Günter Ahrends

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Günter Ahrends (born December 27, 1937 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a German Anglist , theater scholar and professor emeritus at the Ruhr University in Bochum .

Ahrends studied English, philosophy and history in Cologne and Bonn and completed his studies in Bonn in 1965 with the first state examination and doctorate. From 1965 to 1975 he was a research assistant, academic advisor and senior academic advisor at the English Department of the University of Bonn . In 1974 he completed his habilitation there and acquired the venia legendi for English studies, including American studies. In 1975 he was appointed full professor of English philology at the English Department of the Ruhr University in Bochum. In 1987 Ahrends was also awarded the venia legendi for theater studies by the Faculty of Philology at the Ruhr University.

From 1988 to 1992 he was the initiator of the founding of the institute and the first managing director of the Institute for Theater, Film and Television Studies at the Ruhr University.

Publications (selection)

  • Love, beauty and virtue as structural elements in Sidney's “Astrophel and Stella” and in Spenser's “Amoretti” . Bonn 1966
  • Dream world and reality in Eugene O'Neill's late work . Heidelberg 1978
  • The American short story . Stuttgart 1980; third, improved and expanded edition, Trier 1996
  • Andrea Breth : Theater art as a creative interpretation . Frankfurt am Main 1990
  • English and American natural poetry in the 20th century . Tubingen 1985
  • English Romantic Prose . Essen 1990
  • Unconventional Conventions in Theater Texts . Tubingen 1990
  • Konstantin Stanislavski . New aspects and perspectives . Tübingen 1992
  • Chapters from the History of Stage Cruelty . Tubingen 1994
  • Word and Action in Drama. Studies in Honor of Hans-Jürgen Diller on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday . Trier 1994

Sole or co-editor:

  • Forum Modernes Theater magazine (founder and editor-in-chief)
  • Forum Modern Theater. Series of publications
  • Studies in English and American literature
  • Theater im Revier: Critical Documentation
  • Brochures. Studies on the theater

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Ahrends, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German English and theater scholar
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilhelmshaven