Hans-Jürgen Schrader

Hans-Jürgen Schrader (2019)

Hans-Jürgen Schrader (born March 7, 1943 in Bad Harzburg ) is a German literary scholar .

Life

Hans-Jürgen Schrader was born in 1943. He spent his school days in Wolfsburg. From 1962 to 1969 he studied German, history and philosophy at the universities of Saarbrücken , Vienna and Göttingen . In 1969 he completed his studies with the state examination for higher teaching qualifications, in 1979 he received his doctorate with the distinction “summa cum laude” in Göttingen with Albrecht Schöne . He financed his studies through vacation work. a. as a test driver. He has been married to Eveline Schrader, b. Schweitzer, from Vienna. Both have lived in Aïre / Geneva since 1988.

University work

Between 1970 and 1988 Hans-Jürgen Schrader held various teaching positions as a temporary civil servant, assistant and senior assistant at the Department of German Philology at the Georg-August University in Göttingen . From 1988 to 2008 he was a full professor for German language and literature (modern German literature) at the Université de Genève . In October 2008 he retired and was made a “professeur honoraire”. He accepted visiting professorships, a. a. in summer 1992 at the University of Zurich , in winter 1994/95 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , in summer 1997 at Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA, USA), in summer 2001 at Babeș-Bolyai-University in Cluj Napoca ( Cluj-Napoca, Romania), in spring 2010 again at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in the fall semester 2011 at the Chūō University in Tokyo.

Research priorities

• Editions and treatises on pious literature of the 17th and 18th centuries (especially Bible translations, Luther, Pietism, Enlightenment, Hoburg, Reitz, Mme Guyon, Tersteegen, Haug, Beissel, Zinzendorf, forerunners of the poetology of Sturm und Drang ).
• Publication of a work edition and several individual stories by Wilhelm Raabe .
• Essays on Goethe's time: v. a. About Kleist, Wieland, Herder, Goethe, Klopstock and his students in the Göttinger Hain , about Bräker, Brentano, romantic magnetism.
• Essays on 19th century literature: Heine, Freiligrath, Grillparzer, Nestroy, Raabe, Storm, Keller, Meyer, Wagner, Fontane.
• Essays on the literature of the 20th century: Fin de siècle and avant-garde in Vienna; Brecht, Roth, Celan, Rezzori, Arno Schmidt, Moritz Jahn, Jerusalem “Lyris” group, Ilana Shmueli and Manfred Winkler.
• Essays on the poetry of exile: u. a. Else Lasker-Schüler, Mascha Kaléko and contemporary Austrian literature, a. a. Artmann, Brandstetter, Jandl.
• Essays on German-Jewish literature, the interplay between poetry, music and the visual arts, on the theory and history of literary genres (poetry, letters, [auto] biography), on the history of books, reading and censorship, on «the Bible and Poetry »and religious imprints in German language history.

Offices and other scientific activities

Between 1991 and 1997 Hans-Jürgen Schrader was director of the "Département de langue et de littérature allemandes", from 2002 to 2005 he was president of the section des langues vivantes of the Faculté des Lettres and member of the deanery council. A booklet of the "Cahiers de la Faculté des Lettres" presented his department in 1994. Since 1996 he has worked repeatedly as doctoral officer of the Romanian Ministry of Education for German Literature (doctorates in Cluj and Iaşi). From 1991 to 2013 he was President and since 2019 honorary member of the Société genevoise d'études allemandes (Geneva Society for German Art and Literature). 1990–1996 Schrader was a member of the German Commission of the Senate of the German Research Foundation and its publishing committee. He was a member of numerous scientific advisory boards and evaluation commissions. From 1975–1997 he was Vice President of the International Raabe Society (honorary member since 1998, honorary president since 2006) and 1974–1993 as editor of the “Yearbook of the Raabe Society”. He has been a member of the Historical Commission for the Study of Pietism since 1994 and its Publications Committee since 1996; Co-editor of the series "Works on the History of Pietism (AGP)", "Texts on the History of Pietism (TGP)", "Small Texts of Pietism (KTP)" and the "Edition Pietism Texts (EPT)". He worked u. a. with as board member of the Kleist Society (1990–1996) and the Goethe Society Switzerland (since 1997). Since 2004 he has been a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen (philological-historical class).

Awards

In 2002, Hans-Jürgen Schrader was awarded the "Cross of Honor (1st Class) for Science and Art of the Republic of Austria".

Fonts

Monographic publications and edited volumes

• Hans-Jürgen Schrader: Literature production and book market of radical Pietism. Johann Henrich Reitz '"History of the Rebored" and its historical context. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1989. 635 p. (Palaestra, vol. 283).

