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Brechtje Beuker
Franklin Fellow /Visiting Assistant Professor
(Ph.D. - University of Minnesota)
107 Joseph E. Brown Hall
Phone: 542-2442
Email: bbeuker@uga.edu |
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Brechtje Beuker's
primary teaching and research interests are 20 th and 21 st century German and Austrian literature, theater and performance studies, and the intersection of aesthetics and violence. In her dissertation, she focused on the genre of postdramatic theater and explored how contemporary playwrights and directors such as Elfriede Jelinek, Heiner Müller, René Pollesch, and Christoph Schlingensief make use of a violent performative aesthetic in order to challenge general perceptions of violence. In addition to German Studies, Brechtje is also interested in Dutch literature and culture.
Courses:
GRMN 1001 Elementary German I
GRMN 3010 Language: Culture and Society I
GRMN 3550 Body Worlds
GRMN 6500 (Hi)stories of Violence and Terror
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Recent Publications:
"Theaterschlachten: Jelineks dramaturgisches Konzept und die Thematik der Gewalt am Beispiel von Bambiland. " Modern Austrian Literature 39.3/4 (2006). 57-71.
"The Fusion and Confusion of Art and Terror(ism): ATTA ATTA." Tara Forrest, Anna Scheer, eds. Christoph Schlingensief: Art without Borders. Bristol, UK: Intellect. (forthcoming)
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Current Projects:
She is revising her dissertation into a book manuscript and further exploring questions regarding the (im)possibility of ideological critique in the work of René Pollesch. Another project focuses on the notion of diasporic writing in the work of a contemporary Dutch author of Jewish descent, Arnon Grunberg.
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Connections:
Deutscher Bühnenverein
Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association
Women in German |
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