Alfons Hilka
Alfons Hilka (born July 30, 1877 in Walzen ; † June 21, 1939 in Göttingen ) was a German Romance scholar, text editor and narrative researcher in the fields of Old French and Middle Latin literature .
life and work
Hilka studied Romance, English and classical philology, comparative linguistics and Sanskrit in Breslau . He received his doctorate in 1902 with a thesis on direct speech as a stylistic artifact in the novels of Chrestien de Troyes and then worked as a senior teacher (1903-1918). He completed his habilitation in 1912 with the edition of Li Romanz d'Athis et Prophilias (L'Estoire d'Athenes) (Dresden 1912, 1916), represented the professorship for Romance Philology in Bonn in 1914/15 and became a full professor in Greifswald in 1918 , 1921 in Göttingen . Since 1925 he was a full member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen . Hilka endeavored to take a comprehensive inventory of Middle Latin poetry and published numerous richly commented editions, especially texts that were important in the history of motifs.
Works
A directory of his writings can be found in Richard Baum and Hans Helmut Christmann in: Romanistisches Jahrbuch . Volume 18, 1967, p. 56 f.
- Contributions to Latin narrative literature of the Middle Ages. Weidmann, Berlin 1928. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- On the story of a Latin saying of the devil. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1934. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
literature
- Hans Helmut Christmann in: Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales . Volume 6, Delivery 4/5, 1990, Sp. 1032-1036.
- Arthur Långfors in: Romania. Volume 65, 1939, p. 558.
- Edward Schröder in: Yearbook of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen. Volume 91, 1939/40, p. 37 f.
- W. Theodor Elwert : Hilka, Alfons. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 145 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfons Hilka in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 114.
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SURNAME | Hilka, Alfons |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Romanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1877 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rollers |
DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1939 |
Place of death | Goettingen |