Jurij Striedter
Jurij Striedter (born January 18, 1926 in Novgorod , † June 21, 2016 in Tampa , Florida) was a Slavist and comparativeist . With his textbook on Russian formalism and his introductory foreword to the concepts it contains, he became the most important mediator of Eastern European literary theories in German-speaking countries.
Life
Striedter received his doctorate in German and philosophy in Heidelberg and then studied Slavic studies at the Sorbonne . From 1961 to 1966 he held the Slavic professorship at the Free University of Berlin . As holder of the chair for Slavic Studies at the University of Konstanz (1967–1976), he belonged to the core of the research group " Poetics and Hermeneutics " alongside Hans Robert Jauß and Wolfgang Iser . From 1977 to 1993 he was Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University .
In 1970/71 he was chairman of the Association of University Lecturers for Slavic Studies , and from 1981 to 1983 he was a member of the scientific advisory board of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin . Visiting professorships led him a. a. to Yale University , Columbia University and the University of Zurich . In 1983 he was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Fonts
- The picaresque novel in Russia: A contribution to the history of the Russian novel before Gogol , Berlin 1961
- (Ed.), Russian Formalism. Texts on general literary theory and on the theory of prose , Munich ( Wilhelm Fink Verlag ) 1969 (5th, unaltered edition, Munich 1994 [UTB 40])
- Poetry and history at Puškin , Konstanz (University Press ) 1977
- Literary Structure, Evolution, and Value: Russian Formalism and Czech Structuralism Reconsidered , Cambridge (Harvard UP) 1989
As editor:
- Texts by the Russian formalists. Vol. 1. Texts on general literary theory and on the theory of prose . With an introductory essay edited by Jurij Striedter, Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 1969
literature
- George Ivask: Review by Jurij Striedter: The picaresque novel in Russia (Berlin 1961) . In: Slavic Review, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Dec., 1962), pp. 775-776
- Walter Arndt: Review by Jurij Striedter: Russian formalism. Texts on general literary theory and on the theory of prose (Munich 1969) . In: Russian Review , Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct. 1970), pp. 475-476
Web links
- Literature by and about Jurij Striedter in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Renewer of Literary Studies on fu-berlin.de, June 24, 2016, accessed on July 1, 2016
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Striedter, Jurij |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Slavist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Novgorod |
DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 2016 |
Place of death | Tampa , Florida |