Franz Norbert Mennemeier

Franz Norbert Mennemeier

Franz Norbert Mennemeier (born October 1, 1924 in Beckum ) is a German literary scholar and writer .

Life

Franz Norbert Mennemeier studied German , English , history and philosophy . In 1948 he was at the University of Muenster with a dissertation on Hugo von Hofmannsthal Doctor of Philosophy PhD . He then worked until 1964 as a teacher at the Comenius and evening high school in Düsseldorf. In 1970 he qualified as a professor at the University of Gießen for the subject of modern German literature. From 1971 he was professor at the Technical University of Braunschweig , from 1973 professor at the Free University of Berlin and from 1979 professor for general and comparative literature at the University of Mainz . Mennemeier, now retired , lives in Mainz . He has a son, Stefan (* 1961), from his marriage to Felicitas, b. Wilhelm (* 1935; † 2001).

Franz Norbert Mennemeier published numerous literary works and reviews , and since his retirement also several narrative works.

Franz Norbert Mennemeier is a member of the PEN Center Germany . In 1961 he received the advancement award for literature of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Works

• The poems of Hugo von Hofmannsthal , Münster 1948 [diss., Typewritten]
• The modern drama of foreign countries , Düsseldorf 1961. - 4., verb. u. exp. Berlin 2003 edition
• Friedrich Schlegel's concept of poetry presented on the basis of writings critical of literature. The romantic conception of an objective poetry , Munich 1971 [Habil.-Schr.]. - 2nd, verb. Berlin 2007 edition
• Modern German drama. Reviews and characteristics , Munich
  • 1. 1910-1933 , 1973. -3, verb. u. exp. Berlin 2005 edition
  • 2. 1933 to the present , 1975. - 2., verb. u. exp. Berlin 2006 edition
• Bertolt Brecht's poetry. Aspects, tendencies , Düsseldorf 1982. — 3. Berlin 1998 edition
• Turn of the century literature. European-German literary tendencies 1870–1910 , Bern
  • 1 (1985)
  • 2 (1988)

Verb. U. exp. New edition in one volume, Berlin 2001

• Foci. From the early romantic literary revolution to Bertolt Brecht and Botho Strauss , Frankfurt am Main [u. a.] 1998. - 2., verb. u. exp. Berlin 2011 edition
• Reflections. Literary criticism 1998–1958. 40 years of New Rhineland , Pulheim-Brauweiler 1998
• A youth in the Nazi and rubble years. Memories including reflections, observations, and daydreams from late life , Weilerswist 2004
• The shadow of Mishima. A search for clues. Roman , Oldenburg 2007
• The Maccabees. Story , Weilerswist 2008
• The greedy heart. Six love stories , Weilerswist 2009
• "The hardest thing is the butterfly". Novel of the man who didn't want to grow old. With an excursus: Rebellion in der Rostlaube, FU Berlin, 1970s , Weilerswist 2013

Editing

• Emil Barth : Collected Works , Wiesbaden
  • 1. poems; Nightshade: poems in prose; Short stories and prose; The Laurel Bank: Roman; Essays , 1960
  • 2. The changing star; Lemuria: Notes and Meditations; In the magic of Paris , 1960
• The playwright Pirandello. 22 articles , Cologne 1965
• German exile drama 1933 to 1950 [introduction, texts], Munich 1980 (edited together with Frithjof Trapp )
• German literature in world literature. A cultural nation instead of a political nation? , Tübingen 1986 (published together with Conrad Wiedemann )
• Drama and theater of the European avant-garde , Tübingen [a. a.] 1994 (published together with Erika Fischer-Lichte )
• The great comedies of Europe , Tübingen [a. a.] 2000
• Amusement and horror. Studies on drama and theater in the 19th century , Tübingen 2006 (edited together with Bernhard Reitz)

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Norbert Mennemeier in the catalog of the German National Library
• Author website of the publishing house Ralf Liebe
• Author page of the Igel Verlag
• Homepage FN Mennemeier