Literary Universals

Modeled on the study of linguistic universals, the Literary Universals Project has two specific purposes. First, it should facilitate access to established work on literary universals, which has otherwise been scattered. Second, it should foster the advancement of further research on literary universals. These specific purposes should in turn contribute to our more general knowledge about literature and, ultimately, our understanding of the human mind and human society.

Contact

Phone:
(860) 486-2141
E-mail:
patrick.hogan@uconn.edu
Address:
University of Connecticut
Department of English
215 Glenbrook Road, U-4025
Storrs, CT 06269-4025

Recent Articles

  • Blog for September 2024: On the Visibility of Universals
    LITERARY UNIVERSALS WEBLOG: A series of informal observations and conjectures aimed at fostering more reflection on and discussion about cross-cultural patterns in literature. Patrick Colm Hogan, University of Connecticut A few months ago, I served as one referee for Stephen Levinson’s excellent new book, The Interaction Engine: Language in Social Life and Human Evolution. In this […]
  • Blog for July 2024: Endings are Created by Interpretations
    LTERARY UNIVERSALS WEBLOG: A series of informal observations and conjectures aimed at fostering more reflection on and discussion about cross-cultural patterns in literature.  Nigel Fabb, University of Strathclyde This blog is a response to Patrick Hogan’s response to my valedictory lecture marking my retirement, ‘Why endings are better than beginnings’. This title was appropriate to […]
  • Blog for June 2024: Story Endings and Discourse Endings
    LITERARY UNIVERSALS WEBLOG: A series of informal observations and conjectures aimed at fostering more reflection on and discussion about cross-cultural patterns in literature. Patrick Colm Hogan, University of Connecticut At the end of May, I had the great pleasure of remotely attending Nigel Fabb’s valedictory address on the topic of endings, given on the occasion of […]