Wolfgang Theile

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Wolfgang Theile (born January 28, 1937 in Elsterwerda ; † July 13, 2018 in Ravensburg ) was a German Romance studies and literary scholar.

life and work

Theile graduated from high school in Wuppertal in 1958 . He studied Romance and English at the universities of Marburg , Caen , Tübingen and Perugia . With the work of René Ghil. An analysis of his poetry and theoretical writings he received his doctorate in 1965 in Tübingen by Kurt Wais . Then he was a research assistant in Mannheim . In 1972 he completed his habilitation there under Egon Huber with the work The Racine Critique to 1800. The History of Critique as a Functional History (Munich 1974) and was Walter Mönch's professor in Tübingen from 1973 to 1975 . In 1977 he was appointed professor in Mannheim. From 1978 until his retirement in 2002 he was Professor of Romance Literature at the University of Bamberg , from 1978 to 1980 also Dean, from 1980 to 1984 also Senator. He was a member of the founding committee of the University of Erfurt (1992–1993).

Works

  • René Ghil. An analysis of his poetry and theoretical writings . Tübingen 1965.
  • The Racine criticism until 1800. The history of criticism as a functional history . W. Fink, Munich 1974.
  • (Ed.) Racine . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1976.
  • Goldoni . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1977.
  • Immanent poetics of the novel . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1980.
  • (Ed.) Literature and the other arts . University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 1982.
  • (Ed. With Johannes Hösle and Dieter Janik ) Kurt Wais: European literature in comparison. Collected essays . Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen 1983.
  • (Ed. With others) Commedia dell'arte. Harlequin on the stages of Europe . Bamberg 1983.
  • (Ed.) Commedia dell'arte. History theory. Practice . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1997.
  • Carlo Goldoni. Collected essays 1972–2002. Criticism - Analysis - Context . Edited by Irmgard Scharold. The blue owl, Essen 2002.

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personal data
SURNAME Theile, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Romance studies and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Elsterwerda
DATE OF DEATH 13th July 2018
Place of death Ravensburg