Ulrich Karthaus
Ulrich Karthaus (born September 19, 1935 in Düsseldorf ) is a German specialist in German studies and literary didact.
From 1956 Karthaus studied German, philosophy and history in Cologne and Freiburg and received his doctorate in 1964. phil. with a thesis on Robert Musil . From 1965 to 1972 he was an assistant at the Institute for German Studies at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen . In 1972 he accepted the professorship for modern German literary history and literary didactics in Giessen. In 1981 and 1987 he was visiting professor at the University of Limoges and from 1977 to 1987 partnership officer at the University of Giessen.
He has published numerous books and essays with a particular focus on German literature of the 18th and 20th centuries. He is a recognized expert on the works of Robert Musil, Thomas Mann , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller . His books on the epoch of Sturm und Drang are considered standard works of literature. His works on didactic introduction to German literature, which have been published in multiple editions and with which entire generations of schoolchildren and students found their first access to the eras of literary history, are particularly well known. Karthaus gave numerous lectures at home and abroad, reviewed German publications and contributed to the Frankfurt anthology with poetry interpretations .
Since 1997 he became known to a wider public through his witty and humorous participation in the literary quiz "Literature in Cross-Examination" of the Hessischer Rundfunk together with Peter Härtling .
Karthaus has been a liaison professor of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung for many years , from 1981 to 1986 he was a member of the regional synod of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau ; he is a member of the Giessen Wingolf . For his services to Franco-German friendship and his commitment to university exchanges, Karthaus received the French government's highest award for services to the French education system and was named Chevalier d'Order des Palmes Académiques . In 2004 he received the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Publications (a selection)
- Ulrich Karthaus: The other state. Time structures in the work of Robert Musil , Berlin 1965
- Ulrich Karthaus: The German literature in text and representation. Impressionism, Symbolism and Art Nouveau , Stuttgart (Philipp Reclam jun.) 1st edition 1977 (1991)
- Ulrich Karthaus: The German Literature VI: Storm and Drang and Sensibility , Stuttgart (Reclam) 1976
- Ulrich Karthaus: Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, poems from the "Deutsche Chronik" , Stuttgart (Reclam) 1978
- Wolfgang Freese and Ulrich Karthaus: The Maiden of Orleans - Explanations and Documents , Stuttgart (Reclam) 1984
- Ulrich Karthaus and Horst Krüger (eds.): Richard Huelsenbeck: Journey to the End of Freedom, Autobiographical Fragments (Ed. German Academy for Language and Poetry), Heidelberg (Lambert Schneider) 1984
- Dieter P. Farda and Ulrich Karthaus (eds.): Linguistic aesthetic mediation of meaning. Robert Musil Symposion Berlin 1980 (European University Papers, Series 1, Vol. 493), Frankfurt am Main, Bern 1982
- Ulrich Karthaus: Thomas Mann. Literary knowledge for school and study , Stuttgart (Reclam) 1994
- Ulrich Karthaus: Sturm und Drang, Epoch - Works - Effect , Munich (CH Beck) 2000
- Ulrich Karthaus: Novelle - Topics, Texts, Interpretations (Volume 5), Bamberg 1st edition 1990 (2001)
Web links
- Literature by and about Ulrich Karthaus in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karthaus, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Germanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |