Lehrveranstaltungen

V: Technologies of the Self: Literary Autobiography and Media Confessions

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 17:30, U5/01.22
NB: THIS CLASS STARTS IN THE SECOND WEEK OF THE SUMMER TERM

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

all modules including an obligatory/optional lecture (2 or 4 ECTS) in

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

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.

Dozent/in:: Georgiana Banita
Angaben:: Vorlesung
Termine:: Di, 18:00 - 20:00, U7/01.05
Einzeltermin am 19.4.2016, Einzeltermin am 28.6.2016, Einzeltermin am 12.7.2016, 18:00 - 20:00, M12A/00.15
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:: Modulzugehörigkeiten für Studierende des MA Literatur und Medien:

Vergleichende Literatur- und Medienwissenschaft: Vorlesung (2 ECTS)
Literatur-, Medien- und Kulturtheorie: Vorlesung (2 ECTS)
Erweiterung Literatur, Medien- und Kulturtheorie: Vorlesung (2 ECTS)
Profilmodul: Übung (4 ECTS)

Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

Kulturwissenschaft

B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Basis-, Aufbaumodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft: Vorlesung/Übung Britische und Amerikanische Kultur (2 ECTS)
M.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Master-, Profilmodul; Fachwissenschaftliche Vertiefung; Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vorlesung/Übung Britische und Amerikanische Kultur (2 bzw. 4 ECTS)
Lehrämter (neu): RS/BS Zusatzmodul Landeskunde/Kulturwissenschaft: Vorlesung Britische und Amerikanische Kultur (2 ECTS); GYM Aufbau-, Wahlpflichtmodul (Kombination mit Russisch) Landeskunde/Kulturwissenschaft: Vorlesung Britische und Amerikanische Kultur (1 ECTS)
B.Sc. BWL (Wirtschaftspädagogik: Übung Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
M.Sc. Wirtschaftspädagogik: Übung Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Joint Degree: Master-, Vertiefungs-, Profilmodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft Variante I/Erweiterungsbereich: Vorlesung/Übung Britische und Amerikanische Kultur (2 ECTS)
Erasmus-Studenten (2 oder 4 ECTS)

Literaturwissenschaft

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: 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)
Lehramt neu GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Mastermodul Literaturwissenschaft, Variante I (2 ECTS)
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Mastermodul Literaturwissenschaft, Variante II (4 ECTS)
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Profilmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), muss mit der Übung zur Vorlesung (2 ECTS) ergänzt werden
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Profilmodul Literaturwissenschaft (4 ECTS)
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Master-Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 oder 4 ECTS)
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Erweiterungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik 1 oder 2: Vorlesung Literaturwissenschaft (2 oder 4 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA: Exportmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik 1 oder 2: Mastermodul Literaturwissenschaft, Variante I (2 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA: Exportmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik 2: Mastermodul Literaturwissenschaft, Variante II (4 ECTS)
LA alt (alle), Magister, Diplom: Vorlesung Literaturwissenschaft
Joint Degree: Compulsory Subjects and Restricted Electives: Mastermodul Literary Studies
Joint Degree: Restricted Electives: Profilmodul Literary Studies
Joint Degree: Free Electives: Master-Vertiefungsmodul Literary Studies

Anmeldung/Abmeldung vom 21. März 2016 (10:00 Uhr) bis 29. April 2016 (23:59 Uhr) über Flex Now!
Inhalt:: How does technology influence the stories we tell about ourselves? What are the hallmarks of confessional subjectivity in different media? How do literature, cinema, radio, television, and social media forge distinct forms of memory and self-fashioning? Why do narratives of the self top bestseller lists? The lecture will address these questions by considering a range of autobiographical styles and media to study the specific signature of each format in how selves are shaped and performed. We will focus on how marginalized groups (women, people of color, queers, the poor, etc.) use autobiographical expression to challenge cultural norms. After reviewing the central tenets of life writing as a cross-media genre and studying core examplars in US culture, from Benjamin Franklin and Thoreau to Ernest Hemingway and Dave Eggers, we turn to a selection of unique life stories that experiment with first person media. To illustrate a wide array of approaches, the sessions will range from slave narratives to poetry, African American autobiography to ethnic memoir, experimental film to documentary, photography to reality TV, travelogue to comics and music from artists dedicated to a single medium to multiplatform manipulators. The ambition of the course is to explore the cultural history of the American self-portrait through the prism of genre and technology. The course provides students with the skills necessary to examine the embeddedness of autobiography in media history. It also encourages them to scrutinize their own autobiographical performances, and to understand how first person texts can destabilize monolithic formations around race, gender, sexuality, affect, disability, and class by emphasizing concepts of difference.

