Blocktermine Englische Literaturwissenschaft

Dozent/in:

N.N.

Angaben:

Vorlesung

Termine:

Blockveranstaltung 8.5.2020-10.5.2020 Mo-Fr, Sa, So, Blockveranstaltung 5.6.2020-7.6.2020 Mo, Di-Do, Fr, Sa, So, 10:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11

Bamberg University English Drama Group

Dozent/in:

Ellen Werner

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Mo, Do
Einzeltermin am 27.4.2020, 20:00 - 22:00, U5/01.22
Einzeltermin am 7.5.2020, 20:00 - 22:00, U2/00.25, U2/00.26
Einzeltermin am 4.6.2020, 20:00 - 22:00, U2/00.25, U2/00.26

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module:

• Bachelor Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Studium Generale (up to 2 ECTS)

Inhalt:

Join the Bamberg University English Drama Group for our Summer production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night! Our first meeting on Monday, 20th of April, at 8pm sharp will give us the chance to get to know each other and talk about the play, auditions and other organisational matters. If you cannot make the first meeting but are interested in participating, please send an email to: ellen-sophie.werner@stud.uni-bamberg.de . Newcomers are very welcome both as cast and crew - if you'd like to be part of the production, but do not want to be on stage, we would love for you to join our backstage team! Backstage tasks will include costumes, hair and makeup, lights and sounds, stage design, poster design, PR and social media etc. Looking forward to a great semester!

Important Dates:

Orientation Meeting and Auditions (U7/01.05):
20.04. Orientation meeting
23.04. Auditions, part I
27.04. Auditions, part II

Performance Dates:
16.07.
17.07.
18.07.
21.07.

All performances will take place in the Jugendzentrum Bamberg.

Update: Due to the current situation, rehearsals will be taking place online until further notice. Should you be interested in joining us for our orientation meeting, which will be held via Microsoft Teams, please email me (ellen-sophie.werner@stud.uni-bamberg.de ) so I can add you to the team.

Just Write

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

Nachbesprechung

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 15.7.2020, 20:00 - 22:00, U2/00.25

Nachholtermine EngLit

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Christoph Houswitschka, Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Seminar

Termine:

Do, 18:00 - 20:00, U5/02.22

Shakespeare Reading Group: cancelled!

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung

Termine:

Do, 18:00 - 20:00, U2/00.26

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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. Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare. The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Welcome Meeting new MA students

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Christoph Houswitschka, Susan Brähler, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 15.4.2020, 9:30 - 11:00, U9/01.11

Tutorial Academic Research for MA students [TU]

Dozent/in:

Alexander Feitenhansl

Angaben:

Tutorien

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 9.5.2020, 10:00 - 13:00, U5/02.23
Einzeltermin am 25.7.2020, 10:00 - 13:00, U9/01.11

Tutorial for Students of MA English and American Studies

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS

Termine:

Di, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/02.01
Einzeltermin am 15.5.2020, 10:00 - 22:00, U5/02.17
Einzeltermin am 16.5.2020, 8:00 - 20:00, U5/02.17

Tutorial Introduction to English and American Literary Studies (A)

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung/Tutorium, 2 SWS, Studium Generale, Modulstudium, Frühstudium

Termine:

Mo, 12:15 - 13:45, U2/00.25

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

This tutorial is based on Introduction to English and American Studies A taught by Kerstin-Anja Münderlein.

Inhalt:

This course serves as an addition to Introduction to English and American Literature A. We will practice analysing and interpreting literature together following the previous week's course session. You need to bring the course material for Introduction A plus additional material that will be myde available on the VC. Students do not need to register for this course, but must show up in the first session (27 April!) to get the key for the VC class.

Workshop Academic Infrastructure

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Marcellina Scheller, Janina Lupprian

Angaben:

Tutorien

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 15.4.2020, 11:00 - 17:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 17.4.2020, 10:30 - 16:30, U9/01.11

Tutorium zur "Introduction to English and American Literary Studies" (B)

Dozent/in:

Carmen Herrmann

Angaben:

Tutorien, 2 SWS

Termine:

Do, 16:00 - 18:00, U5/01.18

Inhalt:

In the course of the semester, we will focus on the basics of prose, drama and poetry analysis. This tutorial further provides room for discussion, practice and exam preparation. Students are expected to show active participation, and to be able to apply the contents of the tutorial in the follow-up sessions with Dr. Nicole K. Konopka.

Please note that the first tutorial will take place AFTER the first regular session with Dr. Konopka!

'Writers from elsewhere': Reading Timothy Mo

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mi, 12:00 - 14:00, KR14/00.06
Einzeltermin am 29.4.2020, 12:00 - 14:00, U2/01.30

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature 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): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

In his essay “‘Commonwealth Literature’ Does not Exist,” Salman Rushdie devises the idea of ‘writers from elsewhere’ referring to those contemporary novelists, poets and playwrights who, although often not born into the English language, have chosen it as the medium of their expression. This new definition, in general, is a reaction to the idea of ‘Commonwealth Literature’ as formal and at times flattering appreciation of a diverse group of writers writing in English. According to Rushdie, ‘Commonwealth Literature’, in a sense, also confines all these writers into ghettos together with the cultures from which they originate. Besides, literature written in English after the Second World War is too vast a territory to be measured with any precision if we stick to narrow definitions like ‘Commonwealth Literature’. Great Britain has provided the linguistic, literary and cultural context to what can broadly be called ‘writers from elsewhere’: Salman Rushdie, Kazuo Ishiguro, Timothy Mo and Hanif Kureishi are some of the names that we all know. These novelists are notable examples of immigrant writers who have contributed to British fiction with their transnational outlook and alternative uses of English. In contrast to Rushdie and Ishiguro, who won the Booker Prize, Timothy Mo has been nominated three times but never won because of his unconventional and controversial writing style. Nevertheless, he remains a formidable talent whose work deserves more recognition than it has received to date, especially outside Britain and Hong Kong where he has received most fame.

This course will offer an in-depth look at Timothy Mo’s writing from linguistic, historical and cultural perspectives. We will analyse key literary works of him and try to posit them within the new canon of ‘writers from elsewhere’. The primary objective of this course is to introduce Timothy Mo to students. The secondary goal of this course is to creat a sense of awareness of Timothy Mo's culturally-induced writing style among students.

Empfohlene Literatur:

The Monkey King (1978)
Sour Sweet (1982)
Renegade or Halo2 (1999)

Further secondary texts will be made available on the VC.

20th-Century British Drama, part II

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mo, 18:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature 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!: 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)
Guest auditors should first contact the lecturer

Inhalt:

Following last semester's 20th-Century British Drama, part I, this course will cover British drama history from the 1950s to the 1980s. Since this is an intensive reading class, we will read and discuss 12 plays(one per week)and situate the plays within British drama history. Specifically, we are going to look at Absurd Drama, the Angry Young Men Movement, and Feminist Drama while tracing the development of postmodernity in drama.
In this class, students need to prepare discussion questions based on each play we read, combining topics and plays as we move along the semester plan. Primarily, the course serves to introduce a broad variety of plays and dramatic movements in the second half of the 20th century and discuss these in comparison.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Dramas in reading order:
Samuel Beckett. Waiting for Godot. 1953.
John Osbourne. Look Back in Anger. 1956.
Shelagh Delaney. A Taste of Honey. 1958.
Edward Bond. Saved. 1965.
Tom Stoppard. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. 1966.
David Hare. tba.
Harold Pinter. Betrayal. 1978.
Caryl Churchill. Top Girls. 1982.
Howard Brenton. Bloody Poetry. 1984.
Charlotte Keatley. My Mother Said I Never Should. 1985/87.

Betreuungsübung für Bachelorarbeiten

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

(De)Registration via FlexNow: 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 17.05.2020, 23:59

British and American SF/F TV and its Literary and Cultural Adaptations: Situating "Doctor Who" and "Star Trek"

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Mareike Spychala, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Do, 10:00 - 12:00, U5/02.22

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

SEMINAR LITERARY STUDIES - FlexNow enrollment via the English Literature department!

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
• BA Berufliche Bildung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
• Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft b: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to English and American Literature (= Einführung)
• Lehramt neu RS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to English and American Literature (= Einführung)
• Lehramt neu GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
• Lehramt neu GY (Kombination mit Russisch): Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
• LA alt (alle), Magister, Diplom: Proseminar II Literaturwissenschaft; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to English and American Literature
• Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft 6 ECTS

SEMINAR CULTURAL STUDIES - FlexNow enrollment via the American Studies section!

