Betreuungsübung für Bachelorarbeiten

Dozent/in:

Lisa Schädlich

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, U9/02.01

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

(De)Registration via FlexNow: 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)

Exam Preparation English Literature

Dozent/in:

Lisa Schädlich

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale

Termine:

Do, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 15.6.2018, 9:00 - 13:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 17.7.2018, Einzeltermin am 18.7.2018, 9:00 - 18:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module allocation
all modules including an exam preparation (Examensübung/ Übung für Examenskandidaten) on all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) in

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. FlexNow (de-)registration: 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)

Inhalt:

This course is designed specifically for students of all "Lehrämter" who prepare for the written "Staatsexamen" in English Literature according to the new LPO. However, students preparing other - oral or written - final exams are very welcome, too.

Students will first revise basic terminology for the analysis of poems, narrative and dramatic texts and receive an overview of literary history. After that, each session will be dedicated to one set of "Staatsexamen" questions from previous years. The range of topics (e.g. "Thema 1: Dramatische Texte der Renaissance," "Thema 6: Narrative und expositorische Texte des 19. Jahrhunderts" etc.) will depend on the participants' interest. (Before the beginning of the semester, I will invite all participants to take part in a poll in order to find out which topics ["Körbe"] they want to prepare for their "Staatsexamen.")

Empfohlene Literatur:

tba

In the Light of What Came Later – Reading Kazuo Ishiguro

Dozent/in:

Lisa Schädlich

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale

Termine:

Do, 16:00 - 18:00, MG2/01.02, U2/00.26

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Ergänzungsmodul Englische Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS

BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GY (Kombination mit Russisch): Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

2. (De)Registration: in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

It was a Thursday when Kazuo Ishiguro accepted his Nobel Prize for literature. In his speech, he recounts how he became an author, how his childhood in Japan formed his identity as a writer and how important it is to always keep an open mind. The board of the committee deigned Ishiguro to be a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world". Indeed, the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro are filled to be the brim with issues of identity, and the question what is right and what is wrong.
This seminar serves as an introduction to Ishiguro s works and the resulting issues. The participants are expected to have read at the beginning of the semester:
A Pale View of Hills (1982)
Never Let Me Go (2005)
The Buried Giant (2015)
Excerpts from other novels/short stories will be available on the VC at the beginning of the semester.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory reading
A Pale View of Hills (1982)
Never Let Me Go (2005)
The Buried Giant (2015)
Excerpts from other novels/short stories will be available on the VC at the beginning of the semester.

Introduction to English and American Literature (A)

Dozent/in:

Lisa Schädlich

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Modulstudium, Frühstudium

Termine:

Mo, 8:30 - 10:00, MG1/02.05

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

Basismodul (seminar: 2 or 6 ECTS) in

• LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

• BA Berufliche Bildung

• BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies

• BSc. BWL

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

WICHTIG Es stehen drei Parallelkurse zur Verfügung. Die Termine A und B finden Sie in FlexNow! bei der Englischen Literaturwissenschaft, Termin C bei der Amerikanistik. Bitte entscheiden Sie sich frühzeitig für EINEN Termin! Studierende, die sich gleichzeitig für mehrere Seminare "Introduction to English and American Literature" anmelden, werden nach Maßgabe der Kurskapazitäten einem Kurs zugeteilt.

3. Tutorials:

Das Seminar "Introduction to English and American Literature" wird durch folgende Tutorien ergänzt:

a) Begleitendes Tutorium zur "Introduction to English and American Literature A+B" zur Vertiefung und Ergänzung der im Kurs besprochenen Themen; eine zusätzliche Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig.
b) Basiskurs Bibliothek, bestehend aus eine E-learning Modul und einer Übung (90 Minuten); Anmeldung über den Virtuellen Campus der Universitätsibliothek.

Inhalt:

This course provides a concise introduction to major themes and methods in the study of English and American Literature. We will discuss key features of the main literary genres poetry, prose fiction and drama, explore selected approaches in literary theory and criticism as a basis for analyzing and interpreting literary texts, and survey the main periods and developments of English and American literary history.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Meyer, Michael. English and American Literatures. Tübingen: Francke, 2011. (4th edition!)
Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Arden, 2017.

Introduction to English and American Literature (B)

Dozent/in:

Lisa Schädlich

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Modulstudium, Frühstudium

Termine:

Mo, 14:15 - 15:45, U5/00.24

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

Basismodul (seminar: 2 or 6 ECTS) in

• LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

• BA Berufliche Bildung

• BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies

• BSc. BWL

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

WICHTIG Es stehen drei Parallelkurse zur Verfügung. Die Termine A und B finden Sie in FlexNow! bei der Englischen Literaturwissenschaft, Termin C bei der Amerikanistik. Bitte entscheiden Sie sich frühzeitig für EINEN Termin! Studierende, die sich gleichzeitig für mehrere Seminare "Introduction to English and American Literature" anmelden, werden nach Maßgabe der Kurskapazitäten einem Kurs zugeteilt.

3. Tutorials:

Das Seminar "Introduction to English and American Literature" wird durch folgende Tutorien ergänzt:

a) Begleitendes Tutorium zur "Introduction to English and American Literature A+B" zur Vertiefung und Ergänzung der im Kurs besprochenen Themen; eine zusätzliche Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig.
b) Basiskurs Bibliothek, bestehend aus eine E-learning Modul und einer Übung (90 Minuten); Anmeldung über den Virtuellen Campus der Universitätsibliothek.

Inhalt:

This course provides a concise introduction to major themes and methods in the study of English and American Literature. We will discuss key features of the main literary genres poetry, prose fiction and drama, explore selected approaches in literary theory and criticism as a basis for analyzing and interpreting literary texts, and survey the main periods and developments of English and American literary history.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Meyer, Michael. English and American Literatures. Tübingen: Francke, 2011. (4th edition!)
Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Arden, 2017.

Tutorial for Students of MA English and American Studies

Dozent/in:

Lisa Schädlich

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS

Termine:

Mo, 16:00 - 18:00, U9/02.01

“Violent Delights Have Violent Endings”: Artificial Intelligence and Humanity

Dozent/in:

Lisa Schädlich

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale

Termine:

Mi, 10:15 - 11:45, U5/02.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature and culture in
LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
MA English and American Studies
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

When HBO decided in 2015 to turn Michael Crichton’s Westworld into a television series with Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy as producers and writers, AI was by no means a groundbreaking or new concept. Rather, the series took the premise of Crichton’s screenplay from 1973 and turned it upside down. What if we as humans actually root for the very thing that wants to kill us? Sam Harris, neuroscientist and philosopher, argues that it’s simply enjoyable to think about, getting killed by an AI; that “death by sci-fi is fun”. The last decades have seen a rise in narratives that focus on the relationship between humans and AIs but even though a high number of those narratives feature AI as a menace, movies like Spike Jonze’s Her or Disney’s Big Hero 6 reveal a different side to what Harris calls “humanity’s biggest threat.”
In this class, we will analyse how AI is portrayed in literature, movies and TV series and observe how humanity constructs itself and the corresponding AI.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory Reading:
Isaac Asimov – various short stories from his Robot series
Philip K. Dick – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
David Foster Wallace – “E Unibus Pluram” (1990)

Obligatory Watching:
Michael Crichton – Westworld (1973)
Ridley Scott – Blade Runner (1982)
Mamoru Oshii – Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Spike Jonze – Her (2014)
Alex Garland – Ex-Machina (2014)
Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy – Westworld (2016-)
Denis Villeneuve - Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Note: This is both a reading and watching intensive class. The movies/tv series will be available to be borrowed from my office from March 5th .