Course texts:
Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave (1853)
Maya Deren, Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) and Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
Sylvia Plath, Ariel (1965)
Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior: Memoir of a Girlhood among Ghosts (1976)
Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals (1980)
Francesca Woodman, Some Disordered Interior Geometries (1981)
Samuel R. Delany, The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village (1988)
Phoebe Gloeckner, The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures (2002)
Jonathan Caouette, Tarnation (2003) and Sarah Polley, Stories We Tell (2012)
Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle (2005)
Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking (2005) and Blue Nights(2011)
Patti Smith, Just Kids (2010)
Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail (2012)
Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl (2014)

Vorlesung American Literature II (Realism-Postmodernism)

Dozent/in:

Christine Gerhardt

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U5/00.24
Obligatorischer Sondertermin Mi, 6.7., 14.15-15.45 Uhr (ersetzt den regulären Vorlesungstermin am 7.7.) Gastvortrag von Prof. Marcia Pally über die US Präsidentschaftswahl.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

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

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Studienbeginn ab WS 14/15): Ergänzungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft Seminar + Übung (je nach Belegung 7, 5, oder 4 ECTS)
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)
Lehramt neu GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
Lehramt neu GY (ab WS 11/2): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:

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

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

February 8 until the day before the first session
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the teacher of this class.)

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.

Informationen on how to enrol via FlexNow: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/englit/news_englische_literaturwissenschaft/anmeldung_zu_lehrveranstaltungen_und_studienbegleitenden_leistungsnachweisen/

Inhalt:

The lecture provides an overview of the United States’ literary and cultural history from the 1880s till today, focusing on Realism, Naturalism, Modernism and Post-Modernism. For each of these periods, major developments in North America’s cultural and intellectual history will be discussed in conjunction with stylistic, thematic and conceptual developments in a broad range of literary texts.

Throughout the lecture, we will analyze canonical texts together with those that have been considered marginal, in order to understand how different groups of Americans have imagined their culture at specific moments of time. We will also discuss how American poems, short stories, essays, plays and novels have critically engaged with the past, and with Europe and the world, charting new directions for the relationship between literature and culture. Finally, we will investigate to which degree processes of modernization and the ideal of democratization can be understood as American literature’s major driving forces.

Übungen und Repetitorien

Discovering the 19th Century Novel

Dozent/in:

Exam Preparation English Literature

Angaben:

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

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

1.1 Reading Tutorial (Übung)

all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) in

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

1.2 Seminar

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Ergänzungsmodul Englische Literaturwissenschaft

2. (De)Registration:

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

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

This is a very (!) reading intensive class!

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

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

Empfohlene Literatur:

Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice

Mary Shelley. Frankenstein

Anthony Trollope. The Eustace Diamonds

George Elliot. Middlemarch (Vol. I-III)

Thomas Hardy. Far from the Madding Crowd

Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist

Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White

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

Dozent/in:

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung Englische Literaturwissenschaft (Münderlein)

Angaben:

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

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

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

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

MA Berufliche Bildung

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. (De)Registration:

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

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

to be announced

Empfohlene Literatur:

to be announced

Dozent/in:

Heroes, Wizards and Nobody: Identity in Children's Literature

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

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

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

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

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

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

2. (De)Registration:

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

Inhalt:

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

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

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

Dozent/in:

Lisa Kalkowski

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 13.4.2016, 18:00 - 20:00, MG1/02.05
Einzeltermin am 27.4.2016, Einzeltermin am 11.5.2016, Einzeltermin am 25.5.2016, Einzeltermin am 8.6.2016, 18:00 - 22:00, MG1/02.05
Einzeltermin am 15.6.2016, 18:00 - 21:00, MG1/02.05

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) in

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. (De)Registration:

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

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Hagrid ran his fingers through his hair, fixing Harry with a bewildered stare. "Yeh don know what yeh are?" he said finally. (J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone)

"Who are you, Chiron? Who who am I?" Chiron smiled. [ ] "Who are you?" he mused. "Well, that s the question we all want answered, isn t it?" (Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief)

The question of Who am I? has pervaded much of human thought, philosophy and, of course, literature. The reflections connected to this seemingly simple question are as complex as they are endless: How can we describe who we are? What enables and what limits the categories we use to construct identity? How much of our conceived individuality is determined by structures and discourses and by which? How do identities function within relationships and how do relationships constitute identities? Is there some kind of essence of identity deep within us? Where does the Self end, and the Other begin? And what agency do we actually have in determining our own identity and those of others?