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft
• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Britische und Amerikanische Kultur: Seminar Britische Kultur 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft
• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
• BA Berufliche Bildung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
• Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft b: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies
• Lehramt neu RS: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies (= Einführung)
• Lehramt neu GY: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft
• Lehramt neu GY (Kombination mit Russisch): Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
• LA alt (alle), Magister, Diplom: Proseminar II Kulturwissenschaft; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies
• Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft 6 ECTS

ÜBUNG LITERARY STUDIES - FlexNow enrollment via the English Literature department

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF ohne BA-Arbeit):

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
• Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft

MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:

• Mastermodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Master-Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft I oder II: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA:

• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft a (4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu RS: Zusatzmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GY:

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

Lehramt neu GY (ab WS 11/12): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Übung
Bachelor BWL, Studienschwerpunkt Wirtschaftspädagogik II: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

ÜBUNG CULTURAL STUDIES – FlexNow Enrollment via the American Studies section

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF ohne BA-Arbeit):

• Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft
• Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft

MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:

• Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Master-Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft I oder II: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA:

• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft a (4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu RS: Zusatzmodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GY:

• Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft

Lehramt neu GY (ab WS 11/12): Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft
LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Übung
Bachelor BWL, Studienschwerpunkt Wirtschaftspädagogik II: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Studium Generale: NICHT für Studierende im BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation
• term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)
• Übung "Einführung in die Datenbankrecherche für Anglisten" (one-off event, enrollment via the Virtual Campus, Bereich "Bibliothek")

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

Enrollment for CULTURAL STUDIES via the American Studies section:

• via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to mareike.spychala(at)uni-bamberg.de )
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung (course registration): March 02 - May 02, 2020
• An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung (ECTS/ToR registration) for cultural studies: 03. Juni 2020 - 03. Juli 2020

Enrollment for LITERARY STUDIES via the English Literature department:

Vom 9. Februar 2020 (9 Uhr) bis 17. April 2020 (23:59 Uhr) via FlexNow!
Guest auditors pease contact kerstin-anja.muenderlein(at)uni-bamberg.de

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung des Seminars fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin/dem Dozenten.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/

Inhalt:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

Both Doctor Who and Star Trek have been mainstays of science fiction TV for more than five decades. Apart from having produced enormous amounts of content during this time, the respective canons of Star Trek and Doctor Who have also expanded exponentially into a variety of media, such as TV, film, books, or video games. In addition to commissioned media, both shows have found a basis of sustained interest in their respective fandoms, be it in fanfiction, fanfilm, or fanart. It is this decades-long cultural influence and the shows’ intertextuality that make them productive topics for scholarly investigation.
This course will use a variety of theoretical approaches to the study of literature and popular culture, TV shows, and fandom in general, among them Horkheimer and Adorno’s concept of the “culture industry,” Roland Barthes’ semiotic approach to cultural materials, and Henry Jenkins’ work on fan culture, to approach Doctor Who and Star Trek and interrogate their continued success in and influence on British and American science fiction in particular and popular culture in general.

Exam Preparation English Literature

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module allocation
all modules including an exam preparation (Examensübung/ Übung für Examenskandidaten)

Übung in "Vertiefungsmodul" or "Master Module" in any of the following courses of study

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. FlexNow (de-) registration: 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)

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 course will cover all of the "Körbe" used in Staatsexamen (englische Literatur) (e.g. "Thema 1: Dramatische Texte der Renaissance," "Thema 6: Narrative und expositorische Texte des 19. Jahrhunderts" etc.). After the revision sessions, each session will be divided into a revision of the literary history of the respective "Korb" and a detailed analysis of one state exam question from this "Korb". All participants need to prepare a presentation based on these questions and the literary and historical background for each of them.
Please note: This class is taught in German!

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung Englische Literaturwissenschaft (Houswitschka)

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 5

Termine:

Di, 18:00 - 20:00, U9/02.01

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit BA-Arbeit): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Betreuungsübung (2 ECTS)

BA Medieval Studies: Anglistik: Intensivierungsmodul: Literaturwissenschaft (5 ECTS), wenn die BA-Arbeit in Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird

MA English and American Studies: Module Master's Defence (4 ECTS), if the MA thesis is written in the department of English Literature (Prof. Houswitschka)

MA Medieval Studies: Anglistik: Intensivierungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft II (5 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in Englischer Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird

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

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow!: 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 17.05.2020, 23:59

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.

History of English Poetry III

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, U5/01.22

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
all modules including an obligatory/optional lecture (2 or 4 ECTS) in literature in
Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik incl. Studium Generale
MA English and American Studies
MA Berufliche Bildung
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

This lecture belongs to a series of genre surveys which cover English literature from the Middle Ages to the present.

Introduction to Children's and Young Adult Literature

Dozent/in:

Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale

Termine:

Mo, 14:00 - 16:00, LU19/00.11

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): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

The year is 2020 and we still celebrate, regardless of age, the 155 years of The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, the 120 years of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, over 90 years of Winnie-the-Pooh and centuries or millennia of fables and fairy tales. Young Adult publications have also been catapulted forward in the last two decades, a boom easily exemplified by the commercial success of Harry Potter and other book series.
This course proposes to revisit Children’s Literature classics and an in-depth and critical analysis of texts which made many a childhood. Together, we will outline the development of Children’s Literature from Antiquity to Contemporary times, understand the construction of childhood and the concept of family in various literary texts as well as study the pedagogical functions of fables, fairy tales and children’s stories (including recent Disney renditions). Furthermore, the course will provide an overview of Young Adult Literature and the recent boost the genre has received. Materials will include novels, comic books, graphic novels and film adaptations and the focus will be directed towards political and identity issues in the X-Men comics, and V for Vendetta and the place of these publications in the development of teenagers and young adults.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Mandatory Reading:
Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and through the Looking Glass.
Baum, L. F. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies.
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone.

More material WILL be added in class.

Jane Austen: Interpretation and Adaptation

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Di, 18:00 - 20:00, U5/01.22

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS

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

(De)Registration in FlexNow: 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)

Inhalt:

Jane Austen is certainly one of the best-known authors in English literature. Even though she only wrote six complete novels in her short life, Austen has been an audience favourite ever since she published her books in the early 19th century. Her novels have been studied by generations of students and artists of all kinds and each generation both drew on previous interpretations and analyses of her works and added new ones. This course will specifically look at how such interpretations and analyses in all kinds of scholarship and media have shaped and keep re-shaping the popular and academic discouse of Austen. To do so, we will look at her novels and their adaptations in film, TV and online content such as web series or fanfictions. In addition, we will read and analyse some of Austen's unfinished works as well as her minor works and letters to see how she herself participated in the literary discourse of her own time. A special focus will be laid on reception theory to study the effect of audience interpretation and adaptation on the cultural understanding of Austen's writing. Hence, the course material will cover both primary texts (by Austen and by other writers/filmmakers/other artists) and scholarly texts on adaptation, reception theory and discourse formation.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Mandatory reading list:

Jane Austen. Lady Susan. c.1794/1871
---. Sense and Sensibility. 1811
---. Pride and Prejudice. 1813
---. Mansfield Park. 1814
---. Emma. 1815
---. Northanger Abbey. 1818
---. Persuasion. 1818

Key Texts in Literary Theory

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

Übung, 1 SWS, ECTS: 1, Studium Generale

Termine:

jede 2. Woche Mi, 20:00 - 22:00, U9/01.11
First Session: April 29th!

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (ab Studienbeginn zum WS 14/15): Ergänzungsmodul Methoden und Theorien der Englischen und Amerikanischen Literaturwissenschaft (alle Haupt- und Nebenfächer) (1 ECTS)

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (ab Studienbeginn zum SoSe 2009): Ergänzungsmodul Methoden und Theorien (1 ECTS, ab Studienbeginn zum SoSe 2012 unbenotet)

• alle alten Studiengänge: Übung (1 ECTS)

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

In this seminar we will study trends and schools in literary theory since the 1950s. We may discuss key texts by thinkers identified with formalism and structuralism, deconstruction and poststructuralism, gender studies and queer theory, psychoanalytical criticism, (Neo)Marxism and Cultural Materialism, New Historicism, postcolonial criticism and reader-response theory.
Depending on the participants personal interests, we may also consider more recent approaches like ecocriticism and possible-worlds theory or less "canonized" theories (e.g. systems theory).

The course is intended to assist students in both finding own approaches towards primary texts and in identifying mind-sets and methods applied in the secondary sources they read in their other seminars: "What theory demonstrates [...] is that there is no position free of theory, not even the one called common sense" (V. B. Leitch).

Empfohlene Literatur:

A course reader will be made available for download at our VC group once the schedule has been agreed upon.

