Heinz Antor

Heinz Antor (* 1959 in Nuremberg ) is a German Anglist .

Life

Antor studied English, Romance studies and applied linguistics in Erlangen and Oxford . In 1986 he passed his state examination and obtained the title Master of Arts , in 1989 he received his doctorate . From 1986 to 1995 Antor worked as a research assistant at the University of Würzburg . In 1992 he was a visiting professor at George Mason University in Fairfax , Virginia . In 1995 Antor received his habilitation . From the 1995 summer semester to the 1999 summer semester, Antor held a professorship for English literatures and their didactics at the University of Düsseldorf ; In the 1998/99 winter semester he was Professor of English at the University of Bremen . Since the winter semester 1999/2000 Antor has held a chair for English literary studies at the University of Cologne . In 2001 Antor was elected chairman of the Society for New English Language Literature (GNEL) eV.

In his research, Antor deals, among other things, with English literature from the 18th to the 21st century, with English-language novels, the literature and culture of Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with post-colonialism research and with cultural theory .

Fonts

Understanding foreign cultures - teaching foreign cultures: theory and practice of imparting intercultural competence . Winter, Heidelberg 2007 (English Research, 376)
as Ed. Inter- and Transcultural Studies: Theoretical Foundations and Interdisciplinary Practice. Inter- and Transcultural Studies: Theoretical Principles and Interdisciplinary Practice. Winter, Heidelberg 2006 (English Research, 362)
with Gordon Bölling, Annette Kern-Stähler, Klaus Stierstorfer: Refractions of Canada in European Literature and Culture . de Gruyter, Berlin 2005
with Sylvia Brown, John Considine, Klaus Stierstorfer : Refractions of Germany in Canadian Literature and Culture . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2003
with Rüdiger Ahrens : English studies. International Journal of English Studies . Carl Winter, Heidelberg 2002
Shakespeare alternatively. Special issue of foreign language teaching , 1997
The English university novel. Educational concepts and educational goals . Carl Winter, Heidelberg 1996 (English Research, 238)
The Bloomsbury Group . Its Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Literary Achievement . Carl Winter, Heidelberg 1986 (Forum English Studies)
Further development of the anglophone post-colonial theory. In: Handbuch Postkolonialismus und Literatur. Ed. Dirk Göttsche, Alex Dunker, Gabriele Dürbeck. Metzler, Stuttgart 2017, pp. 26–37

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Heinz Antor in: The Bloomsbury Group: Its Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Literary Achievement , by Heinz Antor, Carl Winter, 1986, p. 150

personal data
SURNAME	Antor, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German English studies and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg

[1] Heinz Antor in: The Bloomsbury Group: Its Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Literary Achievement , by Heinz Antor, Carl Winter, 1986, p. 150