In this course, we will look at how questions of identity and subjectivity are being negotiated in famous examples of contemporary children s literature. In order to tackle these issues, we will gain an understanding of what constitutes the genres of children s and fantastic literature. Furthermore, we will interrogate theories about the construction of identity, and how these theories along with the concept of individuality have developed over the last centuries. With this theoretical framework, we will be able to interrogate identities constructed in Diana Wynne Jones s Howl s Moving Castle (1986), J.K. Rowling s Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone (1997), Cressida Cowell s How to Train Your Dragon (2003), Rick Riordan s The Lightning Thief (2005) and Neil Gaiman s The Graveyard Book (2008). We will ask how identities come into existence in these coming-of-age -stories, interrogate labels such as heroes , witches and wizards , half- or mud-bloods ; debate the influence that comes with belonging to Hogwart s houses or camp cabins, discuss the importance of names for characters like Nobody Owens and The-Boy-Who-Lived, look at how quests and prophecies shape and determine individuality, and analyse the significance of mastering notions of self, language and magic.

Participants will be asked and encouraged to practice various methods to approach both literary and theoretical texts, engage actively in discussions, and exercise their presentation and moderation skills.

Our discussions necessitate excellent knowledge of the above mentioned novels as well as basic knowledge of Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), as it will serve as a first example to our theoretical reflections.

Participants are expected to have access to a copy of the novels in class, and to have read the novels by the beginning of the semester. Additional reading assignments will be made available in the VC.

Guests are always welcome. If you would like to attend the course as a guest, please write an email at LisaKalkowski@gmx.de.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Diana Wynne Jones: Howl s Moving Castle #

J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone #

Cressida Cowell: How to Train Your Dragon #

Rick Riordan: The Lightning Thief #

Neil Gaiman: The Graveyard Book

Lewis Carroll: Alice s Adventures in Wonderland #
(This text is available online and can be accessed on various platforms such as Project Gutenberg)

# These books are part of a series and/or generated spin-offs or sequels. Any additional knowledge about them is greatly appreciated, but not obligatory, since we ll concentrate our close-reading and analyses on the first books of the series.

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung Englische Literaturwissenschaft (Houswitschka)

Dozent/in:

Key Texts in Literary Theory

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, NB: THIS CLASS STARTS IN THE SECOND WEEK OF THE SUMMER TERM

Termine:

Mi, 20:00 - 22:00, U5/02.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

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

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

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

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

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

2. (De)Registration:

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

Inhalt:

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Chiara Manghi, Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Übung, 1 SWS, ECTS: 1, Studium Generale, NB: THIS CLASS STARTS IN THE SECOND WEEK OF THE SUMMER TERM

Termine:

jede 2. Woche Mi, 14:00 - 16:00, U2/01.33
Einzeltermin am 6.7.2016, 14:00 - 16:00, U11/00.22

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)

MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Erweiterungsmodul 1 oder 2: Übung Literaturwissenschaft (1 ECTS)

alle alten Studiengänge: Übung (1 ECTS)

2. (De)Registration:

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

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

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.

Personal Writing / Self Revelation

Dozent/in:

George Ellenbogen

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 22.4.2016, 16:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 23.4.2016, 10:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 24.4.2016, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) in

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

2 ECTS (regular requirements apply)
4 ECTS (regular requirements apply)

For MA students: in order to gain 8 ECTS for this reading tutorial (Übung), George Ellenbogen’s course needs to be combined with either Simon Edward’s course (title and content to be announced) in SoSe 2016 or with Christoph Houswitschka’s course “Shakespeare on Film” in WS 2016/17 (this option is for MA students only; the course will take place at Burg Feuerstein on a weekend in November).

@BA/LA-students: If you have any questions, please contact Chiara Manghi.

@MA-students: If you have any questions, please contact Kerstin-Anja Münderlein.

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 24th of February 2016 (10:00) until 10th of April 2016 (10:00)

guest auditors: please contact chiara.manghi@uni-bamberg.de

Inhalt:

Course Description

In PERSONAL WRITING/SELF REVELATION, which will be conducted as a one week compact seminar, students will explore the means by which writers use their own experience—real and imagined—to fashion memoirs, personal essays, and poems that reveal themselves and touch their readers. The course will address, among other topics, the establishing of a persona, the use of place, real and imaginary settlings, the role of detail, and beginnings and endings. Students will also produce their own writing in classes and read to one another in small groups.

