Osborne, Dora (1981-)
Germanistin, Hochschullehrerin
Media type
- Normdaten
Person
Osborne, Dora
Sex
weiblich
Birth and Death Dates
1981
–
Country
- Großbritannien
Affiliation
Academic degree
PhD
Occupation/Function
Characteristic profession
Source
- GND , (positiv)
http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/delc/german/staff?person_id=226&cw_xml=profile.php
(Homepage der Univ. Edinburgh ; Stand: 28.01.2014)
Explanation
- looks at questions of memory, trauma and the archive in post-1945 German literature and art; is interested in visual culture and the role of visual media, especially photography, in remembering the past; has worked on the German author W. G. Sebald, who is well known for his innovative use of visual material in his prose, and the Austrian author Christoph Ransmayr - is now looking at other authors, as well as visual, performance and memorial artists who use the archive to engage with Germany's recent history