Jonathan Martin

Assistant Professor of German

Lang Literatures & Cultures

Office

Stevenson Hall - STV 209

Office Hours

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2-3pm

Office Phone

(309) 438-3604office
phone

jsmart5@ilstu.eduemail

About
Education
Research

Current Courses

116Second-Year German (Part II)

385Selected Topics In German Literature Or Culture

112European Studies: Introduction to Europe

115Second-Year German (Part I)

Teaching Interests & Areas

Communicative approaches to language learning

Research Interests & Areas

Law and Literature; love and marriage; German minorities in Central Europe

Ph D German

Princeton University

MA

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

MA Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet

Freiburg, Germany

BA German; Classical Languages and Literatures; Medieval Studies

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Book Review

“[Review of] Cordula Kropik, Gemachte Welten: Form und Sinn im höfischen Roman. Tübingen: Francke Narr Attempto, 2019.” Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur (PBB) 143.3 (2021), 473-477.

Journal Article

“The Marriage of Tristan and Isolde: Love, Marriage, and Adultery in Eilhart von Oberg’s Tristrant (before 1190).” Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies 57.1 (2021), 1-21.

“The Problem of Concubinage and Clandestine Marriage in Herbort von Fritzlar’s Liet von Troye.” Euphorion: Zeitschrift für Literaturgeschichte 114 (2020), 1-29.