Contemporary Poetry from 1945 until 2015

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale

Termine:

Mo, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/01.11

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): 08th of February 2016 (10:00) until 10th of April 2016 (10:00)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

The second half of the 20th century has seen a broad variety of literary styles and genres. In poetry, we find postmodern poetry alongside with poetry in imitation of Romanticism and many more diverse writings. The writing of the last 70 years can be accessed from a plethora of different angles, such as feminism, postcolonialism, ecocriticism and queer theory, to name only a few. And with every reading, we discover new layers of meaning within the poems.

In this seminar, we will try to answer several questions: What is so appealing about poetry, especially in our time? How can poetry voice criticism and concern? And what kind of poetry are we actually talking about, when we talk about “contemporary poetry”? With these guiding questions in mind, we will explore the realm of poetry together and use literary as well as cultural theory to help our understanding of poetry altogether.

Empfohlene Literatur:

A reader of the poetry we are going to cover will be distributed in week 1.

Discovering the 19th Century Novel

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Do, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 29.4.2016, Einzeltermin am 20.5.2016, 12:00 - 14:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

1.1 Reading Tutorial (Übung)

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

1.2 Seminar

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Ergänzungsmodul Englische Literaturwissenschaft

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 08th of February 2016 (10:00) until 10th of April 2016 (10:00)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

This is a very (!) reading intensive class!

In this Übung, we attempt to gain an overview over many of the 19th century s most important novelists and some of their works. We will start in the Romantic period with Jane Austen and Mary Shelley and will then follow the century and its eminent writers. Please be aware that you have to read approx. one long (!) novel per session, so you should start reading right away.

The 19th century is often said to be the Golden Age of the novel and it has seen authors who are still household names today, such as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. By quantitatively reading and discussing novels from the whole century, we try to compare themes and key elements of the 19th-century novel . We will discover romance plots alongside social concern and pastorals of the country life alongside London crime stories. In all, as diverse as the books from the 19th century are, there are surprisingly many common denominators among the novels and we are going to discuss as many of them as we can. So be prepared to read and read more.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice

Mary Shelley. Frankenstein

Anthony Trollope. The Eustace Diamonds

George Elliot. Middlemarch (Vol. I-III)

Thomas Hardy. Far from the Madding Crowd

Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist

Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White

Arthur Conan Doyle. The Lost World + The Hound of the Baskervilles

Exam Preparation English Literature

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Mi, 10:00 - 12:00, U5/02.18
Einzeltermin am 21.5.2016, 10:00 - 15:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 9.7.2016, 14:00 - 19:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

all modules including an exam preparation (Examensübung/Übung für Examenskanditaten) or an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) in

• LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

• MA English and American Studies

• MA Berufliche Bildung

• Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 08th of February 2016 (10:00) until 10th of April 2016 (10:00)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

to be announced

Empfohlene Literatur:

to be announced

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung Englische Literaturwissenschaft (Münderlein)

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Mi, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/02.01

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit BA-Arbeit): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Betreuungsübung (2 ECTS)

• BA Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die BA-Arbeit in Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird

• MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Forschungsmodul (5 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird

• MA Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird

• alle alten Studiengänge: Übung Literaturwissenschaft (begleitend zur Magister- oder Zulassungsarbeit)

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow!: 08th of February 2016 (10:00) until 10th of April 2016 (10:00)

Inhalt:

This course is addressed at students who are preparing or working at a final thesis in English or American Literature, be it a "Magisterarbeit", "Zulassungsarbeit", "BA-Arbeit" or Master's thesis. It is supposed to offer continuous support to students while preparing or writing their theses, and to give them the opportunity to present and discuss their work with other students. The course consists of plenary and individual sessions. A definite schedule will be set up in the first meeting of the class. There will be a site on the Virtual Campus; access will be given upon registration.

In the plenary sessions, we shall discuss general formal aspects and criteria of a thesis - such as possible topics, structure, suitable theoretical approaches. Participants will present (parts of) their thesis, offering it for discussion and feedback. The individual sessions consist of one-to-one tutorials in which you can discuss the argument, the progress and possible problems of your thesis with me. For students in the BA, MA and new teacher training programmes, who write their thesis in literary studies, this course provides the "Betreuungsübung". The presentation of the thesis in a plenary session (max. 30 minutes) will be graded and counts as "mündliche Modulteilprüfung" in the BA-programme. Students in the Magister- and old teacher training programmes are advised to take this course to support them while writing their theses. Depending on the native tongue of the participants, the course will be given in English or German.