Of Grand Tours, Expeditions and Postcolonial Tourism: A Survey of Travel Writing

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS

1.2 Übung:
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature 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): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Quests, pilgrimages, expeditions, sentimental journeys, picaresque and picturesque travels, eco-tourism and travel influencers. Over the past five centuries travelling to and from the British Isles has seen many shapes and fulfilled a range of purposes. This seminar on travel writing sets out to explore some of the facets of this genre that has been variously termed “notoriously refractory to definition” (Holland/Huggan) but also “the most socially important of all literary genres” (Youngs).

How does travelling re-shape our identities? And how does it alter our view of others, of authenticity and the exotic? What are the implications of gender, sexual and ethnic identity for the (fictional) travel experience? Participants will be introduced to the evolving field of tourism studies as well as its intersections with literary studies, to theories of identity, place and space as well as Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism (1978). The texts read in class will range from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (1350s), Captain James Cook’s Journals, Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey (1768), The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789), Mary Wollstonecraft’s letters from Scandinavia (1796) and Mary Kingsley’s accounts of West Africa to Louise Doughty’s The Stone Cradle (2006) and Bernardine Evaristo’s Soul Tourists (2005).

Empfohlene Literatur:

Excerpts of all primary texts will be made available on the VC. Those texts which need to be read in full length will be published soon.

Pop Avant-Garde from America and Britain to Italy / Avanguardia pop dall’America e Gran Bretagna all'Italia

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino, Franko Burolo

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft / 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 / Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

Not open for Consolidation Module!

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

In 1976, the British public was struck by two singular verses: “I am an antichrist! / I am an anarchist!”, screamed by a cynical jeering voice of a certain Johnny Rotten, who fronted a group shamelessly called Sex Pistols. The shock provoked both indignation and admiration that soon had an international impact and kick started a new generation of young artists inspired by it under the common denominator of “punk”.

This “punk” denominator was very soon split up into various others: new wave, industrial, goth etc., and its impact seems to resonate throughout pop culture and beyond, even today. Because of its defiant attitude, destructive, yet playful creativity, and fast developing related and post-tendencies around the world, it was soon suggested that punk resembles futurism, dada, situationism or other avant-garde movements and tendencies.

With focus on English- and Italian-speaking cultural areas, this course will provide food for thought and discussions about avant-garde aesthetics, gender, and how they manifest, if they do, in punk and related tendencies in pop culture. While it is a widespread viewpoint that punk is just about the music, the course aims at the portrayal of its literary value, through its lyrics, poetry and later developed fiction with examples from Cyberpunk, Steampunk and Feminist Punk. The possible ethical and political meanings of such expression will also be presented and discussed, since political engagement is one of the central aspects of both the avant-garde and punk.

Students of Italian language and literature will also have separate sessions for analysis of Italian texts in its original language.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Mandatory reading:
Fiction:
Acker, Kathy. Blood and Guts in High School. 1984. Gibson, William. Neuromancer. 1984. Sterling, Bruce. The Difference Machine. 1990.

Albums and Lyrics:
Alternative TV. “Action Time Vision”. The Image has Cracked, Surrey Sound Studios, 1978. The Clash. The Clash, CBS Studios in London, 1977.
Sex Pistols. “Anarchy in the UK”. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Wessex Sound Studios, 1977.
Sex Pistols. “God Save the Queen”. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Wessex Sound Studios, 1977.
Sex Pistols. “Holidays in the Sun”. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Wessex Sound Studios, 1977.
Sex Pistols. “Pretty Vacant”. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Wessex Sound Studios, 1977.
The Slits. Cut, Ridge Farm Studio, 1979.
Wire. Pink Flag, Advision Studios, 1977.

More material WILL be added during the semester

American Literature I (Colonial Era - Romanticism)

Dozent/in:

Christine Gerhardt

Angaben:

Vorlesung, ECTS: 4, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale

Termine:

Mo, 10:00 - 12:00, U5/00.24

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

LITERARY STUDIES

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS); Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung (2 oder 4 ECTS)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Studium Generale (2 oder 4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft a (4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu RS: Zusatzmodul Literaturwissenschaft
Lehramt neu GY: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS); Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft); Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft)
MA English and American Studies: Master Module English and American Literature: Lecture (2 ECTS); Profile Modules English and American Literature: Lecture (2 ECTS); Consolidation Modules English and American Literature: Lecture (2 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies im Rahmen anderer MA: Master Module oder Profile Module I English and American Literature: Lecture (2 ECTS)
LA alt (alle), Magister, Diplom: Vorlesung
Bachelor BWL, Studienschwerpunkt Wirtschaftspädagogik II: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

CULTURAL STUDIES

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS); Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung (2 oder 4 ECTS)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Studium Generale (2 oder 4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft a (4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu RS: Zusatzmodul Kulturwissenschaft
Lehramt neu GY: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS); Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft); Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft)
MA English and American Studies: Master Module English and American Culture: Lecture (2 ECTS); Profile Modules English and American Culture: Lecture (2 ECTS); Consolidation Modules English and American Culture: Lecture (2 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies im Rahmen anderer MA: Master Module oder Profile Module I English and American Culture: Lecture (2 ECTS)
LA alt (alle), Magister, Diplom: Vorlesung
Bachelor BWL, Studienschwerpunkt Wirtschaftspädagogik II: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

2. An- und Abmeldung (FlexNow) / Enrollment:

• via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the instructor of the course)
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung (course registration): March 02 - May 02, 2020
• An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung (ECTS/ToR registration): 03. Juni 2020 - 03. Juli 2020

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Teilnahmewunsch trotz Überbuchung des Seminars wenden Sie sich bitte per Email an die Dozentin.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/*

Inhalt:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

This lecture provides an overview of America's literary history, focusing on the colonial era, the enlightenment, and romanticism.

The thematic, formal and stylistic features of a wide range of texts—sermons, travelogues, poems, essays, short stories, and novels—will be discussed in the broader context of America's cultural and intellectual history. In order to understand how different groups of Americans have imagined their culture at specific moments in time, we will analyze texts that address the diversity of American experiences in terms of religion, race, class, gender, region, and political conviction. We will also explore how texts from different genres have critically engaged with the past and with other cultures, charting new directions for the relationship between literature and culture.

Overall, we will interrogate to which degree processes of modernization and the ideal of democratization can be understood as American literature's driving forces.

The syllabus will be available on the Virtual Campus.

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung (BA, MA und Lehramt)

Dozent/in:

Christine Gerhardt

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, ZW6/01.04

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzungen / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit BA-Arbeit): Vertiefungsmodul Literatur- oder Kulturwissenschaft: Betreuungsübung (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literatur-, bzw. Kulturwissenschaft
• BA Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die BA-Arbeit in amerikanischer Literatur- oder Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Anglistik
• MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Erweiterungsmodul I und II: Betreuungsübung Literatur- oder Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in amerikanischer Literatur- oder Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird
• MA Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in amerikanischer Literatur- oder Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Anglistik
• alle alten Studiengänge: Übung Literatur- oder Kulturwissenschaft (begleitend zur Magister- oder Zulassungsarbeit)
• Joint Degree: Free Electives (2 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in amerikanischer Literatur- oder Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird

2. Voraussetzungen zur Schein- bzw. Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• regelmäßige aktive Teilnahme
• Betreuungsübung: Präsentation

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

• via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the instructor of the course )
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung (course registration): March 02 - May 02, 2020
• An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung (ECTS/ToR registration): tba

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung des Seminars fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/*

Inhalt:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

This course is designed for students who are preparing or working on a final thesis in American literature or culture, be it a "Magisterarbeit," "Zulassungsarbeit," "BA-Arbeit" or Master’s thesis. It offers continuous support during the process of preparing or writing the thesis, and provides an opportunity to share parts of it with other students. The course consists of plenary and individual sessions; the syllabus and readings will be available on the Virtual Campus.

In the plenary sessions, we will discuss general criteria and formal aspects of a thesis – such as possible topics and research questions, theoretical approaches, and structural issues. Participants will present (parts of) their thesis for discussion and feedback. The individual sessions consist of one-to-one tutorials in which you will discuss the argument and structure of your thesis with me. For students who write their thesis in literary or cultural studies in the BA, MA and new teacher training programs, this course provides the "Betreuungsübung."

How to Write a Term Paper: From Topic to Thesis to Final Paper / Betreuungsübung (nur B.A.!)

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 26.6.2020, Einzeltermin am 3.7.2020, Einzeltermin am 10.7.2020, Einzeltermin am 17.7.2020, 12:00 - 16:00, U5/01.17

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow before Tuesday, April 21, 2020! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzungen / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

Please note that this course is NOT open for M.A. students!