• Hans-Jürgen Schrader: In the vice of modern market mechanisms. From the printing of Kellers and Meyers in Rodenberg's "Deutscher Rundschau". Zurich: Verlag der Gottfried Keller-Gesellschaft 1993 (Gottfried Keller-Gesellschaft. Sixty-second annual report 1993). 38 pp.

• The Jewish Self-Portrait in European and American Literature. Edited by Hans-Jürgen Schrader, Elliot M. Simon, Charlotte Wardi. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag 1996 (Conditio Judaica, Vol. 15), 278 p .; 2nd edition Berlin: de Gruyter 2011.

• Antiquitates renatae. German and French contributions to the effects of antiquity in European literature. Festschrift for Renate Böschenstein on her 65th birthday. Edited by Verena Ehrich, Hans-Jürgen Schrader, Martin Stern. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 1998, 386 pp.

• Jansenism, Quietism, Pietism. Edited by Hartmut Lehmann, Heinz Schilling and Hans-Jürgen Schrader. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2002 (work on the history of Pietism, vol. 42), 298 pp.

• From pansophy to world wisdom. Goethe's analogical-philosophical concepts. Edited by Hans-Jürgen Schrader and Katharine Weder, in collaboration with Johannes Anderegg. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 2004, 188 pp.

• Virtuosity. Cult and crisis of the artistry in literature and art of the modern age. Edited by Hans-Georg von Arburg in collaboration with Dominik Müller, Hans-Jürgen Schrader and Ulrich Stadler. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2006, 271 pp.

• Medical and cultural-historical connections of Pietism. Healing arts and ethics, arcane traditions, music, literature and language. Edited by Irmtraut Sahmland and Hans-Jürgen Schrader. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2016 (work on the history of Pietism, vol. 61), 428 pp.

• Goethe as a literary figure. Edited by Alexander Honold, Edith Anna Kunz and Hans-Jürgen Schrader. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag 2016, 272 pp.

• Hans-Jürgen Schrader: Wilhelm Raabe. Studies on his advanced, realistic storytelling. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag 2018, 340 pp.

• Hans-Jürgen Schrader: Literature and Language of Pietism. Selected studies. With a preface v. Bishop Petra Bosse-Huber. Ed. V. Markus Matthias and Ulf-Michael Schneider. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2019 (work on the history of Pietism, vol. 63), 832 pp.

Editions

• Johann Henrich Reitz: History of the re-drilled. Complete edition of the first prints of all seven parts of the Pietist collective biography (1698–1745) with a work history appendix of the variants and additions from the later editions. 4 vol., 724, 709, 417, 500 p. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer 1982 (German reprints: Barock series, vol. 29 / 1-4).

• Wilhelm Raabe: Höxter and Corvey. A story. Edited from the manuscript from 1873/74. 213 S. Stuttgart: Reclam 1981; 2 edition 1989; 3rd edition 1996 (Universal Library, No. 7729); New edition 2003 bibliographically updated.

• Wilhelm Raabe: works in individual editions. 10 vols. Frankfurt am Main: Insel-Verlag 1985 (Insel-Taschenbuch, vol. 881–890).

• Alois Brandstetter: Landessäure. Strong pieces and beautiful stories [selection of small prose - catalog raisonné - epilogue]. 92 S. Stuttgart: Reclam 1986; 2nd edition 1988 (Universal Library, No. 8335).

• Wilhelm Raabe: Three feathers. A story. Edited with an afterword by Hans-Jürgen Schrader and notes by Peter Goldammer. 177 S. Berlin: Construction 2000 (Construction Library, No. 6079).

• Manfred Winkler: Chasing after the wind. The poems. Edited by Monica Tempian and Hans-Jürgen Schrader. 880 p. Vienna - Wuppertal: Arco Verlag [2018] (Europa in Israel, Vol. 2), 880 p.

Editing and co-editing: trade journal, series

• Yearbook of the Raabe Society [ed., Together with Joseph Daum]. Complete editing for 19 volumes. Braunschweig: Waisenhaus-Verlag 1975–1988; Tübingen: Max Niemeyer 1989–1993.

• Series: Texts on the History of Pietism. [= TGP. From Vol. VII, 3/1999: On behalf of the Historical Commission for Research into Pietism, ed. by Hans Schneider, Christian Bunners and Hans-Jürgen Schrader, from Vol. VI, 2/2012: Ed. by Hans Schneider, Hans Otte and Hans-Jürgen Schrader]. Berlin - New York: Walter de Gruyter (1999ff.), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2007 ff.

• Series: Works on the history of Pietism. [AGP. From vol. 34: On behalf of the Historical Commission for Research into Pietism, ed. by M. Brecht, G. Schäfer and H.-J. Schrader, from vol. 37: edited by Martin Brecht, Christian Bunners and Hans-Jürgen Schrader, from vol. 50: edited by Hans Schneider, Christian Bunners and Hans-Jürgen Schrader, from vol. 61: edited by Hans Schneider , Manfred Jakubowski-Tiessen , Hans Otte and Hans-Jürgen Schrader]. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (1998ff.)

