Franz Blaha

Associate Professor

Degrees and institutions granting the degree

• BEA Graz, BA
• University of Graz, MA, PhD

Professional areas of specialty

Comparative literature, 20th-Century drama, popular pulture

Courses regularly taught

Modern Drama, American Literary Masters, Introduction to Drama, Short Story.

Selected Publications

• " Behind the Big Wall: Detective Fiction in the German Democratic Republic," in Studies in Popular Culture 5 (1982), pp. 1-15. Winner of the George Whatley Award for best contribution to Popular Literature scholarship.
• "German Literary Criticism from 1933 to the Present," in Hohendahl, Uwe, ed. A History of German Literary Criticism: 1730-1980, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988, 359-437. Translation from the German.
• "Detective/Mystery/Spy Fiction," in Handbook of French Popular Culture, edited by Pierre L. Horn, N.Y. (Greenwood Press) 1991, pp. 39-59.
• Reference Articles on Fritz Hochwälder, Thomas Bernhard, Force of Habit, The Police and Tango, in The International Dictionary of the Theatre, London (St. James Press) 1992.
• "Erich Maria Remarque" in Research Guide to European Historical Biography, Vol. 2, Wash., D.C. (Beacham Publishers) 1994.
• "Zane Grey" in Updating the Literary West (Thomas J. Lyon, ed.), Forth Worth (TCU Press) 1997, p. 949-955.