UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Dr Andi Dorrer

Contact

Department: Global, Cultural and Language Studies

Email: andi.dorrer@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3690220

Office: Logie Rm 509

Languages: English, German

About

Research / Creative works

Projects

Fields of Research

19th and 20th century German Literature
WWI Literature
Literature of the Weimar Republic
Conflict Studies
Memory and Commemoration
Dramatic Literature

Researcher Summary

My research has strong interdisciplinary components and frequently takes on multinational perspectives. I am particularly interested in the memory and commemoration of (cultural) historic events, particular their representation in literature.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Cultural Studies: Cultural Studies
Languages & Linguistics: German
Literature: Literature

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Chapters

Dorrer A. (2022) War Education in German First World War Children and Youth Theater. War and Education: 35-62.Brill | Schöningh. http://dx.doi.org/10.30965/9783657791965_004.

Dorrer A. (2021) Dramatic youth literature as a means of patriotic education during World War I. In Hemetsberger B; Jacob F; Engelmann S (Ed.), War and EducationSchöningh/Brill.

Dorrer A. (2020) Angriff auf den großen Wortmisthaufen der Welt. Die Propaganda der frühen Weltkriegsdramatik im Spiegel von Karl Kraus’ 'Die letzten Tage der Menschheit'.. In Weller C; Fliethmann A; Deiters F-J; Lewis A (Ed.), Limbus. Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft / Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies.

Dorrer A. (2018) "Fluch allen, die den grausen Völkermord entfesselten!"–Der Legitimationsdiskurs in Weltkriegsdramen bis 1918. Der Erste Weltkrieg in der Dramatik – deutsche und australische Perspektiven / The First World War in Drama – German and Australian Perspectives Stuttgart: JB Metzler.

Dorrer A. (2018) Verzeichnis der deutschen Weltkriegsdramen. Der Erste Weltkrieg in der Dramatik – deutsche und australische Perspektiven / The First World War in Drama – German and Australian Perspectives Stuttgart: JB Metzler.

Future Research

Propaganda
Memory and Commemoration