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Dr Michael Gratzke, Senior Lecturer

Dr Michael GratzkeContact Details

mg43@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 463671
Office: Buchanan 213

Full research profile

Research and Teaching

My research revolves around depictions of male subjectivity in literature, film and on the Internet. I am particularly interested in the aesthetic representation of extreme experiences and altered states of mind. My three major research topics have been masochism, war heroes and modes of unbecoming. At St Andrews, I teach German literature and history from the 18th century to the present day as well as Critical Theory. My Honours Modules cover 'Recent German Literature', 'Modern Drama', 'German Cinema' and 'Heroism in German Literature'. At the postgraduate level, I have been teaching a variety of topics such as German identity, Swiss literature, European film, issues of gender and sexuality and the Prussian Myth.

PhD Supervision

Jutta Kling, Matthias Eck, Marissa Munderloh

Publications

Gratzke, M 2015 , Making Love: A comparative study of 21st century European fiction, Unknown Publisher.
Gratzke, M , Whitehead, CE & Hutton, MA (eds) Readings in Twenty-First-Century Literatures .
Gratzke, M 2013, ' Heldentum ohne Gesinnung: Ernst Jüngers romantische Schlacht mit der Moderne ', in G Seybert & T Stauder (eds) , Heroisches Elend.: Der Erste Weltkrieg im intellektuellen, literarischen und bildlichen Bewusstsein der europäischen Kulturen .
Gratzke, M 2012, ' Werther's Love: Representations of Suicide, Heroism, Masochism, and Voluntary Self-Divestiture ', Publications of the English Goethe Society .
Gratzke, M Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Die Liebe des Plato. Mit Anmerkungen und einem Nachwort versehen von Michael Gratzke.: Zweite durchgesehene und erweiterte Auflage .