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Eva von Contzen

Eva von Contzen (born 1984 in Erkelenz, Germany) is Professor of English Literature including the Literatures of the Middle Ages at the University of Freiburg, Germany, where she is also the Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies (''Mittelalterzentrum'').

Von Contzen is a literary historian and medievalist with a strong focus on narrative theory, especially historical narratology, narrative and narration in medieval literature, the history and development of literary forms including lists and enumerations, reception studies, in particular the reception of classical literature, the history of the epic, and contemporary retellings of ancient and medieval material. Other research interests include cognitive literary studies and medievalism, that is, the reception of the Middle Ages, broadly speaking, in post-medieval times. Provided by Wikipedia