Matthias Mösch
Senior Lecturer, PhD
Research Interests
- Cultural Studies and Media Studies
- Electronic musical instruments and electronic music production
- DIY practices
- Digital cultures and online communities
Administration
- Book ordering for Cultural Studies
- Coordination of Cultural Studies
CV
Screenwriting diploma (Drehbuchwerkstatt München), 2002.
First State Exam in English and German Studies (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg), 2008. Funded by the German National Merit Foundation.
Ph.D. in English Studies (Durham University), 2012. Ph.D. thesis: The Faust Myth in William Gaddis and Thomas Pynchon: Postmodern Negotiations of Western Modernity. Funded by the German National Merit Foundation.
Selected Publications
1) “The Spectre of Faust in the Early Work of Thomas Pynchon,” in: Gilles Chamerois and Bénédicte Fryd (eds.) Profils Américains: Thomas Pynchon. Montpellier: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée, 2014: 105-128.
2) "Failure, Farce, and Futile Rage: Cultural Criticism and the Crisis of 'High Art' in Thomas Bernhard and William Gaddis", in: Sabine Coelsch-Foisner and Herbert Schendl (eds.) Contact and Conflict in English Studies: 107-212. (Austrian Studies in English 104.)
3) William Gaddis, “The Last of Something”: Critical Essays. Orbit: Writing Around Pynchon. 2012. Accessible under: https://www.pynchon.net/