Poetica (magazine)

Poetica ( proper spelling POETICA ) is a comparative journal that was founded in 1966/67 by Hellmut Flashar , Karl Maurer , Ingrid Strohschneider-Kohrs and Ulrich Suerbaum at the Ruhr University in Bochum .

Karl Maurer's preoccupation with the Russian formalism gave rise to the idea of the foundation. The name acronym goes back to the group OPOJAS (OПOЯЗ), which was formed in St. Petersburg in 1916 (the acronym is dissolved: общество изучения поэтического языка , "Society for the Study of Poetic Language"). In the programmatic foreword to the first edition, the first editor in charge, Karl Maurer, emphasizes the comparative basic idea of the journal: "The subject of these sheets is [...] the consideration of all language and poetry - as language and as poetry." respective discipline: Flashar represented Classical Philology, Maurer Romance Studies, Strohschneider-Kohrs German Studies and Suerbaum English Studies. The founders of Poetica were convinced that "the science of language and poetry is a science".

construction

Initially, the magazine appeared as a quarterly publication with a length of 120 to 140 pages. The rubrics were divided into “Articles”, “Text”, “Discussion”, “Discussion” and “Book entry”.

Today (2018) Poetica is published every six months and the volume is 500 pages per year. Each issue is subdivided into the “Forum” section, in which basic and current literary issues are discussed, and the “Articles” section. Poetica is published by Wilhelm Fink Verlag.

The editors of the journal decide on the inclusion of articles in a peer review process.

editor

The main editors of the magazine were Karl Maurer (1967–1986), Karlheinz Stierle (1987–2000) and Joachim Küpper (2001–2014).

Andreas Kablitz (Romance Studies and Comparative Literature) has been the editor in charge of the magazine since 2015 .

The specialist editors are Andreas Höfele (English), Beate Kellner (Medieval Studies), Walter Koshaben (Slavic Studies), Michael Lackner (Sinology), Glenn W. Most (Classical Philology) and Inka Mülder-Bach (Modern German Literature).

Individual evidence

^ Ali Zein: "On the origin, program and position of the Bochum Poetica in terms of the history of science. Journal for Linguistics and Literature Studies. A sketch from a new Germanist perspective ” . Ed .: Carstenzell, literary-scientific development years. Contribution to the establishment and formation of literary studies at the German Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum - a research project on the history of German studies. S. 249–265, here p. 250 .
↑ Karl Maurer: "About this magazine" . In: POETICA. Journal for Linguistics and Literature Studies . tape 1 , 1967, p. 1 .
^ Karl Maurer: "A magazine in Bochum: POETICA" . In: Communications from the Society of Friends of the Ruhr University Bochum. eV band 10 , 1967, p. 53–55, here p. 53 .
↑ POETICA. Retrieved January 9, 2018 .

[1] Ali Zein: "On the origin, program and position of the Bochum Poetica in terms of the history of science. Journal for Linguistics and Literature Studies. A sketch from a new Germanist perspective ” . Ed .: Carstenzell, literary-scientific development years. Contribution to the establishment and formation of literary studies at the German Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum - a research project on the history of German studies. S. 249–265, here p. 250 .

[2] Karl Maurer: "About this magazine" . In: POETICA. Journal for Linguistics and Literature Studies . tape 1 , 1967, p. 1 .

[3] Karl Maurer: "A magazine in Bochum: POETICA" . In: Communications from the Society of Friends of the Ruhr University Bochum. eV band 10 , 1967, p. 53–55, here p. 53 .

[4] POETICA. Retrieved January 9, 2018 .