Internet als Ort globaler Literaturübermittlung und -kritik am Beispiel exemplarisch ausgewählter deutschsprachiger Volltextarchive, Literaturportale und –zeitschriften

The influence of the Internet and of the newest information technologies on dissemination and development of literature is an indisputable fact. The Internet, by virtue of its omnipresence and the capacity to transfer information, is a modern place of popularization and promotion of literature, as well as the cheapest and the easiest form to publish. The more and more vividly discussed phenomenon of adaptation of the Internet for the needs of literature is the subject of the research presented in this paper, in which the author elaborates – on the example of selected German-language repositories, portals and literary magazines – on various forms and ways of dissemination of literature, literary criticism and publications on literature studies on the Internet. What is worth attention are the online literature repositories (e.g. Projekt Gutenberg-DE and Bibliotheca Augustana), portals devoted to individual eminent writers (Goethezeitportal and Kleist-Archiv Sembdner) and literary magazines (Literaturkritik. de and Berliner Literaturkritik), which are sites to publish reviews as well as academic texts. These projects are not only Internet-user-friendly and meant for laymen fascinated by the works of various writers but are also a new form for literary and academic publications. They prove that the Internet opens new prospects for popularization of literature, literary criticism and the discourse of literature studies