Hermann Korte (Germanist)
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Hermann Korte (11 January 1949 - 21 January 2020Death of Hermann Korte
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specialising in German literature, language and linguistics.Seite von Hermann Korte an der Uni Siegen ''(Hermann Korte webpage at Siegen University)''
, accessed on 19 September 2014


Early years

Korte was born in
Meppen Meppen (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Möppen'') is a town in and the seat of the Emsland district of Lower Saxony, Germany, at the confluence of the Ems (river), Ems, Hase, and Nordradde rivers and the Dortmund–Ems Canal (DEK). The name stems from t ...
, where he successfully concluded his schooling and his
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in 1968 before moving on to
Münster University Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state dist ...
, where between 1969 and 1972 he studied
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,
Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...
and
German Studies German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...
. He continued his academic studies at
Bochum Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...
. He passed the first stage of a teaching qualification in 1975, and held various teaching traineeship positions finally obtaining the second stage teaching qualification in 1978. His doctorate, entitled "War in the poetry of expressionism" (''"Der Krieg in der Lyrik des Expressionismus"''), for which he was supervised by Paul Gerhard Klussmann, followed in 1979.


Professional years

Korte was the specialist in charge of German study-seminars at
Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...
between 1979 and 1990, after which he took up a teaching position at the Schalke Grammar School at
Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...
. From 1981 till 1992 he was also a lecturer at University of Münster University's German Studies institute. Between 1990 and 2001 he was chief Director of Studies at the Leibnitz Grammar School in Gelsenkirchen, and at the same time a member of the school's German Curriculum commission. He had a teaching contract with the
University of Duisburg-Essen The University of Duisburg-Essen (german: link=no, Universität Duisburg-Essen) is a public research university in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In the 2019 ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'', the university was awarded ...
from 1993 till 2001 and also engaged in private tuition after gaining his "Habilitation" qualification in 1996. Since 2002 Korte has been the professor of Literature didactics at
Siegen Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly sho ...
. Korte was also an editor of the literary journal ''
Text+Kritik ''Text+Kritik'' (stylized ''text+kritik'') is a quarterly German journal for literature, music, film, and cultural studies in which German-language writers have their works analysed and presented by fellow writers and experts in literary researc ...
''. Other focuses of his work included nineteenth and twentieth century literature, literary expressionism, the history of poetry, post-war German literature and the works of
Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Tucholsky (; 9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser (after the historical figure), Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel. Tucholsky was on ...
. He died in
Lippstadt Lippstadt () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest. Lippstadt is situated about 60 kilometres east of Dortmund, 40 kilometres south of Bielefeld and 30 kilometres west of Paderborn. Ge ...
.


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