How to Write a Term Paper

• B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: BASISmodul Literatur- oder Kulturwissenschaft (Übung für 2 ECTS)
• Lehramtsstudiengänge Anglistik/Amerikanistik: BASISmodul Literatur- oder Kulturwissenschaft (Übung für 2 ECTS)

Betreuungsübung

• B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit B.A.-Arbeit): VERTIEFUNGSmodul Literatur- oder Kulturwissenschaft (Betreuungsübung für 2 ECTS >>> Bitte kontaktieren Sie vorher unbedingt die Dozentin zwecks Themenabsprache!), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literatur- oder Kulturwissenschaft
• B.A. Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Übung für 2 ECTS), wenn die B.A.-Arbeit in Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Anglistik

2. Voraussetzungen zur Schein- bzw. Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• regelmäßige aktive Teilnahme
• Betreuungsübung: Präsentation

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

• via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the instructor of the course )
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung (course registration): March 02 - May 02, 2020
• An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung (ECTS/ToR registration): 03. Juni 2020 - 03. Juli 2020

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung des Seminars fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/*

Inhalt:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow before Tuesday, April 21, 2020! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

This course aims to assist students in the Basismodul in writing their first term paper in literary or cultural studies in Bamberg. We will discuss general formal aspects and content related criteria of an academic paper, such as possible topics, structure, suitable theoretical approaches. Primarily, however, we will practice how to choose a topic, how to develop a coherent structure, how to involve theoretical frameworks, and how to adhere to the MLA citation rules. Finally, we will discuss the different types of source material that are suitable for the list of references of your paper. Students have the chance to present a provisional outline in a closed discussion forum, where they will receive feedback from fellow students and the instructor.

This course is also addressed at students in the Vertiefungsmodul who are preparing or working at a BA-thesis in American Literature or Culture. Therefore, this course provides the guidance sessions for the BA thesis (Betreuungsübung) for students in the BA programs who write their thesis in literary or cultural studies. It assists students in the preparation of their final paper, and gives them an opportunity to discuss their work with other students. BA-candidates will present parts of their final paper, offering it for discussion and feedback. If you are planning to attend this class, make sure that the instructor will also be your thesis advisor. Please contact Ms. Konopka well in advance to discuss your topic and the requirements for the supervision.

Please note that this is a practical training course and not a lecture! You are expected to participate in the tasks and discussions.

Repetitorium "Amerikanische Literatur" (Examensübung für Lehrämter)

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Das Repetitorium für Amerikanische Literatur wird ab sofort nur noch im Sommersemester angeboten. Bitte beachten Sie, dass es kein Repetitorium für Amerikanische Literatur im WS 2020/21 geben wird!

Termine:

Mi, 12:00 - 14:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung:

Wichtig: Bitte beachten Sie, dass das Repetitorium für Amerikanische Literatur ab sofort nur noch jeweils im Sommersemester angeboten wird.

Alle Module einschließlich einer Examensübung / Übung für Examenskandidaten oder einer verpflichtenden Leseübung in folgenden Studienrichtungen:

• LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
• MA Berufliche Bildung
• Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
• Studium Generale (NICHT für Studierende im BA Anglistik / Amerikanistik!)

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe:

• aktive Teilnahme
• Referat/Präsentation

3. An- und Abmeldung:

• über FlexNow
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung: 02. März - 02. Mai 2020
• An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung/Punkteerhalt: 03. Juni 2020 - 03. Juli 2020

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung des Seminars fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin/dem Dozenten.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/*

Inhalt:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

Dieser Kurs richtet sich gezielt an Lehramtsstudierende, die sich auf das erste Staatsexamen in Amerikanischer Literatur vorbereiten. Studierende anderer Abschlüsse sind allerdings auch herzlich willkommen. Da die Staatsexamensprüfung auf Deutsch geschrieben, wird, ist die Unterrichtssprache des Repetitoriums ebenfalls Deutsch.

Das Repetitorium unterstützt Studierende in ihrer Vorbereitung auf die schriftliche Abschlussprüfung im ersten Staatsexamen. Neben allgemeinen Hinweisen zur schriftlichen Prüfung werden zentrale Inhalte der Literaturwissenschaft wiederholt und mithilfe potentieller Themen der schriftlichen Prüfung gemeinsam besprochen. Aktive Mitgestaltung der einzelnen Sitzungen ist absolut unerlässlich und wird gerne auch durch individuelle Konsultation unterstützt. Als Ergänzung zum Repetitorium wird der (ggf. erneute) Besuch der Vorlesung „American Literature“ von Prof. Dr. Christine Gerhardt empfohlen.

Die konkreten Übungen werden gemeinsam mit den Studierenden und somit entsprechend ihrer jeweiligen Schwerpunkte in der ersten Sitzung festgelegt. Sämtliches Material wird über den VC bereitgestellt.

Wichtig: Bitte beachten Sie, dass das Repetitorium für Amerikanische Literatur ab sofort nur noch jeweils im Sommersemester angeboten wird.

Introduction to English and American Literary Studies (A)

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mo, 14:15 - 15:45, U5/00.24
Einzeltermin am 31.7.2020, 9:30 - 12:30, U5/00.24, U5/01.22

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): 14.04.2020 (10:00) - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer
WICHTIG Es stehen zwei Parallelkurse zur Verfügung. Termin A finden Sie in FlexNow! bei der Englischen Literaturwissenschaft, Termin B 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" 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 predominantly English literary history.

Please note that all Introductions to English and American Literary Studies prepare students for the analysis and interpretation of both English and American literature. The only difference is that the Introductions taught by members of the English Literature section use literary examples from a primarily British context, and those taught by members of the American Studies section use primarily American examples. Choosing one or the other Introduction does not mean that you specialize in English or American literature, and you don t have to take your later courses in the same area.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Meyer, Michael. English and American Literatures. Tübingen: Francke, 2011. (4th edition!)

Introduction to English and American Literary Studies (B)

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, U5/00.24

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Einführung (6 ECTS, inkl. Tutorium)
• BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Basismodul Anglistik: Einführung in die Englische Literaturwissenschaft (2 oder 6 ECTS)
• BA Berufliche Bildung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Einführung (6 ECTS)
• Lehramt GHS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Einführung (6 ECTS, inkl. Tutorium)
• Lehramt RS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Einführung (6 ECTS, inkl. Tutorium)
• Lehramt GY: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Einführung (6 ECTS, inkl. Tutorium)
• BSc BWL Studienschwerpunkt Wirtschaftspädagogik II: Basismodul Literaturrwissenschaft (6 ECTS mit Klausur, 2 ECTS ohne Klausur)

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• 6 ECTS: active participation in the seminar, tutorial, and final written exam
• 2 ECTS (nur BA Medieval Studies): active participation and small written exam in the end

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment

• via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the instructor of the course )
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung (course registration): 14. April – 02. Mai 2020
• Anmeldung zur Prüfung: 03. Juni 2020 - 03. Juli 2020
• Abmeldung von der Prüfung: 03. Juni 2020 – 23. Juli 2020

WICHTIG: Es stehen diverse Parallelkurse zur Verfügung. Den Termin A finden Sie in Flexnow bei der Englischen Literaturwissenschaft, den Termin B bei der Amerikanistik. Bitte entscheiden Sie sich frühzeitig für EINEN Termin!

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung des Seminars fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin/dem Dozenten.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/*

Inhalt:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

This course provides a concise introduction to major themes and methods in the study of English and American literature with a focus on 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 American literary history. The focus, however, will be on the discussion of textual examples from these various vantage points. The goal of this course is to enable you to articulate up-to-date readings of texts from different genres, in their cultural contexts, informed by key theories and analytical methods.

Please note that all Introductions to English and American Literary Studies prepare students for the analysis and interpretation of both English and American literature. The only difference is that the Introductions taught by members of the English Literature section use literary examples from a primarily British context, and those taught by members of the American Studies section use primarily American examples. Choosing one or the other Introduction does not mean that you “specialize” in English or American literature, and you don’t have to take your later courses in the same area.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Required Reading:

Michael Meyer. English and American Literature. 4th ed. UTB Basic. Tübingen: Francke, 2010. (or a newer edition!)

British and American SF/F TV and its Literary and Cultural Adaptations: Situating "Doctor Who" and "Star Trek"

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Mareike Spychala, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Do, 10:00 - 12:00, U5/02.22

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

SEMINAR LITERARY STUDIES - FlexNow enrollment via the English Literature department!

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
• BA Berufliche Bildung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
• Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft b: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to English and American Literature (= Einführung)
• Lehramt neu RS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to English and American Literature (= Einführung)
• Lehramt neu GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
• Lehramt neu GY (Kombination mit Russisch): Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
• LA alt (alle), Magister, Diplom: Proseminar II Literaturwissenschaft; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to English and American Literature
• Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft 6 ECTS

SEMINAR CULTURAL STUDIES - FlexNow enrollment via the American Studies section!

