Claus carrier
Claus Träger (born February 4, 1927 in Leipzig ; died May 28, 2005 in Leipzig) was Professor of General Literature at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig .
Live and act
Claus Träger had been Professor of General Literature at Leipzig University since 1965; on January 1, 1986, he took over the management of the German and literary studies section . In 1974 he received the Lessing Prize . He was a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences since 1975 and a "Star Germanist of the GDR".
Initially a student of the Romanist Werner Krauss , he represented a Marxist- based literary theory and devoted himself primarily to the literature of the 18th and early 19th centuries ( late Enlightenment , early romanticism ). He was co-editor of the magazine for German studies and member of the publishing advisory board of the Leipzig Reclam publishing house .
Carrier was married to Christine Träger , geb. Fischer, Professor of Comparative Literature. His estate is in the German Literature Archive in Marbach .
Publications
- Studies in literary theory and comparative literary history . Reclam, Leipzig 1970.
- Studies on the theory of realism and methodology of literary studies . Reclam, Leipzig 1972.
Editing
- Mainz between red and black: The Mainz Revolution 1792–1793 in writings, speeches and letters. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 1963 ( table of contents ).
- With the collaboration of Frauke Schäfer: The French Revolution as reflected in German literature . Reclam, Leipzig 1975.
- Dictionary of literary studies. VEB Bibliographisches Institut , Leipzig 1986, ISBN 3-323-00015-3 .
literature
- Obituary . In: Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig. Yearbook 2005/06, pp. 63–66.
- Critical questions to tradition. Festschrift for Clausträger on his 70th birthday. Edited by Marion Marquardt, Uta Störmer-Caysa, Sabine Heimann-Seelbach. Heinz, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 978-3-88099-345-7 .
- Historicity - Enlightenment - Revolution. Literature in the course of the times. For the 80th birthday of Claus Träger (1927–2005). Edited by Roland Opitz and Klaus Pezold. Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Saxony V., Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-89819-276-7 .
- Monika Schneikart: Claus Träger and German romanticism research at the University of Leipzig in the 1970s. In: Positions in German Studies in the GDR. People - research fields - organizational forms. Edited by Jan Cölln, Franz-Josef Holznagel. De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-020134-5 , pp. 230–247.
- Jens Saadhoff: German Studies in the GDR. Literary studies between “social mandate” and self-disciplinary logic. Synchron, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-939381-03-7 .
Web links
- Claus carrier in the German biography
- Clausträger, personal side: Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
- Literature by Claus Träger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Contributions to a chronicle of the University of Leipzig ( Memento from March 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
- ^ Rudolf Walter Leonhardt , in: Die Zeit , September 6, 1985, No. 37 (article) .
- ↑ a b Estate from Claus Träger to Marbach. In: boersenblatt.net, August 13, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bearer, Claus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 2005 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |