André Schwarck

Dr. André Schwarck is an academic staff member (Researcher) in the Department of English Studies within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel). His core responsibilities include academic counseling, teaching courses in literary studies and narrative theory, and organizing workshops through collaborations with institutions like the Literaturhaus SH. He maintains active consultation hours during semesters.

Schwarck's research centers on narrative theory, literary interpretation, and cultural critique, with specific focus areas including multi-narrativity, postcolonial literature (e.g., Salman Rushdie, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim), contemporary British fiction (e.g., Julian Barnes, Anne Enright), and dramatic works (e.g., Shelagh Delaney, Brian Friel). His publications demonstrate a consistent exploration of how narrative structures convey complex realities, memory, and identity.

His scholarly output includes a monograph on Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, co-edited collections on multi-narratives, and articles analyzing narrative techniques, knowledge representation in literature, and challenges to interpretive conventions. His recent work (e.g., 2024) focuses on pedagogical applications of narrative theory.

Schwarck actively organizes academic workshops, such as the 'Read and Meet' series featuring authors and translators like Miriam Mandelkow (James Baldwin), Tobias Schwartz (Aphra Behn), and Joshua Cohen. He holds memberships in the Deutsche Shakespeare Gesellschaft, Deutscher Anglistenverband, and the International Society for the Study of Narrative (ISSN).