• Series: Bibliography on the History of Pietism [BGP. From vol. 3/2015: On behalf of the Historical Commission for Research into Pietism ed. by Hans Schneider, Hans Otte and Hans-Jürgen Schrader]. Berlin - Munich - Boston: Walter de Gruyter.

• Series: Small Texts of Pietism [KTP. On behalf of the Historical Commission for the Study of Pietism ed. by Hans-Jürgen Schrader, Günter Balders and Christof Windhorst]. (12 vols.), Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt (1999–2008).

• Series: Edition Pietism Texts [EPT. On behalf of the Historical Commission for the Study of Pietism ed. by Hans-Jürgen Schrader, Günter Balders and Christof Windhorst. From Vol. 3: Ed. By Hans-Jürgen Schrader, Günter Balders, Dieter Ising and Christof Windhorst, from Vol. 5: Ed. By Hans-Jürgen Schrader, Ruth Albrecht, Dieter Ising and Christof Windhorst, from Vol. 7: Ed . by Hans-Jürgen Schrader, Ruth Albrecht, Wolfgang Breul and Christof Windhorst], from vol. 10: Ed. by Hans-Jürgen Schrader, Ruth Albrecht, Wolfgang Breul, Markus Matthias and Christof Windhorst Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt (2010ff.).

Articles (chronological)

Over 150 essays, smaller articles and research reports on the above research fields as well as reviews. Including:

• To visualize and interpret the story in Raabe. In: Yearbook of the Raabe Society 1973, pp. 12–53. - Revid. Reprinted in Schrader: Wilhelm Raabe. Studies, 2018, pp. 53–73.

• With fire, sword and guilty conscience. To the Hainbündler crusade against Wieland. In: Euphorion, Vol. 78, 1984, pp. 325-367.

• "We are the people". A verse by Freiligrath as an example of the subversive effects of poetry. In: Productivity of Opposites. Studies on the literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Festschrift for Horst Denkler on his 65th birthday. Edited by Julia Bertschik, Elisabeth Emter, Johannes Graf. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag 2000, pp. 69-92.

• Kleist's saints or the violence of sympathy. Broken traditions of magnetic correspondence. In: Kleist images of the 20th century in literature, art and science. IV. Frankfurt Kleist Colloquium. Edited by Peter Ensberg and Hans-Jochen Marquardt. Stuttgart: Akademischer Verlag Hans-Dieter Heinz 2003 (Stuttgart works on German studies, vol. 414), pp. 69–90.

• From longing for patriarchs to passion emphasis. Bible allusions and speculative theology in Goethe's Werther. In: Goethe and the Bible. Edited by Johannes Anderegg and Edith Anna Kunz. Stuttgart: German Bible Society 2005 (work on the history and impact of the Bible, vol. 6), pp. 57–88.

• "The flood of images in a mirror frame". Imagined imagery in Heine's dream images. In: Heinrich Heine and the art criticism of his time. Files of the International and Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Paris 26. – 30. April 2006. Ed. Ralph Haefner. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter 2010 (supplements to “Euphorion”, issue 57), pp. 199–224.

• "I live in my motherland word". Language as home and poetry impulse in German-language Jewish poetry of the emigration and in Israel. In: On the trail of writing. Israeli perspectives on international German studies. Ed. V. Christian Kohlross and Hanni Mittelmann. Berlin: de Gruyter 2011 (Conditio Judaica, vol. 80), pp. 163-189.

• Hostile siblings? Pietism as an adversary and companion of the Enlightenment. Facts and research situation. In: epoch and project. Perspectives of educational research. Ed. V. Stefanie Stockhorst. Göttingen: Wallstein 2013 (The eighteenth century. Supplementa, Vol. 17), pp. 91–130. Revid. Reprinted in: Schrader: Literature and Language of Pietism. Selected Studies, pp. 135-167.

• Between linguistic aura and colloquial German. On the language of the Luther Bible and the problem of its revision. In: Grace and power of speech. On the future of the Luther Bible. Contributions from the Jena Conference 2012. Ed. Corinna Dahlgrün and Jens Haustein. Stuttgart: German Bible Society 2013, pp. 145–180.

• Goethe's connection to mystical quietism. On his letter to Johann Friedrich von Fleischbein of January 3, 1774. In: Yearbook of the Free German Hochstift 2016, pp. 28–97.

Web links

• Detailed vita and complete list of publications

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen SCHRADER, professeur honoraire (chair for modern German literature, emeritus) (PDF) Université de Genève. Retrieved January 18, 2020.