Norbert Otto Eke
Norbert Otto Eke (born August 1, 1958 in Nördlingen ) is a German specialist in German .
Life
From 1978 to 1984 Eke studied German and Protestant theology a. a. at the Free University of Berlin and received his doctorate in 1988 with a thesis on the playwright Heiner Müller . His habilitation took place in 1995 with a study of German drama during the French Revolution around 1800. From 2003 to 2006 he was professor of German literature at the Universiteit van Amsterdam . Since 2006 he has held a professorship for modern German literary studies at the University of Paderborn .
Eke deals with literary theory and aesthetics at the interface of philology, theater, cultural and media studies, so u. a. as part of the interdisciplinary graduate school automatisms, which was based at the University of Paderborn from 2008 to 2017. His research focuses on literature and theater from the 18th to the 21st century, in particular pre-March and contemporary literature as well as especially German-Jewish literature. Research stays led him a. a. to the USA and China. He was visiting professor in Budapest , Athens / Georgia , Havana (Cuba) and Tokyo .
Eke is co-editor of the magazine for German philology and the Amsterdam contributions to modern German studies . He is the second chairman of the “Vormärz Research Forum” (FVF).
Fonts (selection)
- Heiner Muller. Apocalypse and Utopia. Schöningh, Paderborn, Munich, Vienna, Zurich 1989.
- (Arrangement with Karl Jürgen Skrodzki): Lenau Chronicle. And along the way, our forces weaken. Deuticke, Vienna 1992.
- with Dagmar Olasz-Eke: Bibliography: The German Roman 1815–1830. Location directories, reviews, research overview. Fink, Munich 1994.
- Signatures of the revolution. France - Germany. German contemporaneity and German drama on the French Revolution around 1800. Fink, Munich 1997.
- Heiner Muller. Reclam, Stuttgart 1999.
- with Alo Allkemper: literary studies. Fink, Paderborn 2004.
- Angst en vrees in the theater van de herinnering. Heiner Müller's carrying the. Amsterdam 2005.
- Introduction to the literature of the Vormärz. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2005.
- (Ed. With Hartmut Steinecke ): Shoah in German-speaking literature. Erich Schmidt, Berlin 2006.
- Word / games. Drama - film - literature. Erich Schmidt, Berlin 2007.
- “Language that came to me so comfortingly”. Thomas Valentin in letters from and to Hermann Hesse. Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2011.
- (Ed. With Ulrike Haß and Irina Kaldrack): Stage. Space-forming processes in the theater. Fink, Paderborn 2014.
- The German drama at a glance. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2015.
- (Ed. With Stephanie Willeke): Between languages - with language? German-language literature in Palestine and Israel. Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2019.
- with Stefan Elit: Basic themes in literary studies. Literary institutions. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2019.
- (Ed.) Vormärz manual. Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2020.
Web links
- Literature by and about Norbert Otto Eke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage at the University of Paderborn
- Biography at the Nantesbuch Foundation
- Biography at the International Heiner Müller Society
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eke, Norbert Otto. In: Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar Online. degruyter.com, accessed on July 23, 2020 (founded by Joseph Kürschner , constantly updated, restricted online edition).
- ^ Graduate College Automatisms (University of Paderborn). Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
- ^ Cultural Studies - Eke (University of Paderborn). Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Amsterdam contributions to recent German studies. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
- ^ Website of the "Vormärz Research Forum".
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eke, Norbert Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eke, Norbert O. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Germanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nordlingen |