Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

Teaching: English and American Literature and Culture from the beginnings to the present.

Special fields of research: English novel, English historical novel, 20th century British Drama, translation theory and drama translation, contemporary South African novel

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Výuka

Konzultační hodiny

Čtvrtek 11 až 12 hod. ve dnech vyuky

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Životopis

Vzdělání

• Born: 22 April, 1950 in Oberndorf, Germany
• Nationality: German
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• Education:
• Primary School Oberndorf, Kr. Wittgenstein 1956 - 1963
• Grammar School Bad Laasphe/Westphalia 1963 - 1968
• Military Service Bundesgrenzschutz Bad Hersfeld 1968 - 1969
• University of Gießen (FRG) 1969 - 1971
• University of Newcastle upon Tyne (England) 1971 - 1972
• University of Freiburg (FRG) 1972 - 1975
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• Degrees:
• 1^st state exam in English and German Language and Literature Freiburg, 1975
• PhD in English and German Language and Literature Freiburg, 1977 ("summa cum laude")
• 2^nd state exam (Studienassessor) Freiburg, 1979 ("mit Auszeichnung: 1,33")
• Post-doctoral thesis (Dr. habil.) Bamberg July 1984
• Academic Career:
• Akademische Hilfskraft (Research assistant) 1975 - 1977 Chair of English Philology (Prof. Dr. Paul Goetsch), University of Freiburg, FRG
• Studienreferendar (teacher-trainee) Freiburg 1977 - 1979
• Akademischer Rat a. Z. (research assistant and lecturer) Chair of English Literature (Prof. Dr. Klaus Peter Jochum) University of Bamberg, FRG 1979 - 1985
• Akademischer Oberrat a. Z. (associate professor) University of Bamberg, FRG 1985 – 1988
• Professor of English Literature at the University of Bayreuth (Dec. 1, 1990 - 30 September 2003)
• Professor of English and American Language and Literature University of Vienna 1 October, 2003
• Professor of English and American Language and Literature University of Zlin
• Lehrstuhlvertretungen (Substitute for Chairs):
• Chair of English (American) Literature University of Augsburg (FRG) winter semester 1985/86; summer semester 1986
• Chair of American Literature University of Freiburg (FRG) winter semester 1987/88
• Academic Honours, Awards, etc.:
• Holder of Heisenberg grant from April 1, 1988 to Nov. 30, 1990
• Research:
• English historical novel; Charles Dickens; Harold Pinter; modern English drama; translation theory and practice; cultural transfer; Shakespeare's Lancaster Tetralogy; contemporary South African novel;

Stáže a studijní pobyty

• Visiting Professor:
• Comparative Literature Department University of South Carolina, Columbia (USA) from August, 1988 to February 1989

Průběh zaměstnání

• Academic Career:
• Akademische Hilfskraft (Research assistant) 1975 - 1977 Chair of English Philology (Prof. Dr. Paul Goetsch), University of Freiburg, FRG
• Studienreferendar (teacher-trainee) Freiburg 1977 - 1979
• Akademischer Rat a. Z. (research assistant and lecturer) Chair of English Literature (Prof. Dr. Klaus Peter Jochum) University of Bamberg, FRG 1979 - 1985
• Akademischer Oberrat a. Z. (associate professor) University of Bamberg, FRG 1985 – 1988
• Professor of English Literature at the University of Bayreuth (Dec. 1, 1990 - 30 September 2003)
• Professor of English and American Language and Literature University of Vienna 1 October, 2003
• Professor of English and American Language and Literature University of Zlin

Členství v organizacích

• Member of the Advisory Board for LION (Proquest’s Literature Online) 
• Peer Reviewer for Language and Literature (University of Pitestni, Roumania)
• Peer Reviewer for Journal of Commonwealth Literature

Členství v orgánech

• Member of AAUTE
• Member of CDE (Contemporary Drama in English)

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