Professor of German
Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D. in German Literature, University of California at Irvine, 1995
Dr.Phil. in German Philology and History, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria, 1988
M.A. in German, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1987
Curriculum Vitae
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Research
Selected Research
- Birthe Hoffmann, Brigitte Prutti; Franz Grillparzer, Neue Lektüren und Perspektiven; A. Francke Verlag, 2022
- Prutti, Brigitte: Franz Grillparzer: Porträts des Dichters als alter Mann - AISTHESIS VERLAG Download PDF
- Brigitte Prutti. „#MeToo: Don Cäsar und Lukrezia. Kollateralschäden in Grillparzers Bruderzwist in Habsburg.“ In: Philologie im Netz 90 (2020), pp. 35-86. Download PDF
- Terrasi, S. Kye and Andre Schütze. "EIne Psychogeographie des Verlustes: Wien in Heimito von Doderers Roman Die Strudlhofstiege." Brigitte Prutti. Guest editor/Editorial of literatur für leser 17: 3. Themed volume on Literarisches Wien/Literary Vienna.
- Brigitte Prutti. „Misanthropie und Monotonie. Zur Einsamkeit im Alter bei Stifter und Grillparzer. In: Einsamkeit und Pilgerschaft. Figurationen und Inszenierungen in der Romantik. Eds. Antje Arnold, Walter Pape and Norbert Wichard. Berlin: de Gruyter, 235-256.
- Brigitte Prutti. Autorschaft und Interieur: Garp und wie er Grillparzer sah.“ In: Jahrbuch der Grillparzer-Gesellschaft 27 (2017-2018): 150-181.
- Brigitte Prutti, Guest Editor, literatur für leser:innen, Peter Lang Verlag, JG. 42, H. 2 – Themenheft „Gegenwartsautor:innen“, Mit Beiträgen von Karin Bauer, Simone Pfleger, Julia K. Gruber, Olivia Albiero, Heidi Schlipphack, 2022. Download PDF
- Unglück und Zerstreuung: Autobiographisches Schreiben bei Franz Grillparzer, Aisthesis, Essay, Bd. 44, 2016
- Waldgänge und Waldgänger in Maja Haderlaps Roman Engel des Vergessens. In: Studia theodisca 21 (2014): 85-127.
- Naturtherapie und Subjektreflexion: Der hohe Norden bei Judith Hermann und Anna Kim. In: Arcadia: Internationale Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft / International Journal for Literary Studies 47:2 (2013): 421-446.
- Brigitte Prutti. Grillparzers Welttheater: Modernität und Tradition. Aisthesis Verlag: 2013.
- Brigitte Prutti. AISTHESIS Essay 34. Festzertrümmerungen: Thomas Bernhard und seine Preise. Aisthesis Verlag: 2012.
Research Advised
- Kristina Pilz. "Writing Across Margins: Contemporary Afro-German Literature." Diss.
- Olivia Albiero. "Moments of Rupture: Narratological Readings of Contemporary German Literature." Diss.
- Eric Scheufler. "Documents, Genealogies, Memories: Literary Models of Historiography in 19th Century German Historical Fiction." Diss., in progress.
- Gloria Man. "Writing the Enclave: Topographies of Difference in Contemporary German-language Prose." Diss., in progress.
Courses Taught
Winter 2025
Autumn 2024
Winter 2024
Autumn 2023
Spring 2023
- GERMAN 423 A: Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture:
- GERMAN 580 A: Seminar in German Literature
Winter 2023
Autumn 2022
Spring 2022
Winter 2022
Autumn 2021
- GERMAN 301 A: Conversation and Writing Skills
- GERMAN 421 A: Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Spring 2021
- GERMAN 298 A: Topics in Literature and Culture
- GERMAN 423 A: Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture:
Winter 2021
Affiliations
Home Department
Related News
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- Cool Courses in Spring: Voices and Themes in Contemporary German Literature (February 16, 2023)
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- Congratulations to the Class of 2019-2020! (May 23, 2020)
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- New Faculty Publication by Brigitte Prutti: Unglück und Zerstreuung: Autobiographisches Schreiben bei Franz Grillparzer (March 7, 2016)
- McLean Prize for Excellence in German: Praewpetch (Pattie) Unakul (May 6, 2021)
- Congratulations to Sara Koeck: Germanics Student Ambassador Award (June 11, 2019)
- German Career Day in Seattle (December 13, 2018)
- News from our Graduate Students: PhD Candidate Kristina Pilz (March 12, 2018)
- Dance Lessons for Spring in Vienna 2018 (March 12, 2018)
- Spring 2018 Course Descriptions (January 23, 2018)
- Visiting Scholar Spotlight: Adam Paulsen (University of Southern Denmark) (December 12, 2017)
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- Career Coffeehouse at Denny Hall (December 12, 2016)
- Popular Study Abroad Program Enjoys Another Successful Spring Quarter in Vienna (September 4, 2015)
- Undergraduates present projects on "Divided Berlin and the Fall of the Berlin Wall" (November 26, 2014)
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