Klaus-Dieter Ertler

Klaus-Dieter Ertler (born November 20, 1954 in Feldbach ) is an Austrian Romanist .

Live and act

Ertler passed the teaching examination at the Pedagogical Academy in Eisenstadt in 1976 for the subjects German and geography / economics. After studying Romance studies and comparative literature at the Universities of Graz, Rouen, Bordeaux, Paris, Santander and Montréal, he was awarded a master's degree for teaching French and Spanish in 1983. Two years later, Ertler received his doctorate in French and Spanish literary studies in Graz. After post-doctoral studies at the Universities of Montréal and Paris III in 1986/87, he received his habilitation in 1999 at the University of Graz .

After substitute professorships in Heidelberg (2000–2002), Aachen (2002–2003) and Kassel (2003–2004), he was appointed to the University of Graz.

Ertler's research interests include French-Canadian literature and Spanish Enlightenment literature , especially press products.

Ertler served as President of the Society for Canada Studies from 2007 to 2009.

Research priorities

• Educational literature in Romania - Moral weeklies
• Jesuit reports from the Americas
• New Romania: Latin America and Francophonie
• French-Canadian storytelling
• Migrant literature
• Literature, culture and media theories
• History of Romance Studies

Fonts (selection)

• as ed. Von Schwarzröcken and Warlocks. Robes noires et sorciers. Jesuit reports from New France (1616-1649). Reimer, Berlin 1997
• The Franco-Canadian Novel of the 1930s: An Ideology-Analytical Presentation. Series: Canadiana Romanica, 14. Max Niemeyer, Tübingen 2000; again de Gruyter, Berlin 2015 (available in online bookshops)
• Ed. With Martin Löschnigg: Canada 2000. Identity and Transformation. Identité et transformation: Central European Perspectives on Canada - Le Canada vu à partir de l'Europe centrale. Peter Lang, Bern 2000
• Little history of the French-Canadian novel. Tübingen 2000
• Little history of the Latin American novel. Movements - authors - works. Tübingen 2002
• A short history of the Spanish educational literature. Tübingen 2003
• Moral weeklies in Spain: 'El Pensador' by José Clavijo y Fajardo. Tübingen 2003
• Virtue and Reason in the Spanish Enlightenment Press: "El Censor" . Tuebingen 2004
• with Andrea Maria Humpl, Daniela Maly: Ave Maris Stella: A cultural-scientific introduction to the Acadie . Peter Lang, Bern 2005
• Ed. With Paulina Mickiewicz: Transcultural Perspectives on Canada - Perspectives transculturelles sur le Canada. Masaryk University Press , Brno 2007 (Canadian Studies in Europe - Études Canadiennes en Europe, 7)
• The Spanish press of the 18th century. Hamburg 2008
• Edited with Yvonne Völkl, Martin Löschnigg: Europe - Canada: Transcultural Perspectives- Perspectives transculturelles. Row: Canadiana. Literatures / Cultures, Literatures / Cultures, Littératures / Cultures, 14. Peter Lang, Bern 2013 ISSN  1613-804X
  • therein by Ertler: Les métarécits de la crise dans le discours social du Canada français des années 1930. L'exemple de "l'Action nationale", pp. 229–240
• Ed. With Patrick Imbert: Cultural Challenges of Migration in Canada. Les défis culturels de la migration au Canada. Series: Canadiana, 12. Peter Lang, Bern 2013
• The Spectators in Spain . Frankfurt 2014

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus-Dieter Ertler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Ertler at the University of Graz

notes

1. ↑ Ertler is co-editor. the entire series, with Wolfgang Klooss; this volume is available in online bookshops
2. ↑ Volume available in online bookshops