#Bookstodon ich brauche deine #Hilfe 😃Für mein Studium werde ich demnächst ein #Essay verfassen zu dem Thema, ob/wie #Buchdesign die Zukunftsfähigkeit von Printausgaben als Premiumprodukte sichert, speziell im Bereich #Fantasy.

[gunchleoc@mastodon.scot]

@ascira Zum Thema Genre Studies kann @SuneAuken vielleicht helfen, das ist sein Spezialgebiet. Er spricht Dänisch & Englisch.

[ascira@mastodon.art]

Kleine Ergänzung dazu: Ich studiere Kommunikationsdesign, der Schwerpunkt sollte also auf Design liegen. ️ Aber natürlich ist auch der allgemeine Buchmarkt essenziell wichtig.

[suneauken@mastodon.world]

@gunchleoc @ascira

Here to help.

Also, I do read German, I just don't write it very well.

[ascira@mastodon.art]

@gunchleoc Super, vielen Dank! ️

[ascira@mastodon.art]

@SuneAuken English is fine, thanks! ️ Maybe you can recommend some literature about the fantasy genre for my research? I'm focusing on books, but the general (visual) key elements are also important for me.

[suneauken@mastodon.world]

@ascira

Oh, what an interesting question. Books about individual genres are generally not my thing. I would suggest that you looked around on Google Scholar. It's still working just fine even despite the shortcomings of google. A lot of it is readily available open access, and if some of it isn't I might be able to help you still.

.https://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=da&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5

[suneauken@mastodon.world]

@ascira

If your interest is on covers one theory that might help you (even if it is beyond genre studies per se) is Genette's theory of paratexts. He does not work directly with illustrations but much of it is readily applicable..

[suneauken@mastodon.world]

@ascira

Beyond that, questions of genre are always there, and you may (will!) find that a lot of your questions about an individual genre are actually questions of genre in general. I wrote a broad introduction to the basic assumptions in genre research . It's fairly simple and you can download it directly here:

https://curis.ku.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/197429366/Understanding_Genre.pdf

[suneauken@mastodon.world]

@ascira

It has a truckload of references, so anything in it that interests you can probably be found in a deeper manner from its reference list.

[ascira@mastodon.art]

@SuneAuken Awesome, thank you so much! That's really helpful! I will definitely take a look at everything and adapt it for my research. 🥰

[suneauken@mastodon.world]

@ascira

My pleasure. Oh, and do get back to me, if you have any further questions.