Barbara Neymeyr
Barbara Neymeyr (* 1961 in Hanover ) is a German literary scholar and philosopher . She teaches as a professor for modern German literature at the University of Klagenfurt .
Life
Barbara Neymeyr studied philosophy, German, Latin and pedagogy at the University of Münster from 1980 to 1986 . After passing the state examination, she moved to the University of Freiburg and did her doctorate in 1993 with a philosophical dissertation on the aesthetics of Arthur Schopenhauer . In 2000 she completed her habilitation with a treatise on Robert Musil for the subject of modern German literature. Several scholarship providers sponsored her work, in particular the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes and the Dr. Meyer Struckmann Foundation .
After six years as a senior assistant and university lecturer at the German Department of the University of Freiburg, she worked from 2008 to 2013 as a scientific commentator in the research project Nietzsche Commentary at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . There she wrote the commentary on Friedrich Nietzsche's Untimely Considerations until she was appointed to the Chair of Modern German Literature at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Klagenfurt in April 2013.
Barbara Neymeyr's research focuses on German-language literature from the 18th to the 20th century and on the philosophy of the 19th century . Some of her publications are interdisciplinary and incorporate cultural-historical horizons from antiquity to modern times . Together with colleagues from Freiburg, Jochen Schmidt and Bernhard Zimmermann , she published two books on stoicism reception in 2008 (with six of her own contributions). In March 2009, this work was selected on the “Non-Fiction Books” list of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Norddeutscher Rundfunk .
Publications (selection)
- Monographs
- Aesthetic autonomy as an abnormality. Critical analyzes of Schopenhauer's aesthetics in the context of his metaphysics of will. (= Sources and studies on philosophy, Vol. 42) Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1996, ISBN 3-11-015229-0 .
- Construction of the fantastic. The crisis of identity in Kafka's “Description of a Struggle”. (= Contributions to the recent history of literature, vol. 206) Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-8253-1554-1 .
- Psychology as a culture diagnosis. Musil's epoch novel "The Man Without Qualities". (= Contributions to the recent history of literature, vol. 218) Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5056-8 .
- Utopia and experiment. On literary theory, anthropology and cultural criticism in Musil's essays. (= Contributions to modern literary history, vol. 265) Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8253-5637-8 .
- Intertextual transformations: Goethe's “Werther”, Büchner's “Lenz” and Hauptmann's “Apostle” as a productive area of tension. (= Contributions to recent literary history, vol. 300) Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8253-6044-3 .
- ETA Hoffmann: "The Sandman". (= Schroedel Interpretations Vol. 27) Schroedel, Braunschweig 2014, ISBN 978-3-507-47725-4 .
- Commentary on Nietzsche's '' Untimely Considerations ''. I. '' David Strauss the Confessor and the Writer ''. II. "On the benefits and disadvantages of history for life" . De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2020. (Historical and critical commentary on Friedrich Nietzsche's works, edited by the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences: Vol. 1/2), ISBN 978-3-11-028682-3 .
- Commentary on Nietzsche's '' Untimely Considerations ''. III. '' Schopenhauer as an educator ''. IV. "Richard Wagner in Bayreuth" . De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2020. (Historical and critical commentary on Friedrich Nietzsche's works, edited by the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences: Vol. 1/4), ISBN 978-3-11-067789-8 .
- Editorships
- with Jochen Schmidt and Bernhard Zimmermann : Stoicism in European philosophy, literature, art and politics. A cultural history from antiquity to modern times. 2nd vol. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-020405-6 .
- with Andreas Urs Sommer : Nietzsche as a modern philosopher. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8253-5812-9 .
- Georg Buechner. (= New ways of research ) Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-534-24527-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Barbara Neymeyr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Barbara Neymeyr on the website of the University of Klagenfurt
- Barbara Neymeyr on the website of the University of Freiburg
- Barbara Neymeyr in the Germanist Directory
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neymeyr, Barbara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar and philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |