Peter Nusser
Peter Nusser (born October 22, 1936 in Berlin ) is a German literary scholar and emeritus professor of German philology at the Free University of Berlin .
Life
Nusser studied older and newer German literature , history, educational sciences and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin and at the universities in Basel and Göttingen. In 1961 he passed the first state examination in Berlin. He was a research assistant to Walther Killy . After receiving his doctorate in 1963 with Walther Killy and Peter Szondi in Göttingen, supported by the Studienstiftung , he became lecturer at the DAAD and assistant professor at the College of Wooster , Ohio, USA. In 1964 he took over the management of the college summer school in Vienna. From 1965 to 1967 he was a trainee lawyer in Berlin and passed the assessor examination . Then he was a research assistant for educational sciences (focus: school pedagogy) at the Free University of Berlin.
In 1969 he followed the call to the lectureship for German Philology and its didactics at the Pedagogical University Berlin . In 1971 he was appointed professor. From 1980 to 2000 he was professor for modern German literature at the Free University of Berlin.
His research interests were literary theory, literary sociology, literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, popular reading material and literary didactics. He gave guest lectures at German and North American universities (including Toronto, Orlando, Vancouver). In teaching, he focused on the goals of the student teachers.
Works
- Musil's theory of romance. (Diss. Göttingen 1963). Mouton, The Hague 1967.
- Novels for the lower class. Penny books and their readers. Metzler, Stuttgart 1973, 1981, ISBN 3-476-00265-9 .
- The detective novel. Fourth edition. Metzler, Stuttgart 2009 [1. Ed. 1980], ISBN 3-476-10191-6 .
- Trivial literature. Metzler, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-476-10262-9 .
- Entertainment and education. Studies on the theory, history and didactics of popular reading materials. Lang, Frankfurt / M. 2000, ISBN 3-631-36887-9 .
- German literature in the Middle Ages. Forms of life, values and literary developments. Kröner, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-520-48001-8 .
- German literature from 1500 to 1800. Forms of life, values and literary developments. Kröner, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-520-48101-4 .
- German literature. A social and cultural history. From the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Age (Volume I); From the baroque to the present (Volume II). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-534-25451-4 .
Editorial activity
- Advertising. Fink, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-7705-1224-3 .
- Mass press, advertising, booklet novels , 2 volumes. Metzler, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-476-20076-0 .
- Didactics of trivial literature. Metzler, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-476-30045-5 .
- Black humor. Reclam, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-15-009599-9 .
- Science fiction. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-015015-9 .
translation
- Margaret Avison: Weatherings. Poems. Together with Heinz Wetzel. aphaia Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-926677-67-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Nusser in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Peter Nusser at perlentaucher.de
- Review of Nusser's work on German literature from 1500-1800. Life forms, values and literary developments on literaturkritik.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Nusser perlentaucher.de, accessed on November 17, 2012.
- ↑ Ursula Homann: In-depth considerations and clear language. Peter Nusser on the German literature of humanism. literaturkritik.de, accessed on November 17, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nusser, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |