Uwe Schütte

Privatdozent, Dr

Languages & Social Sciences
Reader in German , Translation Studies
German
Centre for Language Research at Aston (CLaRA)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4825-1912

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Personal profile

Research Interests

German language literature from 19th cent to the present

Popular culture, especially music (Kraftwerk)

General

My research interest is mainly in contemporary Austrian and German literature with a specific focus on cultural anthropology, extremist aesthetics and popular culture. I am the author of more than fifteen monographs, comprising major academic studies as well as general introductions ias well as seven edited volumes and roughly 60 journal articles and book chapters.

My forthcoming book projects include an English language cultural history of the band Kraftwerk and a revised version of my introduction the the life and works of my PhD supervisor W.G. Sebald.

Teaching Activity

Dr Schütte teaches modules on German history, culture, society and politics at all undergraduate levels.

Media Contributions

I am a regular contributor to national newspapers and literary magazines in the German-speaking world, such as Wiener Zeitung, Der Freitag and Volltext.

External Connections and Partnerships

I was elected as a jury member for the ORF Bestenliste for literature in 2005.

Awards

I am a fellow of the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation.

Qualifications

PhD (UEA)
MA (UEA)
PCE (Aston)

Contact Details

Room: NX15
Phone: 0121 204 3791
Email: u.schutte@aston.ac.uk

Keywords

PD Germanic languages
W.G. Sebald
Thomas Bernhard
Heiner Müller
schizophrenic literature
aesthetic extremism
Kraftwerk
popular music

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Research Output 2001 2019

Annäherungen: Sieben Essays über W.G. Sebald

Translated title of the contribution: Approximations: Seven Essays on WG SebaldSchütte, U., 11 Mar 2019, Göttingen: Böhlau. 280 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Approximation

W. G. Sebald

Austerlitz

England

Soundtracking Germany: Popular Music and National Identity. By Melanie Schiller. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2018. 288 pp. ISBN 978-1-78660-622-8

Schütte, U., 3 Jan 2019, In : Popular Music. 38, Special Issue 1, p. 148-150

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

Vom Pesthauch angeweht: Zur infizierenden Gewalt der Rache bei Kleist

Translated title of the contribution: Touched by the breath of pestilence: On the infectious violence of revenge in Kleist's workSchütte, U., 1 Jun 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Euphorion.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Arbeit am Gesamtkunstwerk: Der Katalog-Komplex als Endpunkt

Translated title of the contribution: Working on the Gesamtkunstwerk: The Catalogue-Complex as final stoneSchütte, U., 2018, Mensch – Maschinen – Musik: Das Gesamtkunstwerk Kraftwerk. Schütte, U. (ed.). Düsseldorf, p. 187-216 29 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Gesamtkunstwerk Laibach: Klang, Bild, Politik

Translated title of the contribution: Gesamtkunstwerk Laibach: Sound, Image, PoliticsKirschstein, D. (ed.), Lughofer, J. G. (ed.) & Schütte, U. (ed.), 2018, Klagenfurt. 296 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Anthology

Sound

Laibach

Gesamtkunstwerk

Albums

Zarathustra