Alwin Binder

Alwin Binder (born May 21, 1934 in Stuttgart ; † May 1, 2017 ) was a German philologist and literary scholar .

Life

After elementary school, Binder did an apprenticeship as an upholsterer and decorator , passed the master craftsman's examination in this craft in 1957 and stayed there until 1960. After graduating from the evening grammar school in Stuttgart , he studied German literature , history , philosophy and education in Berlin and Zurich from 1961 to 1966 . He passed the first state examination, did the teaching traineeship at a grammar school and after the second state examination in 1969 he became a study assessor . 1968 doctorate Binder in Berlin with a thesis on the Prelude on the Stage in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust . From 1970 to 1996 he taught modern German literature as an academic advisor and senior advisor at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . Binder's main research interests include Goethe, especially Faust , poetry , children's and youth literature, and literary didactics .

Works

• The prelude to the theater. Poetological and historical-philosophical aspects in Goethe's Faust prelude. Bouvier, Bonn 1969, DNB 456115420 .
• with Klaus Haberkamm, among others: Introduction to metrics and rhetoric . 5th edition. Scriptor, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-589-20027-8 . (First 1974.)
• with Klaus Haberkamm among others: Introduction to techniques of literary work. 9., added u. improved edition. Scriptor, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-589-00095-3 . (First 1974.)
• with Dietrich Scholle : Ça ira . German political poetry from the Middle Ages to Vormärz. Selected and edited under the aspect of criticism of rule.
  • Part I: teaching models and analyzes. 2nd Edition. Hirschgraben, Frankfurt am Main 1978, ISBN 3-454-50050-8 . (First 1975.)
  • Part II: Text and workbook. 2nd Edition. Hirschgraben, Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-454-50060-9 . (First 1975.)
• with Heinrich Richartz : lyric analysis. Instructions and demonstrations using poems by Benjamin Schmolck , Frank Wedekind and Günter Eich . Scriptor, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-589-20832-5 .
• Faustian world. Interpretation of Goethe's “Faust” in dialog form. Urfaust - Faust fragment - Faust . 4th, revised and improved edition. Lit, Münster / Berlin / London 2005, ISBN 3-8258-5924-X . (= German Studies. 25.) (First 2002.)
• Reading literature. What do you think while reading? 2nd, improved edition. Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-89528-396-7 . (First 2003.)
• Teaching model for German classical music. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2006, ISBN 3-631-55209-2 . (= Historical-critical work on German literature. 40.)
• Edited with Werner Karr : Sonderklasse. Evening grammar school and high school diploma in the life of former students. Regioverlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-929273-76-2 .
• Rainer G. Schumacher . Biography of the artist. Lit, Münster / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-643-11631-4 . (= Art history. 91.)
• in addition, numerous articles (some of them here online).

Editions

• Joachim Heinrich Campe : Robinson the Younger . For pleasant and useful entertainment for children. Edited after the first prints and with an afterword by Alwin Binder and Heinrich Richartz . 2nd, bibliographically supplemented edition, Reclam, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-15-007665-X . (= Reclams Universal-Bibliothek . 7665.) (First 1981.)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : The great cophta . Edited and with an afterword by Alwin Binder. 2nd edition, Reclam, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-15-008539-X . (= Reclams Universal Library. 8539.) (First 1989.)

Web links

• Literature by and about Alwin Binder in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Alwin Binder at perlentaucher.de
• Alwin Binder's website , including a résumé, photos, detailed bibliography, articles, excerpts from and reviews of his books

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lukas Speckmann: Mourning Alwin Binder. In: Westfälische Nachrichten . Aschendorff Medien GmbH & Co. KG, May 8, 2017, accessed on May 13, 2017 .