Ulrich profitable

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Ulrich Profitlich (* 1936 in Braunschweig ) is a German literary scholar and professor of modern German literature at the Free University of Berlin .

Life

Ulrich Profitlich studied German and philosophy in Cologne, Bonn, Vienna and Berlin from 1954 to 1960. In 1964 he received his doctorate in Bonn . The habilitation took place in Berlin in 1972. After visiting professorships in Canada (1969/70) and at the University of Kiel (1972/73), he became professor at the University of Paderborn in 1973 . In 1983 he was appointed professor for modern German literature at the Free University of Berlin. Various visiting professorships have also taken him to the USA , Greece and Australia . Profitlich retired in 2001, but continues to give seminars and supervise students and doctoral candidates. He lives and works in Berlin.

Research priorities

Profitlich's research focuses on the history of German drama from the 18th century to the present day, the theory of drama and the writings of Lessing, Schiller and Friedrich Maximilian Klinger . Profoundly wrote numerous essays and contributions on Lessing, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz , Schiller, Jean Paul, Ulrich Becher , Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Max Frisch, Martin Walser, Peter Hacks, Heiner Müller, Volker Braun and others, as well as cross-author essays on the history of drama after 1945 , especially the GDR, and on the theory of drama, especially on the subjects of chance, grotesque, folk play, tragedy and comedy.

Fonts (selection)

  • The blessed reader. Investigations into the poetry theory of Jean Pauls (= Bonn work on German literature. Volume 18). Dissertation. Bonn 1968.
  • Vanity. A study of the novel by Jean Paul (= writings on literature. Volume 12). Berlin, Zurich 1969.
  • Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Comedy concept and comedy structure. Stuttgart 1973, ISBN 978-3-17-001184-7 .
  • (Co-editor): Historical-critical edition of the works and letters of Maximilian Klinger. 1978ff.
  • Volker Braun. Studies on his dramatic and epic work. Munich 1985, ISBN 978-3-7705-2262-0 .
  • (Ed.): Drama of the GDR. Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 978-3-518-38572-2 .
  • with Hartmut Eggert , Klaus R. Scherpe (ed.): History as literature. Forms and limits of the representation of the past. 1990.
  • (Ed.): Comedy Theory. Texts and commentaries from the baroque to the present. Reinbek 1998, ISBN 978-3-499-55574-9 .
  • (Ed.): Tragedy Theory. Texts and commentaries from the baroque to the present. Reinbek 1999, ISBN 978-3-499-55573-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Profitable, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig