University novel
A campus novel or campus novel (Engl. Campus novel ) is a novel , the s s action mainly on the grounds of a university is located and the surrounding areas, and gives insights into the university and academic scientific community, often critical, partly satirical Intention. The genre emerged in the Anglo-Saxon-speaking world in the 1930s.
Well-known university novels are Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers (1935), The Groves of Academe by Mary McCarthy (1952), Glück für Jim by Kingsley Amis , Anglo-Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson (1956), Small World by David Lodge (1984), Todas las almas (1989; German: All souls or the madmen of Oxford or All Souls ) by Javier Marías and On Beauty (2005; German: From Beauty ) by Zadie Smith . Well-known German-language university novels are Der Campus (1995) and Der Zirkel (1998) by Dietrich Schwanitz and Follens Erbe. A German story (1986) by Michael Zeller , Berlin Enlightenment (1994) by Thea Dorn , Die Festschrift (2004) by Werner Zillig and Here comes Michelle (2010) by Annette Pehnt . The lost handwriting by Gustav Freytag (1864) can be seen as the forerunner of the German university novel .
Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers can also be assigned to the genre of campus crime novels. A deep fall (2013) by Bernhard Kegel is a science, but also a campus crime thriller. A Scandinavian university novel with elements of the crime novel is De beste blant oss (2006; German: Only the strongest survive. A campus novel ) by the Norwegian Helene Uri.
See also
literature
- Heinz Antor : The English university novel . Educational concepts and educational goals. (English Research 238). Carl Winter University Press, Heidelberg 1996.
- Osman Durrani: The Campus and its Novel. Dietrich Schwanitz's Exploration of German University Life in The Novel in Anglo-German Context: Cultural Cross-currents and Affinities; Papers from the Conference Held at the University of Leeds from 15 to 17 September 1997 (Rodopi 2000, ISBN 90-420-0698-6 )
- Victoria Stachowicz: The self-thematization of the scientific milieu in German literature of the 20th century. Dissertation, Wuppertal 2001
- Kenneth Womack: Academic Satire: The Campus Novel in Context in A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945-2000 (Blackwell Publishing 2005, ISBN 1-4051-1375-8 )
- Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature . Merriam-Webster 1995, ISBN 0-87779-042-6 ( excerpt (Google Books) )