Theodor Verweyen
Theodor Verweyen (* 1937 in Ahaus ) is a German literary scholar and emeritus professors .
Live and act
After graduating from the Alexander-Hegius-Gymnasium in Ahaus in 1958, Verweyen studied German , philosophy , geography and history at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University in Bonn . He passed the 1st state examination in 1964 with distinction, in 1967 he received his doctorate summa cum laude and in 1968 he passed the 2nd state examination again with distinction. Assistantship and habilitation “Middle and Modern German Literature ” (1974) then took place at the chair of Wolfgang Preisendanz in the Faculty of Literature at the Reform University of Konstanz .
In 1977 he took over the chair of comparative literature and modern German literature for Eberhard Lämmert at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In the winter of the same year he became an adjunct professor in Konstanz and was given a C3 professorship there in 1979 . In October 1980 he was offered the chair for modern German literature at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg . Among other things, he was executive director of the institute several times. In 2003 he retired.
His main research interests were the German literature of the early modern period, the Weimar Classics, the period after 1945 as well as literary theoretical aspects of historical rhetoric, poetics and intertextuality.
Fonts
- Theodor Verweyen, Gunther Witting: Simple forms of intertextuality. Mentis, Paderborn 2010, ISBN 978-3-89785-118-4
- Theodor Verweyen, Gunther Witting: German poetry parodies from three centuries . Reclam, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-15-027975-5
- Theodor Verweyen, Gunther Witting: The parody in modern German literature. A systematic introduction. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1979
- Theodor Verweyen, Gunther Witting: The counterfactor. Submission and processing in literature, visual arts, advertising and political posters , Konstanz 1987
- Theodor Verweyen: Apophthegma and joke speech. The history of a simple generic form and its development in the 17th century , Bad Homburg / Berlin / Zurich 1970, zgl. Diss. Münster / W. 1967
Awards
- June 1, 1994: Pegnese Flower Order
Web links
- Literature by and about Theodor Verweyen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Theodor Verweyen in the directory of Germanists
- Entry on the website of the University of Erlangen https://www.germanistik.phil.fau.de/person/prof-em-dr-theodor-verweyen/
- Theory and history of parody , lecture 1977–1979
Individual evidence
- ^ First class reunion after 50 years , Münsterland Zeitung, June 4, 2008.
- ↑ http://www.ndl.germanistik.phil.uni-erlangen.de/personal/emeriti-und-ehemalige-haben/verweyen.shtml
- ^ Theodor Verweyen at Mentis-Verlag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Verweyen, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ahaus |