Reinhold Wolff
Reinhold Wolff (born May 6, 1941 in Munich ; † November 10, 2006 in Bissendorf ) was a German literary scholar . From 1999 to 2006 he was chairman of the German Karl May Society .
Life
Wolff was born in Munich in 1941 as the son of the veterinarian Adolf Wolff . In 1960 he graduated from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich . He then studied classical philology, Romance studies and German studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . 1960/1961 he spent as a French state scholarship at the University of Bordeaux with a focus on comparative literature and French literature . In 1969 he completed his studies as a Magister Artium at the University of Munich . A year later he did his doctorate summa cum laude with Alfred Noyer-Weidner in Munich. He then worked initially as a VDWA, from 1973 as a research assistant at the University of Regensburg in the field of Romance literature. In 1980 he completed his habilitation in Romance philology / literary studies at the University of Regensburg. From 1980 he was an academic advisor at the University of Mainz in the Department of Applied Linguistics in Germersheim . In 1981 he was re- qualified .
In 1982 he was appointed professor for literary studies at Bielefeld University with a focus on “Theory of Literature” at Bielefeld University. In the summer of 1996, the denomination was expanded to include French: Literary Studies . From 1987 to 1989 he was dean.
Memberships
- German Romanists Association
- Association for General and Comparative Literature Studies
- Karl May Society (Chairman since September 1999)
- Board of Trustees of the Karl May Foundation (Radebeul)
- German University Association
Publications (selection)
- The aestheticization of enlightened taboo criticism in Montesquieu and Rousseau. 1972
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau : Julie or The New Héloise. Letters from two lovers from a small town at the foot of the Alps . Afterword (pp. 800–827) by Wolff. Thin print library of world literature. Winkler thin print edition, Munich 1978; again dtv Klassik 2191 , Munich 1988; also Deutscher Bücherbund, undated (1980).
- Structuralism and Association Psychology. Experimental empirical-pragmatic literary studies: Baudelaire's “Les Chats”. 1977
Web links
- Literature by and about Reinhold Wolff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Font directory
Footnotes
- ↑ With numerous annotations, pp. 834–871 von Wolff; P. 833: on the origin of the text.
- ↑ Complete text of the first German translation by Johann Gottfried Gellius, with 12 copper engravings for the first edition by Gottlieb Leberecht Crusius after Hubert-François Gravelot . Edited and supplemented according to Edition Rey, Amsterdam 1761. With a time table by Dietrich Leube.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolff, Reinhold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 2006 |
| Place of death | Bissendorf |