Professor of German and Chair
Contact Information
(206) 543-4565
DEN 341
Office Hours:
Spring Qtr: Wednesday 10 -12 and by appt.
Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D. in German Literature, University of California at Irvine, 1995
Dr.Phil. in German Philology and History, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria, 1988
M.A. in German, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1987
Curriculum Vitae (17.24 KB)Research
Selected Research
- Unglück und Zerstreuung: Autobiographisches Schreiben bei Franz Grillparzer, Aisthesis, Essay, Bd. 44, 2016
- Waldgänge und Waldgänger in Maja Haderlaps Roman Engel des Vergessens. In: Studia theodisca 21 (2014): 85-127.
- Naturtherapie und Subjektreflexion: Der hohe Norden bei Judith Hermann und Anna Kim. In: Arcadia: Internationale Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft / International Journal for Literary Studies 47:2 (2013): 421-446.
- Brigitte Prutti. Grillparzers Welttheater: Modernität und Tradition. Aisthesis Verlag: 2013.
- Brigitte Prutti. AISTHESIS Essay 34. Festzertrümmerungen: Thomas Bernhard und seine Preise. Aisthesis Verlag: 2012.
Research Advised: Graduate Dissertations
- Olivia Albiero. "Moments of Rupture: Narratological Readings of Contemporary German Literature." Diss.
- BlackWhite – Experiences and Writing Practices in Contemporary Afro-German Literature
- Eric Scheufler. "Documents, Genealogies, Memories: Literary Models of Historiography in 19th Century German Historical Fiction." Diss., in progress.
- Gloria Man. "Writing the Enclave: Topographies of Difference in Contemporary German-language Prose." Diss., in progress.
Courses Taught
Autumn 2017
Winter 2017
Spring 2016
Winter 2015
Spring 2014
Autumn 2013
Summer 2013 A-term
Spring 2013
Winter 2013
Autumn 2012
Related News
Related News
- Spring 2018 UW Germanics Newsletter - March 14, 2018
- Celebrating 500 Years of Reformation: Martin Luther as a Man of his Times and Our Contemporary - November 28, 2017
- My Graduate Exchange Year in Seattle (Nina Doejen, Muenster) - November 21, 2017
- Daniel Garratt, Double Major in Physics and German: Why it makes sense for STEM students to study German - October 10, 2017
- Announcement: Hilde Bial-Neurath Endowed Fund in Germanics - July 25, 2017
- Gothic Revivals: Grillparzer’s Ahnfrau is back … thanks to German 421! - June 19, 2017
- News from our Graduate Students: PhD candidate Kristina Pilz - March 8, 2017
- Congratulations to the class of 2015-2016! - June 16, 2016
- New Faculty Publication by Brigitte Prutti: Unglück und Zerstreuung: Autobiographisches Schreiben bei Franz Grillparzer - March 7, 2016
- News from our Graduate Students: PhD Candidate Kristina Pilz - March 12, 2018
- Dance Lessons for Spring in Vienna 2018 - March 12, 2018
- Spring 2018 Course Descriptions - January 23, 2018
- Visiting Scholar Spotlight: Adam Paulsen (University of Southern Denmark) - December 12, 2017
- Visiting Scholar Spotlight: Birthe Hoffmann (University of Copenhagen) - December 12, 2017
- New MA in Pedagogy and Culture - December 7, 2017
- Cross-Disciplinary Lectures in Germanics :: Winter and Spring Quarter 2017 - December 15, 2016
- Career Coffeehouse at Denny Hall - December 12, 2016
- Popular Study Abroad Program Enjoys Another Successful Spring Quarter in Vienna - September 4, 2015
- Undergraduates present projects on "Divided Berlin and the Fall of the Berlin Wall" - November 26, 2014
- Faculty News - Spring 2012 - June 15, 2012
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