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft
• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Britische und Amerikanische Kultur: Seminar Britische Kultur 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft
• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
• BA Berufliche Bildung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
• Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft b: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies
• Lehramt neu RS: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies (= Einführung)
• Lehramt neu GY: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft
• Lehramt neu GY (Kombination mit Russisch): Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
• LA alt (alle), Magister, Diplom: Proseminar II Kulturwissenschaft; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies
• Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft 6 ECTS

ÜBUNG LITERARY STUDIES - FlexNow enrollment via the English Literature department

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF ohne BA-Arbeit):

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
• Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft

MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:

• Mastermodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Master-Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft I oder II: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA:

• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft a (4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu RS: Zusatzmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GY:

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

Lehramt neu GY (ab WS 11/12): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Übung
Bachelor BWL, Studienschwerpunkt Wirtschaftspädagogik II: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

ÜBUNG CULTURAL STUDIES – FlexNow Enrollment via the American Studies section

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF ohne BA-Arbeit):

• Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft
• Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft

MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:

• Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Master-Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft I oder II: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA:

• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft a (4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu RS: Zusatzmodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GY:

• Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft

Lehramt neu GY (ab WS 11/12): Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft
LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Übung
Bachelor BWL, Studienschwerpunkt Wirtschaftspädagogik II: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Studium Generale: NICHT für Studierende im BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation
• term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)
• Übung "Einführung in die Datenbankrecherche für Anglisten" (one-off event, enrollment via the Virtual Campus, Bereich "Bibliothek")

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

Enrollment for CULTURAL STUDIES via the American Studies section:

• via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to mareike.spychala(at)uni-bamberg.de )
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung (course registration): March 02 - May 02, 2020
• An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung (ECTS/ToR registration) for cultural studies: 03. Juni 2020 - 03. Juli 2020

Enrollment for LITERARY STUDIES via the English Literature department:

Vom 9. Februar 2020 (9 Uhr) bis 17. April 2020 (23:59 Uhr) via FlexNow!
Guest auditors pease contact kerstin-anja.muenderlein(at)uni-bamberg.de

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung des Seminars fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin/dem Dozenten.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/

Inhalt:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

Both Doctor Who and Star Trek have been mainstays of science fiction TV for more than five decades. Apart from having produced enormous amounts of content during this time, the respective canons of Star Trek and Doctor Who have also expanded exponentially into a variety of media, such as TV, film, books, or video games. In addition to commissioned media, both shows have found a basis of sustained interest in their respective fandoms, be it in fanfiction, fanfilm, or fanart. It is this decades-long cultural influence and the shows’ intertextuality that make them productive topics for scholarly investigation.
This course will use a variety of theoretical approaches to the study of literature and popular culture, TV shows, and fandom in general, among them Horkheimer and Adorno’s concept of the “culture industry,” Roland Barthes’ semiotic approach to cultural materials, and Henry Jenkins’ work on fan culture, to approach Doctor Who and Star Trek and interrogate their continued success in and influence on British and American science fiction in particular and popular culture in general.

From Heart of Darkness to Apocalypse Now: Defining and (Re-)thinking Otherness

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Di, 18:00 - 20:00, MG1/01.02

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS

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

(De)Registration in FlexNow: 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)

Inhalt:

Edward Said, in his seminal work Orientalism, illustrates the Western xenophobic discourse of ‘Othering’. Said’s theory states that since the inception of European Enlightenment and colonization, Western society has essentialized and othered a self-glorifying contrast between its own civilized society and primitive, unenlightened cultures outside of Europe. This is a prevalent theme in many literary texts and films. One of the most obvious example would be Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness that depicted Africa and African highly in a denigrating characterization by Marlow’s repetitious use of the word ‘savage’ in reference to African Americans, which connotes being uncivilized and archaic. Therefore, levelled Africa and African as the Other!

This course will introduce ideas, theories and examples of the representation of Otherness. The overall aim is to introduce a greater degree of awareness and self-reflection in relation to studying ‘other’ cultures. This course will introduce key terms and ideas that will be used to understand, interpret and analyze texts and films pertaining to the idea of the Other. To do that, following terms will be discussed: Edward Said and Orientalism; Colonialism; Postcolonialism and its theories; and issues of constructing the Other. Throughout the course, we will explore specific texts and films that illustrate themes emerging from a consideration of these theoretical concepts.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Joseph Conrad. Heart of Darkness. Penguin Classic Edition (1984).
William Somerset Maugham. “The Letter.” OUP Australia New Edition (1986).
Chinua Achebe. Things Fall Apart. African Writers Series Edition (1978).
Ama Ata Aidoo. Our Sister Killjoy. Longman Group Ltd. (1977).
John le Carré. The Constant Gardener. Hodder & Stoughton (2001).
Utsana Phleungtham. The Story of Jan Dara. Thai Modern Classic (1995).
Francis Ford Coppola. Apocalypse Now. 1979. (Movie).
Roland Joffe. The Killing Fields. 1984. (Movie).

Hijab, Islam, and the Voice of the Subaltern

Dozent/in:

Mahbub Alam

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität, Zentrum für Interreligiöse Studien

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, FL2/01.01

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

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Women are being infringed, marginalized and discriminated in the liberal West as well as in the conservative Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran based on whether they wear the hijab or not. In France, women face financial penalty for wearing the Muslim head covering in schools and on beaches. Contrastingly, in Saudi Arabia and Iran they are fined and even arrested for not wearing the hijab. In these instances, women fall into a subaltern category where against the will of the politicians they are helpless and cannot decide for themselves what to wear and what not to wear.
Muslim women are often presented in the Western media as either an oppressed class or a threat to the national identity. Thus, the veil is perceived as a symbol of oppression and in the name of secular liberalism and national security many European countries have adopted policies to control the hijab in the public sphere. However, no such steps have been taken to control religious symbols for men, such as the skull cap or beard.
Restriction on wearing hijab means a restriction of free will for those who choose to abide by traditional Islamic practices. On the other hand, forcing women to wear the garments they do not like to wear is a blatant act of sabotage to their liberty. In Minaret Leila Aboulela presents the life of a Muslim woman who reconstructs religion in her life. Through the depiction of the religious transformation of Najwa, the protagonist of the novel, Aboulela breaks the Western stereotypes of Muslim women. Najwa is not submissive to any man and makes her own choices. She goes to the Mosque and puts on Islamic dress including the hijab of her free will. Her religious transformation brings a new meaning of life to herself. She finds protection, peace and strength in Islam. On the contrary, Azar Nafisi finds political Islam oppressing. She had to leave her job because she did not comply with the Iranian law of head covering. Like Nafisi there are women in the Islamic world who are forced to wear the hijab.
In this seminar we will critically analyze Minaret and Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books and discuss the problems of hindering women from wearing the hijab in the West and forcing them to wear it in the conservative Islamic countries.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Aboulela, Leila. Minaret. 2005.
Nafisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books. 2003.

Jane Austen: Interpretation and Adaptation

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Di, 18:00 - 20:00, U5/01.22

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS

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

(De)Registration in FlexNow: 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)

Inhalt:

Jane Austen is certainly one of the best-known authors in English literature. Even though she only wrote six complete novels in her short life, Austen has been an audience favourite ever since she published her books in the early 19th century. Her novels have been studied by generations of students and artists of all kinds and each generation both drew on previous interpretations and analyses of her works and added new ones. This course will specifically look at how such interpretations and analyses in all kinds of scholarship and media have shaped and keep re-shaping the popular and academic discouse of Austen. To do so, we will look at her novels and their adaptations in film, TV and online content such as web series or fanfictions. In addition, we will read and analyse some of Austen's unfinished works as well as her minor works and letters to see how she herself participated in the literary discourse of her own time. A special focus will be laid on reception theory to study the effect of audience interpretation and adaptation on the cultural understanding of Austen's writing. Hence, the course material will cover both primary texts (by Austen and by other writers/filmmakers/other artists) and scholarly texts on adaptation, reception theory and discourse formation.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Mandatory reading list:

Jane Austen. Lady Susan. c.1794/1871
---. Sense and Sensibility. 1811
---. Pride and Prejudice. 1813
---. Mansfield Park. 1814
---. Emma. 1815
---. Northanger Abbey. 1818
---. Persuasion. 1818

Of Grand Tours, Expeditions and Postcolonial Tourism: A Survey of Travel Writing

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS

1.2 Übung:
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature 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): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Quests, pilgrimages, expeditions, sentimental journeys, picaresque and picturesque travels, eco-tourism and travel influencers. Over the past five centuries travelling to and from the British Isles has seen many shapes and fulfilled a range of purposes. This seminar on travel writing sets out to explore some of the facets of this genre that has been variously termed “notoriously refractory to definition” (Holland/Huggan) but also “the most socially important of all literary genres” (Youngs).

