Career
He came out with particularly sensational essays like "Die kurze Geschichte der deutschen Literatur" (The Short History of German Literature). Schlaffer received his first Literary Science Professorship at the Philipp"s University - Marburg and changed to Stuttgart in 1975. He held the teaching position in that town from 1975 until his emeritus in 2004.
He published numerous Books, among others about Lyrik im Realismus (Poetry in Realism), Der Bürger als Held (The Townspeople as Heroes), aesthetic histories, Goethe"s Faust, Poesie und Wissen (Poetry and Knowledge), besides scientific writings like essays and literary criticisms in Tageszeitung.
2008 Heinrich Mann Prize for Essays of the Berliner Akademie der Künste.
