolfs Nachdenken über Christa T.” In: Bunzel, Marlen / Nitsche, Martin (eds.): Bibelrezeption, Zensurmechanismen und homiletische Fragestellungen in der katholischen DDR-Diaspora. Mehrperspektivische Annäherungen an “Das Wort an die Gemeinde.” Würzburg 2023. 173–207.
Reviews of literary texts and essays“Just another Tuesday im Patriarchat.” In: literaturkritik.de 25.10 (October 2023): literaturkritik.de/public/rezension.php?rez_id=29975.

Oxford Love Can Hurt Like This.” In: Cherwell online (April 16, 2020): cherwell.org/2020/04/16/oxford-love-can-hurt-like-this/.

“Review: Emma. [zu Autumn de Wildes Filmadaption von Jane Austens Emma].” In: Cherwell, issue 290.8, 11 / online (25.03.2020).

“Alle Macht den Drogen [on Demian Lienhard’s Ich bin die, vor der mich meine Mutter gewarnt hat].” In: literaturkritik.de 21.7 (July 2019): literaturkritik.de/public/rezension.php?rez_id=25719.

“Coming of Age im Weltkriegsengland [on Jane Gardam’s A Long Way from Verona].” In: literaturkritik.de 20.11 (November 2018): literaturkritik.de/public/rezension.php?rez_id=24995.

“Ein buntes Trostpflaster für Old Filth-Fans [on Jane Gardam’s The People on Privilege Hill].” In: literaturkritik.de 20.6 (June 2018): literaturkritik.de/public/rezension.php?rez_id=24566.

“Schweigen und beten [on Sandra Hoffmann’s Paula].” In: literaturkritik.de 20.4 (April 2018): literaturkritik.de/public/rezension.php?rez_id=24311.

“Wer bin ich, Israel? [on Dmitrij Kapitelman’s Das Lächeln meines unsichtbaren Vaters].” In: literaturkritik.de 19.10 (October 2017): literaturkritik.de/public/rezension.php?rez_id=23546.
Conference papers and lectures“Rewriting the Literary Canon and Copyright Law. A Literary and Legal Analysis of Intertextual Migration.” 14th Annual Workshop of the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property, Tel Aviv University, June 2023 (together with Carl Gollnast).

“Rewriting als Verfahren im Umgang mit kanonischen Texten.” Invited guest lecture as part of the seminar ‘Zeitgeist Antike’ (PD Dr. Joséphine Jacquier), Department of Classical Philology, Heidelberg University, July 2022.

“Ruth Rewriting Torah with a ‘Burned Hand.’ The Ethics of Authentic Quotation of an Authoritative Text.” Annual Conference of the European Association of Biblical Studies, Wuppertal/Online, August 2021 (together with Benedict Schöning).

“What Do Quotations Do? Towards a Functional Approach to ‘Quotation Acts’ in Biblical Texts.” Annual Conference of the European Association of Biblical Studies, Wuppertal/Online, August 2021 (together with Benedict Schöning).