How does travelling re-shape our identities? And how does it alter our view of others, of authenticity and the exotic? What are the implications of gender, sexual and ethnic identity for the (fictional) travel experience? Participants will be introduced to the evolving field of tourism studies as well as its intersections with literary studies, to theories of identity, place and space as well as Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism (1978). The texts read in class will range from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (1350s), Captain James Cook’s Journals, Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey (1768), The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789), Mary Wollstonecraft’s letters from Scandinavia (1796) and Mary Kingsley’s accounts of West Africa to Louise Doughty’s The Stone Cradle (2006) and Bernardine Evaristo’s Soul Tourists (2005).

Empfohlene Literatur:

Excerpts of all primary texts will be made available on the VC. Those texts which need to be read in full length will be published soon.

Pop Avant-Garde from America and Britain to Italy / Avanguardia pop dall’America e Gran Bretagna all'Italia

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino, Franko Burolo

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft / 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 / Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

Not open for Consolidation Module!

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

In 1976, the British public was struck by two singular verses: “I am an antichrist! / I am an anarchist!”, screamed by a cynical jeering voice of a certain Johnny Rotten, who fronted a group shamelessly called Sex Pistols. The shock provoked both indignation and admiration that soon had an international impact and kick started a new generation of young artists inspired by it under the common denominator of “punk”.

This “punk” denominator was very soon split up into various others: new wave, industrial, goth etc., and its impact seems to resonate throughout pop culture and beyond, even today. Because of its defiant attitude, destructive, yet playful creativity, and fast developing related and post-tendencies around the world, it was soon suggested that punk resembles futurism, dada, situationism or other avant-garde movements and tendencies.

With focus on English- and Italian-speaking cultural areas, this course will provide food for thought and discussions about avant-garde aesthetics, gender, and how they manifest, if they do, in punk and related tendencies in pop culture. While it is a widespread viewpoint that punk is just about the music, the course aims at the portrayal of its literary value, through its lyrics, poetry and later developed fiction with examples from Cyberpunk, Steampunk and Feminist Punk. The possible ethical and political meanings of such expression will also be presented and discussed, since political engagement is one of the central aspects of both the avant-garde and punk.

Students of Italian language and literature will also have separate sessions for analysis of Italian texts in its original language.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Mandatory reading:
Fiction:
Acker, Kathy. Blood and Guts in High School. 1984. Gibson, William. Neuromancer. 1984. Sterling, Bruce. The Difference Machine. 1990.

Albums and Lyrics:
Alternative TV. “Action Time Vision”. The Image has Cracked, Surrey Sound Studios, 1978. The Clash. The Clash, CBS Studios in London, 1977.
Sex Pistols. “Anarchy in the UK”. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Wessex Sound Studios, 1977.
Sex Pistols. “God Save the Queen”. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Wessex Sound Studios, 1977.
Sex Pistols. “Holidays in the Sun”. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Wessex Sound Studios, 1977.
Sex Pistols. “Pretty Vacant”. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Wessex Sound Studios, 1977.
The Slits. Cut, Ridge Farm Studio, 1979.
Wire. Pink Flag, Advision Studios, 1977.

More material WILL be added during the semester

In the Spotlight: A Survey of US-American Literary History (e-learning course)

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Dies ist ein reines Online-Seminar. Anmeldung erfolgt über die VHB!

Termine:

Der Kurs findet ausschließlich virtuell statt. Er steht über die virtuelle Hochschule Bayern Studierenden aller bayerischen Universitäten bzw. Hochschulen zur Verfügung.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
• Lehramt Englisch: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation (individual tasks and group work)
• term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

• via Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern!
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung: April 1st - May 1st, 2020 (via vhb website!)
• An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung: July 1st - August 1st, 2020 (via email to the instructor)

Die Lehrveranstaltung ist als Online-Kurs konzipiert. Sie steht über die virtuelle Hochschule Bayern [ https://www.vhb.org/startseite ] Studierenden aller bayerischen Universitäten bzw. Hochschulen zur Verfügung.

• Zum Online-Kurs auf dem Virtuellen Campus im Sommersemester 2020: https://vc.uni-bamberg.de/course/view.php?id=26475
• Zur Kursdemo auf dem Virtuellen Campus: https://vc.uni-bamberg.de/course/view.php?id=27003

Inhalt:

This seminar is an internet-based survey course that offers students in the “Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft” an overview of the main developments in US-American literary history. The class will help students to understand the links between literary periods, their central ideas, and important stylistic features. The course provides participants with detailed information about the complexities that underlie and connect each literary work and period. The course’s other main goal is to familiarize students with key texts and key discourses of US-American literature, such as race, class, and gender. The texts were chosen because they either represent crucial aspects of their respective literary periods, or because they address topics and concepts that were controversial at this particular point in history.

Despite being an E-Learning course, this is a discussion-based class, so active participation is crucial. Participants are required to contribute to class discussions by posting at least two quality responses per forum. Your learning process will be enabled through your active involvement in the different assignments, which are designed to allow you as much creative freedom as possible while assisting you in your reading and understanding of the poems, short stories, novels, and plays.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Most readings will be made available via the Learning Management System (VC/Moodle).
Two texts, however, need to be acquired by each participant individually:

• Kate Chopin, The Awakening (1899)
• Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death (1969)

PS From Waka to Weta: Approaching New Zealand Cultural History

Dozent/in:

Lina Strempel

Angaben:

Proseminar, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 6

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, OK8/02.04

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
Aufbaumodul Britische und Amerikanische Kultur: Seminar Britische Kultur 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft
Ergänzungsmodul (ab WS 2014/15; je nach Belegung des Faches 6, 4 oder 3 ECTS)

BA Berufliche Bildung:
Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GS/HS/MS/RS:
Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to English and American Literature (= Einführung)

LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft; Aufbaumodul Landeskunde/Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar Britische Kultur 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Landeskunde/Kulturwissenschaft
LA GY:(Kombination mit Russisch) Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY: (Kombination mit Russisch) Wahlpflichtmodul Landeskunde/Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar Britische Kultur 5 ECTS

Erasmus and other visiting students:
Seminar (6 ECTS)

Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
active participation
presentation (30 minutes)
term paper in English, 3.000-4.000 words

An- und Abmeldung Lehrveranstaltung / Enrollment:
April 6 until April 24, 2020

via FlexNow "Professur für Anglistische und Amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft" (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus) please send an email to pascal.fischer(at)uni-bamberg.de or carmen.zink(at)uni-bamberg.de.)

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung des Seminars fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin/dem Dozenten.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Inhalt:

From a European perspective Aotearoa/New Zealand, the final major landmass to be settled by humans, is still commonly viewed as a remote, peaceful Pacific paradise known for its unspoilt nature and breath-taking landscapes that attract film-makers, tourists, and wealthy expats alike. This seminar sets out to look both at and beyond the nation’s (colonial) myths and narratives and seeks to critically explore the small country’s brief history and cultural formation. Following a roughly chronological order for the first half of the term, the course will cover major events from the arrival of the first Polynesian settlers in the 13th century, and its British colonisation in the 19th century, to the challenges of today’s pluralistic society tragically testified to by the Christchurch mosque attacks last year.
The participants’ understanding of Aoteaoroa/ New Zealand contexts will be advanced by selected readings that include excerpts from historical sources, legal documents, and literary works as well as secondary and theoretical texts on New Zealand history, culture and literature and (post)colonialism in general. The second part of the seminar will proceed thematically by looking into e. g. the role of Māori culture and language today, the nation’s relationship with nature, and how New Zealand compares to other former British dominions like Australia or Canada.
Readings will be made available on the VC.

PS The Scottish Renaissance and its Literary-Cultural Implications

Dozent/in:

Mario Ebest

Angaben:

Proseminar, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 6

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 26.6.2020, 10:00 - 17:00, LU19/00.09
Einzeltermin am 27.6.2020, Einzeltermin am 3.7.2020, Einzeltermin am 10.7.2020, 10:00 - 17:00, MG1/02.05
Die Veranstaltung findet als Blockseminar statt.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
Aufbaumodul Britische und Amerikanische Kultur: Seminar Britische Kultur 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft
Ergänzungsmodul (ab WS 2014/15; je nach Belegung des Faches 6, 4 oder 3 ECTS)

BA Berufliche Bildung:
Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GS/HS/MS/RS:
Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS Zugangsvoraussetzung: Introduction to English and American Literature (= Einführung)

LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft; Aufbaumodul Landeskunde/Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar Britische Kultur 6 ECTS; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Landeskunde/Kulturwissenschaft
LA GY:(Kombination mit Russisch) Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY: (Kombination mit Russisch) Wahlpflichtmodul Landeskunde/Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar Britische Kultur 5 ECTS

Erasmus and other visiting students:
Seminar (6 ECTS)

Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
active participation
presentation (30 minutes)
term paper in English, 3.000-4.000 words

An- und Abmeldung Lehrveranstaltung / Enrollment:
April 6 until April 24, 2020

via FlexNow "Professur für Anglistische und Amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft" (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus) please send an email to pascal.fischer(at)uni-bamberg.de or carmen.zink(at)uni-bamberg.de.)

