Natasha Anderson

How do embodied and imaginative engagement shape our reading experiences? The DFG project “The Visceral Novel Reader” @visceralreader, on which I am working with @MonikaClass, examines the central role the body and the senses play in narrative from the Victorian novel to today.

Thank you to all the participants of our virtual workshop “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader for great scholarly contributions deepening and broadening our understanding of #reading experiences, #phenomenology and #motion in #literature!

Thank you to Dr Carolin Gebauer @caro_gebauer from the Bergische University of Wuppertal @Uni_Wuppertal for highlighting #reading experiences of contemporary refugee narratives such as by #DinaNayeri and #JohnLanchester in Panel 5 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

Thank you to Professor Dr Sarah Heinz from the University of Wien @univienna for the discussion of the meaning of home in relation to the #motion and movement of characters and viral diseases in #Lockdown by #PeterMay in Panel 5 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

Panel 5: Refuge, Rest, and Refugeedom on Day 2 of “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader examines #readers interacting with experiences of #motion and sedentary life in contemporary #literature

Thank you to Dr Nicole Falkenhayner @fa_nicole from University of Freiburg @UniFreiburg and Dr Christiane Hansen from University of Koblenz-Landau @unikold for their joint presentation on affect transmission in writings by #SarahMoss and #SarahHall in Panel 4 of #moved2021

Thank you to Andrea Talmann from the University of Stuttgart @Uni_Stuttgart for her presentation on navigation of empathy and spaces in Mrs Dalloway by #VirginiaWoolf via characters’ #motion and reflection in Panel 4 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

Thank you to Dr Tim Sommer from the University of Heidelberg @UniHeidelberg for his analysis of aesthetic experience, critique, and emotional responses to art in #OnBeauty by #ZadieSmith and #LeavingTheAtochaStation by #BenLerner in Panel 4 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

Panel 4: Aesthetics, Aisthesis, and Affect on Day 2 of “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader discussed #readers engaging with aesthetic experiences, navigating spaces, and transmitting affect in #literature

Thank you for the discussion of #physiognomy in writings by Johann Wolfgang von #Goethe and translations in connection with eighteenth-century philosophers by Dr Dan Mills from Chattahoochee Technical College @chattech in Panel 3 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

Thank you to David Lo from the University of Tübingen @uni_tue for his presentation on collective subjectivity in #poetry such as by William #Wordsworth impacting #reading experiences and translations in Panel 3 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

Thank you to Dr Monika Class @MonikaClass from the University of Mainz @unimainz for scrutinizing #readers interacting with characters’ active movement and #reading habits in Northanger Abbey by #JaneAusten in Panel 3 of our virtual workshop #moved2021

Panel 3: Phenomenologies of Reading on Day 2 of “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader explored #phenomenology aspects when #reading #novels and #poetry in connection with theories of philosophers such as the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty.

Welcome back to all participants and audience members joining us virtually on the second and final day of “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader! Looking forward to more thought-provoking discussions examining #phenomenology and #motion in #literature!

Thank you to #moved2021 keynote speaker Professor Dr Miranda Burgess #MirandaJBurgess from University of British Columbia @UBC for her eloquent presentation on articulation and questions of life in Frankenstein by #MaryShelley in relation to planetariness and global space!

Drawing on the phenomenological insights of renowned French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty to explore bodily movement and perception in the #Victorian #novel via examples from #literature by #JaneAusten and #HenryJames in my presentation at #moved2021 @visceralreader

Thank you to Dr Anja Hartl @Dr_A_Hartl from University of Konstanz @UniKonstanz for discussing how shame and #reading connect in the #Victorian #novel by examining Wilkie Collins’s No Name #wilkiecollins in Panel 2: Motions and Emotions at #moved2021!

Thank you to Dr Sandra Dinter @DinterDr from Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg @UniFAU for a fascinating paper on the significance of walking for #readers in Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret #MEbraddon #sensationfiction in Panel 1 at #moved2021!

Panel 1: Walking and Wandering on Day 1 of “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader introduces our workshop’s focus on examining and problematizing the #movement of bodies in #literature by means of a close look at walking in the #Victorian #novel.

I will be presenting today on Day 1 of the virtual workshop “Moved by Movement in Novels: Phenomenological Approaches” #moved2021 @unimainz as part of our @visceralreader project about how everyday gestures and small-scale movements immerse #readers in the #Victorian #novel.

Inviting all presenters and audience members of our virtual workshop “Moved by Movement in Novels” #moved2021 @visceralreader to join in sharing ideas, opinions, and questions during our live-tweet on September 9-10, 2021.