▁teacher ▁Ger hard ▁H ess ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁staff . ▁Do ing ▁away ▁with ▁previous ▁autonom ous ▁instit utes , ▁the ▁new ▁university ▁at ▁Const ance ▁was ▁set ▁up ▁with ▁a ▁co oper ative ▁and ▁cross - dis cipl inary ▁structure ▁of ▁" Un its ▁of ▁Te aching ▁and ▁Research ," ▁following ▁the ▁H umb old t ▁principle ▁of ▁developing ▁teaching ▁out ▁of ▁research . ▁Working ▁on ▁numerous ▁comm itte es , ▁J auss ▁was ▁particularly ▁involved ▁with ▁setting ▁up ▁the ▁" subject ▁area " ▁( F ach bere iche ) ▁of ▁literary ▁studies ▁( Liter atur wissenschaft ), ▁an ▁innov ative ▁structure ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁but ▁soon ▁to ▁be ▁em ulated ▁throughout ▁Germany . ▁Five ▁profess ors , ▁surrender ing ▁the ▁privileges ▁of ▁department al ▁chair mans hip ▁in ▁their ▁different ▁language ▁fields , ▁organ ised ▁themselves ▁into ▁a ▁research ▁group ▁that ▁soon ▁became ▁known ▁intern ation ally ▁as ▁" The ▁Const ance ▁School ": ▁Wolfgang ▁I ser ▁( English ), ▁Wolfgang ▁Preis end anz ▁( G erman ), ▁Man fred ▁Fu hr mann ▁( Lat in ), ▁Hans ▁Robert ▁J auss ▁( R om ance ), ▁and ▁Jur ij ▁St ried ter ▁( S lav ic ). ▁J auss ’ s ▁own ▁inaug ural ▁lecture ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁entitled ▁" Liter ary ▁History ▁as ▁a ▁Challenge ▁to ▁Liter ary ▁Theory ", ▁was ▁dram atic ▁and ▁program m atic ▁in ▁its ▁call ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁approach ▁to ▁literary ▁studies . ▁The ▁en su ing ▁years ▁saw ▁an ▁application