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung des Seminars fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin/dem Dozenten.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Inhalt:

This seminar aims at introducing and exploring the literary-cultural movement of the Scottish Renaissance (1920-1950), which also had significant implications within the field of national Scottish politics. From the angle of literary as well as cultural studies, we will be looking into novels such as Neil Miller Gunn's Butcher's Broom, Fionn Mac Colla's And the Cock Crew, and Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song. In addition, we will read and discuss some (enigmatic) poems written by Hugh MacDiarmid. Topics involved include: Scotland in the 20^th century; Scotland s national identity; Scotland as an internal colony. Students wishing to take part should have read at least two of the novels before the seminar starts.

Contemporary Jewish Women s Literature

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Gender und Diversität, Zentrum für Interreligiöse Studien, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Mi, 18:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11
Mi, 18:00 - 20:00, U2/01.33

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09):
freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GY:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

MA English and American Studies:
Master Module English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Consolidation Module English and American Literature I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies:
Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)

Erasmus and other visiting students:
Seminar (6 or 8 ECTS)

Modulzuordnung für Judaist/innen:
BA-Hauptfach Jüdische Studien:
V/H-1 (Jüdische Literatur, Kunst und Kultur)
BA-Nebenfach Jüdische Studien und Judaistik 45:
V/N-45 2a+3a (Sprache und Literatur)

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW) guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

The seminar aims to trace issues of identity and belonging in texts by Jewish British women writers. In British society ever since World War II, it has been class more than anything else that made it difficult for Jews to define an identity of their own; either they were excluded or they assimilated into society, but they did not have or did not want to have a voice of their own.
In this seminar we will discuss a variety of perspectives that shape Jewish identity in Great Britain by focusing of the contribution of women writers. The topics will include immigration from Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, exiles who had either escaped or survived the Shoah, the foundation of the State of Israel, the legacy of the Shoah, the Palestinian conflict, orthodox and liberal Judaism, and old and new forms of anti-Semitism.
Among the writers we will discuss is Marjorie Agosin, a Chilean-American writer, who is going to be a guest in our seminar on 17th June. She will talk about and read from her new book, Maps of Memory (2020).

We will read, discuss and include a number of texts. The list below is more than we can actually do in one semester. So please understand it as a list of suggestions and let me know at your earliest convenience whether you are interested in any specific text for your presentation/paper. The texts marked with this sign ° are for smaller presentations, i.e. for students who do not want to write a term paper.

Grace Aguilar (1816-1847): The Vale of Cedars, or the Martyr: A Story of Spain in the Fifteenth Century (written before 1835, published in 1850)
Marghanita Laski: The Little Boy Lost (1949) (novel)

Bernice Rubens: Set on Edge (1960); I, Dreyfus (1999); Brothers (2001) (novels)

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: A Birthday in London (1963) (short story)°

Muriel Spark: The Mandelbaum Gate (1965) (novel)

Karen Gershon: A Tempered Wind (1992/2009) (autobiography)

Michelene Wandor: Return to Sender (1986) (play), Song of the Jewish Princess (1989) (short story)°

Anita Brookner: Latecomers (1988); A Family Romance (1993) (novel)

Elena Lappin: Noa and Noah (1998) (short story)°

Linda Grant: When I Lived in Modern Times (2000) (novel)

Charlotte Mendelson: Almost English (2013) (novel)

Tamar Yellin: The Genizah at the House of Shepher (2005); Kafka in Bronteland (2006) (novels)

Naomi Alderman: Disobedience (2006); The Lessons (2010); The Liars' Gospel (2012); The Power (2016) (novels)

Natasha Solomons: Mr. Rosenblum's List (2010); The Novel in the Viola (2011), The Song Collector (2015), House of Gold (2018) (novels)

Julia Pascal: The Holocaust Trilogy (1995) (play)

Marjorie Agosin: A Cross and a Star (1995) (memoir)

Empfohlene Literatur:

see above

New Lines and Movements: Post-war English Poetry

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Studium Generale

Termine:

Do, 16:00 - 18:00, MG2/01.02
Do, 16:00 - 18:00, U2/01.33

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09):
freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GY:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

MA English and American Studies:
Master Module English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Consolidation Module English and American Literature I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies:
Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)

Erasmus and other visiting students:
Seminar (6 or 8 ECTS)

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

This seminar will guide you through the fascinating variety of poetry that emerged from the post-war period and evolved into the diversity of contemporary poetry. We will begin with a short look back to the poetry of modernism (T.S. Eliot) and the political poetry in the 1930s (Auden, Spender, MacNeice). The seminar then starts with Robert Conquest s New Lines introducing us to poets of the 1950s and beyond. The diversity of British poetry is difficult to categorise. There are individual poets such as Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Geoffrey Hill, Peter Porter, Thom Gunn, Tony Harrison, and others. Some poets gained a reputation as representatives of the bygone rural England (John Betjeman). Others might be read as poets of a particular region such as Edwin Morgan, Hugh MacDiarmid, John Burnside or Jackie Kay for Scotland, or Dylan Thomas and R.S Thomas for Wales, and John Harris and D.M. Thomas for Cornwall. Recent poets include ethnic minorities and immigrants, i.e. diasporic poetry (Derek Walcott, George Szirtes, Benjamin Zephaniah) and women poets such as Emily Berry, Alice Oswald or Clare Pollard. Reading these poets in class, you will learn a lot about the changing poetic language in the twentieth century, but also about history and politics, society and culture in the United Kingdom throughout a troubled century.

Postcolonial London: Urban Narrative and Diasporic Identity

Dozent/in:

Emilija Lipovsek

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 17.7.2020, 15:00 - 20:00, U5/02.18
Blockveranstaltung 18.7.2020-19.7.2020 Mo-Fr, Sa, So, 10:00 - 18:00, U5/02.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Module Allocation
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft/ Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09):
freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GY:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft/ Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

MA English and American Studies:
Master Module English and American Literature/Culture : Seminar (8 ECTS)

Profile Modules English and American Literature I-VI/ Culture I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies:
Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature/ Culture: Seminar (8 ECTS)

Erasmus and other visiting students:
Seminar (6 or 8 ECTS)

Not open for Consolidation Module!

(De)Registration in FlexNow:
04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)

Inhalt:

Starting with the Empire Windrush sailing out in 1948 until the beginning of the 21st century, the seminar will focus on the span of over fifty years of postcolonial migration to London. After living and working in London for many years, migrants still feel left on the margins of the British society. Although born and bred in the UK, their children’s sense of belonging is undermined by other Londoners constantly asking: ‘Where are you really from?’ Special emphasis will be given to the questions of diasporic identities, institutional racism manifesting as discriminations that the first and second generations of migrants face in schools and workplaces, police cruelty, underpaid jobs, problems with housing, and differences in culinary traditions and climate. The seminar will discuss how London in urban narratives like The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi, White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Brick Lane by Monica Ali, and The Small Island by Andrea Levy reflects the liminal space between the ‘Englishness’, the migrants’ dreams and disappointment.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Mandatory reading list:
Monica Ali. Brick Lane . (2003)
Hanif Kureishi. The Buddha of Suburbia . (1990)
Andrea Levy. The Small Island. (2004)
Zadie Smith. White Teeth. (2000)

The Bloomsbury Group

Dozent/in:

Beatrix Hesse

Angaben:

Seminar, ECTS: 8

Termine:

Fr, 12:00 - 14:00, U5/02.17
Einzeltermin am 15.5.2020, 12:00 - 14:00, U5/01.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft/ Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09):
freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GY:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft/ Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

MA English and American Studies:
Master Module English and American Literature/ Culture: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI/ Culture I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Consolidation Module English and American Literature I-IV/ Culture I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies:
Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature/ Culture: Seminar (8 ECTS)

Erasmus and other visiting students:
Seminar (6 or 8 ECTS)

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 04.03.2020, 10:00 - 25.04.2020, 23:59 (NEW)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

The Bloomsbury Group (after the London borough of Bloomsbury) is a term frequently used for a number of writers, painters and critics of the first half of the twentieth century who were also close personal friends. Members of the group included the writers Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster, the painters Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Roger Fry, the biographer Lytton Strachey, the social economist John Maynard Keynes and the critics Leonard Woolf and Clive Bell. The aim of this course will be to investigate whether it really makes sense to speak of a “group”, i.e. if, in what way and to what extent the individual artists influenced each other or followed a common aesthetics. In view of the number of members and the huge influence they exerted in their various fields, a treatment of the group’s activities within the limits of one seminar will necessarily be highly selective. Hence, we will concentrate on fiction and painting, that is, the (shared?) artistic principles of the group, and largely ignore the equally intriguing political issues (for instance pacifism and changing gender roles). Students enrolling for this class will be expected to read two longer texts, E. M. Forster’s novel Howards End and Virginia Woolf’s The Waves, as well as a selection of shorter, mostly non-fictional, texts that will be made available in class. Considering the topic of this class, which is concerned with collaboration, mutual criticism and lively interaction, it is essential that students make an effort to attend the seminar regularly. Please note that you must have read Howards End by the second week of term!

