Cirriculum Vitae

Dr. Mark Gruettner
Assistant Professor of German
Department of Foreign Languages
Centenary College
2911 Centenary Boulevard
Shreveport, Louisiana 71134-1188
318.869.5251

Education

Ph.D. 1987-93, German, Washington Univ., St. Louis, Missouri
Major field: 19th and 20th-Century German Literature
M.A. 1987, German, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, Texas
B.A. 1984, Languages, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas
B.S. 1984, Economics, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas

Dissertation

"Kopfgeburten und Die Rättin von Günter Grass: Intertextualität und Zeitkritik" The dissertation shows how contemporary political, social, and cultural events influenced Grass's references to texts of other authors during the eighties. Director: Paul Michael Lützeler.

Publications

Books: Intertextualität und Zeitkritik in Günter Grass' Kopfgeburten und Die Rättin. Tübingen, Germany: Stauffenburg Verlag, 1997.

Articles: "Zur Ökologie von Schöpfung und Verwandlung: Die Achte Elegie von Rainer Maria Rilke," Unreading Rilke: Unorthodox Approaches to a Cultural Myth. Peter Lang, 1999.

"Günter Grass,"Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture, 1871-1990. New York & London: Garland, 1998. 415-416

"Zwischen Waldromantik und Kahlschlag: Tote Wälder bei Günter Grass, Richard Manning, William Dietrich und Robert Bateman," in Natur, Räume, Landschaften: 2. Kingstoner Symposium. München, Germany: Iudicium Verlag, 1996. 221-233.

"Eichendorffs 'Sehnsucht' und 'Die Heimat. An meinen Bruder': Die Konstruktion der Illusion," Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference Review 5 (1995): 38-50.

"Die Rezeption historischer Dichterfiguren in der deutschsprachigen Literatur der siebziger Jahre," Wirkendes Wort 42.1 (1992): 76-93.

"Zur Beziehung von Postmoderne und Avantgarde," Habe Nun Ach. . . 5.1 (1991): 47-56
Book reviews: box German Studies Review 20.1 (1997): 190-191.

  • German Quarterly 68.4 (1995): 472-474.
  • German Studies Review 17.2 (1994): 417-418.
  • GDR Bulletin 18.1 (1992): 31-32.
  • GDR Bulletin 15.1 (1989):41-42.
  • GDR Bulletin 14.2 (1988): 52-54.

Presentations

Moderator: "A Half-Century of German Literature (1945-1995)." 13th St. Louis Symposium on German Literature, St. Louis, Missouri, 1996.

Papers:

  • "Literature and Genetic Engineering," Philological Association of Louisiana, Louisiana State Universtiy in Shreveport, 1998
  • "German Literature and the Intertextual Discourse on Genetic Technology." Inaugural Lecture invited by Delta Phi Alpha German Honor Society, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 1997.
  • "An American College and a German Gymnasium: A Short-Term Exchange Program." Southern Conference on Language Teaching Annual Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, 1995.
  • "Eichendorffs 'Sehnsucht' und 'Die Heimat. An meinen Bruder': Die Konstruktion der Illusion." 44th Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1994.
  • "Günter Grass and the Third World." 17th National Third World Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, 1994.
  • "Literatur und Naturwissenschaft: Interdisziplinäre Aspekte bei Günter Grass and Erwin Chargaff.". German Studies Association Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas, 1994.
  • "Biblical Imagery in Günter Grass's The Rat." South Central Conference on Christianity and Literature, 15th Annual Meeting, Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1994.
  • "Willy Brandts Einfluß auf Günter Grass (1980-1986)." German Studies Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., 1993.
  • "Zwischen Waldromantik und Kahlschlag: Tote Wälder bei Günter Grass, Richard Manning, und Robert Bateman." 2nd Interdisciplinary Symposium, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 1993.
  • "Zwischen Ideologiekritik und antisemitischer Blut und Boden-Literatur: Wilhelm von Polenz' Büttnerbauer," 47th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, 1993.
  • "Heinrich von Kleists Erdbeben in Chili im Spiegel der Novellentheorie." Americal Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and the American Association of Teachers of German Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1992.
  • "'Wenn nicht mehr Zahlen und Figuren. . . '? Günter Grass und der Club of Rome." German Studies Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, 1992.

Academic Service

  • Assistant Organizer: 1992 AATG Annual Meeting in Strasbourg and Baden-Baden ("German Literature in American and European Contexts")
  • Editorial Assistant for the German Quarterly, 64.1 and 64.2 (1991)
  • Editorial Assistant for the GDR-Bulletin, 1987-92

Academic Honors

  • Endowed Professorship in the Humanities, 1997-1999.
  • Centenary College Research Grant, Germany, 1995 and 1996
  • German Academic Exchange Service Grant, Center of Contemporary German Literature, Washington University, St. Louis, 1994
  • The Dean's Dissertation Fellowship, Washington Univ., 1992-93
  • Teaching Fellowship, German Dept., Washington Univ., Spring 1992
  • Research Fellowship, Washington Univ., Fall 1991 and Fall 1990
  • Study Abroad Fellowship, Hamburg University, Germany, 1989-90
  • Teaching Fellowship, German Dept., Washington Univ., 1987-89
  • Theodor W. Alexander Scholarship, Texas Tech Univ., 1986-87
  • Teaching Assistantship, German Dept., Texas Tech Univ., 1985-87

Teaching

1993-1998, Assistant Professor of German, Centenary College:

  • All Levels of German and German Literature in Translation

Spring, 1992, Teaching Assistant, Washington Univ.:

  • Advanced or Third-Year Conversational German

Spring, 1991, Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas Tech Univ.:

  • Intermediate or Second-Year German (Reading and Composition
  • Intermediate or Second-Year German (Conversation and Reading)
  • Advanced or Third-Year German (Reading and Composition)

1987-1989, Teaching Assistant, Washington Univ.:

  • New German Film
  • Advanced or Third-Year Conversational German
  • German Reading Knowledge for Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Summer 1988, Instructor, Berlitz Language School:

  • German Reading Knowledge
  • Business German

1985-1987, Teaching Assistant, Texas Tech Univ.:

  • Basic or First-Year German (Conversation and Reading)
  • Intermediate or Second-Year German (Conversation and Reading)
  • Begining Scientific German (Reading and Translation)
  • Advanced Scientific German (Reading and Translation)
  • Assistant Director for a German Play

Languages

German: native reading, writing, and speaking ability
Spanish, French, and Latin: reading knowledge

Memberships

  • American Association of Teachers of German
  • Association for the Study of Literature and Enviroment
  • German Studies Association
  • Modern Language Association
  • American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
  • American Comparative Literature Association
  • South Central Modern Language Association
  • Delta Phi Alpha German Honor Society

Reccomendations

Paul Michael Lützeler, Rosa May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities, Washington University.

Egon Schwarz, Rosa May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities, Washington University.

Gerhild S. Williams, Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Washington University.

Lynne Tatlock, Professor of German, Washington University.

Ulrich Goebel, Professor of German, Texas Tech University.

Credentials

Complete dossier available from the Washington University Career Center, Campus Box 1091, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899