The course will be taught every two weeks, with individual meetings in the weeks where we will have no common session.

Introduction to English and American Literature (A)

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

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

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 05th of April 2016 (10:00) until 10th of April 2016 (10:00)

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, den 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 und B" zur Vertiefung und Ergänzung der im Kurs besprochenen Themen; eine zusätzliche Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig.
b) Einem zweistündigen Bibliothekstutorium bestehend aus einer Vorlesung (45 Minuten) 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!)

Introduction to English and American Literature (B)

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mo, 16:15 - 17:45, U2/00.25

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

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 05th of April 2016 (10:00) until 10th of April 2016 (10:00)

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, der 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 und B" zur Vertiefung und Ergänzung der im Kurs besprochenen Themen; eine zusätzliche Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig.
b) Einem zweistündigen Bibliothekstutorium bestehend aus einer Vorlesung (45 Minuten) 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!)

Linguistics Meets Literature: An Interdisciplinary Experiment

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Romina Buttafoco, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, KR12/02.05
Einzeltermin am 3.6.2016, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul 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:

Registration: in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 21st of March 2016 (10:00) until 14th of April 2016 (23:59)

De-registration: in FlexNow!: 21st of March 2016 (10:00) until 30th of April 2016 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

3. Additional Information:

This seminar can be attended to gain ECTS for either English literature or for English linguistics: if you attend to gain ECTS for English literature, please register for English literature in FlexNow! and if you attend to gain ECTS for English linguistics, please register for English linguistics in FlexNow!.

Inhalt:

While literary studies and linguistics are often treated as two independent disciplines, the fields of study are not to be regarded as mutually exclusive but rather as significantly related to each other. Not only do literary texts form a great source for linguistic analyses, but an interdisciplinary approach can also enhance the reading and interpretation of literary texts by applying different aspects of literary and linguistic theory. There are many topics which are of interest in both fields of research. In this seminar we are going to narrow our focus to discussing the topics of identity and unreliable narration, combining approaches and theories from both disciplines. This will include

• exploring how identity (and especially that of fictional characters) is constructed linguistically and with literary techniques
• comparing the method of discourse analysis in the two disciplines
• discussing the term of (un)reliability in the context of narrative theory
• tackling the issue of unreliability from a linguistic perspective (e.g. cooperative principle)

IMPORTANT On FlexNow! you can register at the Department of English Literature or the Department of English Linguistics, depending on where you would like to obtain credit points from this class.
NOTE: Please be aware that even if you can obtain credits only for one discipline, you are expected to cover both fields in the seminar. That means, for example, that the primary texts (see below) are to be read by all participants.

Guests are generally welcome! Students interested in attending this seminar as guest students are to send an e-mail to romina.buttafoco@uni-bamberg.de and to attend the first session; only then it will be clear if guest students can be accepted.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Before the beginning of the class
Bernard Shaw. Pygmalion.
During the semester
Agatha Christie. The murder of Roger Ackroyd.
Ian McEwan. Atonement.

Shakespeare Reading Group

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung

Termine:

Do, 18:00 - 20:00, M12A/00.14
Einzeltermin am 29.7.2016, Einzeltermin am 1.8.2016, 12:00 - 18:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

No class on 21 April 2016!
This course is an extracurricular course and does not offer any ECTS credits. Anybody interested in reading and discussing Shakespeare is very welcome, regardless of their course of studies.
You need not register for this course, just come along in the first session and bring a copy of the plays.

Inhalt:

William Shakespeare's works are well know, or should be well known, to all students of English literature. However, when reading Shakespeare some people struggle to fully appreciate his language or his brilliantly designed characters. This course aims at all of those students who would like to enjoy Shakespeare's works together with other students. Thus, we will not only read two pieces by Shakespeare, one comedy and one tragedy, we will also provide a platform for discussion or even stage a few scenes to further our understanding of what is going on. If you want to join us, you need not have any previous knowledge, only bring a copy of the play and comfortable shoes.

Empfohlene Literatur:

William Shakespeare. The Comedy of Errors.
William Shakespeare. Titus Andronicus.

Tutorial for Students of MA English and American Studies

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS

Termine:

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