Alexander Honold

Principal Investigator

University of Basel

Universität Basel

Biography

Alexander Honold is Professor of German Literature at the University of Basel, since 2004. His current research projects include cultural studies («Postkoloniale Studien in der Germanistik»), or literature theory in modernity, with the „Edition Walter Benjamin“, and narration theory with «Prekäres Erzählen bei Robert Walser». For further information go to: https://germa.unibas.ch/seminar/mitarbeitende/profil/profil/person/honold/

Interests

18th to 21st century fiction
drama, play
narration and transgeneric aesthetics
cultural studies: landscape, geography, (post-) colonialism, and travel narratives

Education

Habilitation (post-doctoral dissertation) in German Literature (Hölderlins Kalender. Astronomie und Revolution um 1800)

Humboldt University of Berlin
PhD, dissertation on: Die Stadt und der Krieg. Raum- und Zeitkonstruktion in Robert Musils Roman 'Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften'.

Freie Universität Berlin

Selected Publications

Article „Improvisation“ (S. 595-597), „Kontrapunkt“ (S. 599-600), „Lärm“ (S. 600-602) in Nicola Gess, Alexander Honold (Hg.): Handbuch Literatur und Musik. Handbücher zur kulturwissenschaftlichen Philologie Bd. 2.

65, 108, 101, 120, 97, 110, 100, 101, 114, 32, 72, 111, 110, 111, 108, 100, 46

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Handbuch Literatur & Musik. Handbücher zur Kulturwissenschaftlichen Philologie

78, 105, 99, 111, 108, 97, 32, 71, 101, 115, 115, 32, 117, 110, 100, 32, 65, 108, 101, 120, 97, 110, 100, 101, 114, 32, 72, 111, 110, 111, 108, 100, 46

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Projects

Writing

Instant Correction and Self-Documentation

Teaching

Selected Courses taught at University Basel:

Atlas. Geschichte und Theorie der Medien im Überblick
Kulturtechniken
Software Studies
Etc.

Contact

alexander.honold@unibas.ch
+41 (0)61 207 34 31, +41 (0)61 207 34 32
Department for German Literature and Language, Nadelberg 4, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland
Appointments in spring semester 2017: Every Tuesday starting from 2 p.m. Please contact us for an appointment.