Empfohlene Literatur:

Texts:
E. M. Forster, Howards End
Virginia Woolf, The Waves
(any edition)

American Migrations: History, Culture, Literature

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Christine Gerhardt, Sabine Freitag

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Das Blockseminar findet Ende August 2020 im Chalet Giersch in Manigod, Frankreich, statt.

Termine:

The pre-meeting is mandatory for all participants and takes place on April 28 in room U9/01.11 at 6 p.m. (sharp).
Vorbesprechung: Dienstag, 28.4.2020, 18:00 - 20:00 Uhr, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session/meeting! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

CULTURAL STUDIES - also open for the consolidation module!

B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik

• Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft

B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09):

• freie Erweiterung: Seminar (6 ECTS)

M.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante I): Seminar (8 ECTS)
• Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante II): Seminar (6 ECTS)
• Profilmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsmodul: Seminar (8 ECTS)

M.A. English and American Studies / Joint Degree:

• Compulsory Subjects and Restricted Electives: Mastermodul Cultural Studies
• Restricted Electives: Profilmodul Cultural Studies

M.A. Literatur und Medien:

• Film- und Bildwissenschaft: Seminar (Referat + Hausarbeit, 8 ECTS)
• Erweiterung Film- und Bildwissenschaft: Seminar (Referat + Hausarbeit, 8 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer M.A.:

• Exportmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik 1 oder 2: Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante I): Seminar (8 ECTS)
• Exportmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik 2: Mastermodul Kulturwissenschaft (Variante II): Seminar (6 ECTS)

LA (alt) alle, Diplom, Magister:

• Hauptseminar Kulturwissenschaft, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Zwischenprüfung oder Hauptseminaraufnahmeprüfung

LITERARY STUDIES - also open for the consolidation module!

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
• LA neu GY: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
• M.A. English and American Studies / Joint Degree: Compulsory Subjects and Restricted Electives (Master Module English and American Literature); Restricted Electives (Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI: Seminar)
• Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA: Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
• LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Hauptseminar Literaturwissenschaft, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Zwischenprüfung oder Hauptseminaraufnahmeprüfung
• Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (8 ECTS)

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation
• presentation
• term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)

3. An- und Abmeldung (FlexNow) / Enrollment:

• via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the instructor of the course)
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung (course registration): March 02 May 02, 2020
• An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung (ECTS/ToR registration): 03. Juni 2020 - 03. Juli 2020

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Teilnahmewunsch trotz Überbuchung des Seminars wenden Sie sich bitte per Email an die Dozentin.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/*

Inhalt:

Please note: This course starts during the week April 20-25, when important information about the organization of this semester will be shared. Therefore, make sure to be registered for this class on FlexNow at least one day before the first scheduled session/meeting! Registered students will then be signed into the respective VC class by the instructor.

Much of US-American culture has been shaped by histories of migration both global migrations to the US, and internal migrations within and across the North American continent. The impact of migration on American culture and its narratives can hardly be overestimated. On the one hand, the US has long prided itself to be able to absorb people, languages, and cultures from all over the world; the American Dream and the idea that the US was destined to spread from Atlantic to Pacific are deeply linked to concepts of migration. On the other hand, the slave trade and Native American relocations profoundly contradict idealizing notions of the US as nation of immigrants.

We will study formative moments in the history of American migration, from the first arrival of European colonists to major moments of mass immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries. Focusing on key phenomena such as the California gold rush and the dust bowl, the African American Great Migration to the North and the shift of wealthy whites to the sunbelt South, we will discuss how different forms of migratory unrest have shaped American cultures.

At the same time, we will explore which role literature has played in negotiating the meanings of migration in the US. Reading a selection of short stories by different (im)migrant authors, we will ask: how do migration stories shape but also critique dominant ideas of the Melting Pot, the American Dream, or the Frontier? Which roles do family, food, education, or the natural world play in the migratory imagination? How do ethnicity and gender inflect these stories perspectives? And which formal and aesthetic features characterize American literature of migration?

Organization:
This is a regular seminar for which you can get 2 8 ECTS points in English and American Studies, or in History, or for the Studium Generale. It will take place as a compact seminar (Blockseminar) at a study center in the French Alps (Chalet Giersch, Manigod), Aug. 14 (Fr) Aug. 21 (Fr) 2020, with a pre-meeting on April 28, 2020 (6-8 p.m. sharp, U9/01.11).

We will travel by car in small groups; the week costs about 120,-- (double room) plus 60,-- (food) per student.

For details and pictures from the last 3 seminars, see https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/exkursionen/.

If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email to christine.gerhardt(at)uni-bamberg.de, I ll be happy to help!

There is a limited number of slots, so please register as soon as possible via FlexNow, or by sending an email!

Requirements:
The seminar will be held in German and English. Students can use the language they feel most comfortable with, but should be able to follow discussions and read short texts in both languages. Each participant should give a 20-minute presentation. For a grade, you can write a final paper or take an oral exam.

Readings:
We will read 10-15 short stories, and a number of historical and conceptual essays about migration history and literature. All texts will be made available on the Virtual Campus by April.

Contemporary Arab-American Literature and Culture

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Christine Gerhardt, Lale Behzadi

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, The first session takes place on April 21st, 2020!

Termine:

Di, 18:00 - 21:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

Please note that this course is now ALSO OPEN for CULTURAL STUDIES (Hauptseminar Vertiefungsmodul, Master modules, Profile Modules, Consolidation module)!

LITERARY STUDIES - also open for the consolidation module!

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
• LA neu GY: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
• M.A. English and American Studies / Joint Degree: Compulsory Subjects and Restricted Electives (Master Module English and American Literature: Seminar, 8 ECTS; Consolidation Module in English and American Literature I - IV: Seminar, 8, 6, 5, or 4 ECTS); Restricted Electives (Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI: Seminar, 8, 6, 5, or 4 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA: Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
• LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Hauptseminar Literaturwissenschaft, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Zwischenprüfung oder Hauptseminaraufnahmeprüfung
• Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (8 ECTS)

• BA Islamischer Orient: Vertiefungsmodul I+II
• MA Arabistik/Arabic Studies: MA Ar 01, 02, 03
• Masterstudiengänge Orientalistik: Nachbarmodul im Kernbereich; Modul im Erweiterungsbereich

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation
• presentation
• term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)

3. An- und Abmeldung (FlexNow) / Enrollment:

• via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the instructor of the course)
• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung (course registration): March 02 - May 02, 2020
• An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung (ECTS/ToR registration): 03. Juni 2020 - 03. Juli 2020

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Teilnahmewunsch trotz Überbuchung des Seminars wenden Sie sich bitte per Email an die Dozentin.

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/*

Inhalt:

This interdisciplinary course offers an introduction to the aesthetic, cultural, and political significance of contemporary Arab-American literature from the joint perspectives of Arabic Studies and American Studies. We will focus on how Arab-American literature has been informed by and speaks back to two major contexts: the historical and current developments in diverse Arab cultures, and the shifting role of the United States as a “nation of immigrants.” Starting out from a survey of the historical dynamics that have shaped major strands of Arab-American migration, we will read a selection of novels, short stories, and poems to discuss how specific thematic concerns and formal features resonate in various Arab, American, and Arab-American frameworks. Throughout our readings, we will engage with critical concepts such as migration and diaspora, postcolonialism and transnationalism, orientalism and memory, race and gender, so students are expected to come to this seminar with an interest in theoretical issues as well. All readings are in English.

Empfohlene Literatur:

All students are required to get and read these two novels before the beginning of the semester:

• Rabih Alameddine: I, The Divine (2002)
• Diana Abu-Jabir, Crescent (2003)

Further primary and secondary readings will be made available on the Virtual Campus before the beginning of the term.