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Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics

 

Mr Robert Britten

Robert Britten
Position(s): 
Teaching Associate
Department/Section: 
German
Contact details: 
Location: 

Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics
Raised Faculty Building
University of Cambridge
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
United Kingdom

Teaching interests: 
  • Modern and contemporary German literature and thought
  • Modern and contemporary German poetry and poetics
  • Post-war literature and culture (GDR and Federal Republic)
  • Translation
Research interests: 
  • Brecht's poetry and Brechtian "Realism"
  • Realism and Modernism
  • Cognitive and pragmatic approaches to literature (specifically drawing on the philosophies of perception and language)