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.
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University of Connecticut
Department of English
215 Glenbrook Road, U-4025
Storrs, CT 06269-4025
Department of English
215 Glenbrook Road, U-4025
Storrs, CT 06269-4025
Recent Articles
- Embodiment and UniversalsVittorio Gallese, University of Parma, Italy, and University of London, UK, and Hannah Chapelle Wojciehowski, University of Texas at Austin, USA, with Patrick Colm Hogan, University of Connecticut, USA PCH: It’s a great honor to be able to speak about literary universals with one of the most important neuroscientists working today and with an innovative, cognitive literary […]
- Blog for August 2025: Universals: Two Narrative TypesLITERARY 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 Eric Hobsbawm was a prominent historian, perhaps best known to students of literature for his view that “traditions,” including some of those that people cherish as […]
- Blog for June 2025: Universals: Two Theoretical TypesLITERARY 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 I recently read Bradley Irish’s overview of debates concerning universality in emotions. Irish’s treatment of the subject is careful, scholarly, and well-argued. However, there are necessarily […]