Manfred Durzak

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Manfred Durzak

Manfred Durzak (born December 10, 1938 in Herzogenrath ) is a German philologist and literary scholar .

Life

Durzak studied German , English and philosophy at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the Free University of Berlin . In 1963 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. He was then a lecturer, from 1964 to 1965 at Yale University , from 1966 to 1969 at Indiana University Bloomington , from 1969 to 1972 at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and from 1972 to 1980 again at Indiana University Bloomington (as Full Professor of German Literature). In 1980 he completed his habilitation at the University of Siegen . Subsequently, he was Professor of Modern German Literature at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg . In 1984 he became a full professor at the University of Paderborn . He was visiting professor in Toronto and Montreal and received several scholarships a. a. from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Ford Foundation . Since 1992 he has been visiting professor several times in the USA and India, as well as in Turkey and Australia.

Initially, Durzak's research focused on German literature of the 20th century, especially exile literature. At the suggestion of Peter Demetz , he was one of the first to index the extensive estate of the Austrian novelist Hermann Broch in the beincke Rare Book Library, the manuscript library of Yale University. A number of publications testify to this occupation, which later passed on to his student Paul Michael Lützeler , who did his doctorate on Hermann Broch with him.

The expansion of his research interests went in the direction of literature of the 18th century, comparative literature, media literature and intercultural literature. However, occupation with contemporary German literature became central. To a certain extent he conducted literary field research and dealt with the production aesthetics of these authors in numerous workshop discussions with prominent German-speaking authors from Elias Canetti to Heinrich Böll and Günter Grass . Some of these conversations are documented in three book publications.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • Hermann Broch in personal testimonies and photo documents . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1966.
  • Hermann Broch. The poet and his time . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1968.
  • The young Stefan George. Art Theory and Poetry . Fink, Munich 1968.
  • The German novel of the present. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1971; 3rd, expanded and modified edition 1979, ISBN 3-17-004728-0 .
  • Dürrenmatt, fresh, white. German drama of the present between criticism and utopia . Reclam, Stuttgart 1972; 2nd edition 1973, ISBN 3-15-010201-4 .
  • Between symbolism and expressionism. Stefan George . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-17-001995-3 .
  • Conversations about the novel. With Joseph Breitbach, Elias Canetti, Heinrich Böll, Siegfried Lenz, Hermann Lenz, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Peter Handke, Hans Erich Nossack, Uwe Johnson, Walter Höllerer. Form determinations and analyzes . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1976, ISBN 3-518-06818-0 .
  • Hermann Broch. Poetry and Knowledge. Studies on poetic work . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978. ISBN 3-17-004463-X .
  • The expressionist drama I. Carl Sternheim, Georg Kaiser . Nymphenburg, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-485-03078-3 .
  • The expressionist drama II. Ernst Barlach, Ernst Toller, Fritz von Unruh . Nymphenburg, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-485-03081-3 .
  • The image of America in contemporary German literature. Historical requirements and current examples . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-17-004871-6 .
  • The German short story of the present. Author portraits, workshop discussions [with Wolfgang Weyrauch, Stephan Hermlin, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Hans Bender, Gabriele Wohmann], interpretations . Reclam, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-15-010293-6 ; 3rd, expanded edition. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-8260-2074-X .
  • Peter Handke and contemporary German literature. Narcissus on the wrong track . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-001541-9 .
  • On Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Poetry in the Bourgeois Age . Klett, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-12-398300-5 .
  • The art of the short story. On the theory and history of German short stories . Fink, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-7705-2559-0 .
  • Literature on the screen. Analyzes and discussions with Leopold Ahlsen, Rainer Erler, Dieter Forte, Walter Kempowski, Heinar Kipphardt, Wolfdietrich Schnurre and Dieter Wellershoff . Niemeyer, Tübingen 1989, ISBN 3-484-34028-2 .
  • Kleist and Hebbel. Two loners in German literature . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2004, ISBN 3-8260-2740-X .
  • Literature in an intercultural context . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8260-5265-1 .

Editorships

  • The German literature of the present. Aspects and Trends . Reclam, Stuttgart 1971; 3rd, expanded edition 1976, ISBN 3-15-010198-0 .
  • Hermann Broch. Research Perspectives . Fink, Munich 1972, DNB 730277291 .
  • German exile literature. 1933-1945 . Reclam, Stuttgart 1973, ISBN 3-15-010225-1 .
  • German contemporary literature. Starting positions and current developments . Reclam, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-15-010300-2 .
  • with Hartmut Steinecke : Dieter Wellershoff. Studies on his work . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-462-02049-8 .
  • On Carl Sternheim (= LGW interpretations , volume 58). Klett, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-12-397300-X .
  • On Elias Canetti (= LGW interpretations , volume 63). Klett, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-12-397800-1 .
  • To Günter Grass. History on the poetic test stand (= LGW interpretations , Volume 68). Klett, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-12-398400-1 .
  • with Hartmut Steinecke: Between friend Hein and friend Heine. Peter Rühmkorf. Studies on his work . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-498-01279-7 .
  • with Hartmut Steinecke: Günter Kunert. Contributions to his work . Hanser, Munich 1992. ISBN 3-446-16122-8 .
  • Told time. 50 German short stories of the present (= Reclams Universal Library , No. 9996). Reclam, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-15-009996-X , first edition Reclam 1980, ISBN 978-3-15-009996-4 .
  • with Hartmut Steinecke: Hanns-Josef Ortheil. Inside his texts. Studies on his work . Piper, Munich a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-492-12037-7 (= Piper , volume 2037).
  • with Hartmut Steinecke: The archeology of wishes. Studies on the work of Uwe Timm . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-462-02408-6 .
  • with Keith Bullivant and Werner Jung: Dieter Wellershoff works in nine volumes, Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch 1996–2011
  • with Hartmut Steinecke: FC Delius. Studies of his literary work . Stauffenburg, Tübingen 1997, ISBN 3-86057-143-5 .
  • The playwright and narrator Hartmut Lange . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2003, ISBN 3-8260-2405-2 .
  • with Nilüfer Kuruyazıcı: Intercultural encounters. Festschrift for Şara Sayin . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2004, ISBN 3-8260-2899-6 .
  • with Nilüfer Kuruyazıcı: The other German literature. Istanbul lectures . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2004, ISBN 3-8260-2839-2 .
  • Images of India in German Literature . Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-61437-2 (= meander , volume 10).

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SURNAME Durzak, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Herzogenrath