Marek Jaroszewski

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Marek Maria Józef Jaroszewski (born January 1, 1944 in Otwock ) is a Polish Germanist and literary scholar . He is a full professor emeritus at the University of Gdansk .

life and work

Marek Jaroszewski was born as the son of Franciszek Jaroszewski and Stanisława Jaroszewski. Migdalski born. From 1957 he attended general high school No. 33 in Otwock and graduated from high school in 1961. He then studied German at the University of Warsaw until 1966, where he obtained his master's degree . He wrote under the supervision of Elida Maria Szarota his dissertation on ETA Hoffmann's novel Kater Murr and in 1975 a doctorate .

In 1991 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on the Polish November Uprising in contemporary German literature and historiography and was appointed professor in 2007. From 1967–2008 he worked first at the University of Warsaw, then since 1994 at the University of Gdansk, where in 1996/97 he headed the Chair of German Studies and from 1997 to 2002 the German Institute. In 2009 he retired.

His main research interests included modern German literature , German-Polish literary relations, Danzig literature, the reception of German literature in Poland and the history of Polish German studies.

Jaroszewski was the author or co-author of six books and editor or co-editor of twelve individual publications. He also wrote a bibliography , articles and reviews as well as encyclopedic headings.

He took part in congresses, conferences and symposia at home and abroad and gave guest lectures in Germany and Poland. He was the organizer and co-organizer of scientific conferences and congresses. He belonged to the Association of Polish Germanists, the Günter Grass Society in Danzig, the Harro Harring Society, the ETA Hoffmann Society and the International Novalis Society .

Publications (selection)

  • The November Uprising in Contemporary German Literature and Historiography. Warsaw 1989.
  • The Polish November Uprising in Contemporary German Literature and Historiography. Warsaw 1992.
  • The Polish November Uprising in German Literature and Historiography. Selected bibliography 1830–1993. (= Studia Niemcoznawcze 10, 1993).
  • Literature and history. Studies on German-Polish interrelationships in the 19th and 20th centuries. Warsaw 1995.
  • as publisher: 1000 years of Danzig in German literature. Studies and contributions. (= Studia Germanica Gedanensia, no.5), Danzig 1998.
  • Edited with Wolfgang Drost: Standpunkte / Punkty widzenia. To understand German-Polish problems / O problemach polsko-niemieckich. Danzig and Siegen 1999.
  • Edited with Marion Brandt and Mirosław Ossowski: Günter Grass. Literature - Art - Politics. Documentation of the international conference October 4-6, 2007 in Gdansk. Sopot 2008.

literature

  • Marion Brandt, Andrzej Kątny (ed.): Nature and other literary places . Festschrift for Professor Marek Jaroszewski on the occasion of his 65th birthday (= Studia Germanica Gedanensia 18, special volume 2). Gdańsk 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karol Sauerland: Szarota, Elida Maria . In: Christoph König (Ed.): Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950 , Berlin, New York 2003, Vol. 3, pp. 1854–1855.  Karol Sauerland: Elida Maria Szarota (1904–1994 ) . In: Wojciech Kunicki, Marek Zybura (Ed.): German Studies in Poland. On the specialist history of a German literature study abroad - 18 portraits. Osnabrück 2011, pp. 227-238 . Elida Maria Szarota. In: Wikipedia.
  2. ↑ Publications. In: Biogram (Polish) .
personal data
SURNAME Jaroszewski, Marek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jaroszewski, Marek Maria Józef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish Germanist and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Otwock , Poland