Before the first class, students will have read the texts, A Stone in My Shoe: In Search of Neighborhood by George Ellenbogen and Teaching Arabs, Writing Self by Evelyn Shakir. Passages of George Orwell’s essays will be assigned later.

Course Teacher

The course will be taught by memoirist and poet, George Ellenbogen. A professor of Creative Writing at Bentley University in Massachusetts, he has taught this course previously in Germany, and is awaiting the publication of the German edition of both his and Shakir’s memoir.

The reading (synopses)

A Stone in My Shoe: Poet George Ellenbogen’s memoir is more than a collection of anecdotes of his immigrant family and their journeys from Franz Joseph’s Austro-Hungarian empire and Poland to Montreal in the 1920s. A Stone in My Shoe charts his discovery of how an immigrant Jewish neighborhood—a tight-knit shtetl with extended families that had its own shops, institutions, and daily Yiddish newspapers—sustained him and his family as well as thousands of others. The revelations ripple outward and what surfaces—the markers of his parents’ navigation in a new world and his own youth in the 1940s and 1950s Montreal—extend to all. They become part of the universal map in which readers will recognize their own quirky courses into childhood, adolescence, and adulthood

Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Evelyn Shakir's witty, wise, and beautifully written memoir explores her status as an Arab American woman, from the subtle bigotry she faced in Massachusetts as a second-generation Lebanese whose parents were not only foreign but eccentric, to the equally poignant blend of dislocation and homecoming she felt in Bahrain, Syria, and Lebanon, where she taught American literature to university students. She effortlessly combines personal anecdote with cultural, political, and historical background, and is incapable of stereotyped thinking: one of the book's many pleasures is the diversity she finds among the people she encounters in the Middle East, including not only students, but cab drivers, storekeepers, and the guys who make the spinach pies at the bakery down the street from her apartment. As Shakir explores her own identity, she leads the reader to an appreciation of the richness and complexity of being Arab American (or any mixed heritage) in an increasingly small world.

Tutorial for Students of MA English and American Studies

Dozent/in:: Kerstin-Anja Münderlein
Angaben:: Übung, 2 SWS
Termine:: Mi, 16:00 - 18:00, U9/02.01

Betreuungsübung Amerikanistik (BA-Arbeiten/Literatur)

Dozent/in:

Exam Preparation North-American Literature (Repetitorium)

Angaben:

Übung

Termine:

jede 2. Woche Fr, 14:00 - 16:00, U5/02.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzungen:

Literaturwissenschaft

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit BA-Arbeit): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Betreuungsübung (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
BA Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die BA-Arbeit in amerikanischer Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Anglistik
alle alten Studiengänge: Übung Literaturwissenschaft (begleitend zur Magister- oder Zulassungsarbeit)

Kulturwissenschaft

B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit B.A.-Arbeit): Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Betreuungsübung (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft
B.A. Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die B.A.-Arbeit in Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Anglistik
alle alten Studiengänge: Übung Kulturwissenschaft

2. Voraussetzungen zur Schein- bzw. Punktevergabe:

regelmäßige aktive Teilnahme
mündliche Modulteilprüfung in der letzten Sitzung

3. Anmeldung/Abmeldung:

February 8 until the day before the first session
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the teacher of this class.)

Inhalt:

This course is addressed at students who are preparing or working at a BA-thesis in American Literature or Culture. 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.

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 programs, 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-program. Depending on the native tongue of the participants, the course will be given in English or German.

The course will take place every two weeks. Our first meeting will take place in the first week of the semester.

Dozent/in:

Theresa Roth

Angaben:

Repetitorium, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale, angeboten u.a. für European Joint Master's Degree in English and American Studies

Termine:

Mi, 12:00 - 14:00, U2/01.36

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

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

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

Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft

MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

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)

Joint Degree:

Mastermodul English and American Literature: Übung (2 ECTS)
Vertiefungsmodul English and American Literature: Übung (2 ECTS)
Profilmodul I English and American Literature: Übung (2 ECTS)

LA GY:

Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung für Examenskandidaten (2 ECTS)
Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft b: Übung für Examenskandidaten (2 ECTS)

Lehramt RS:

Zusatzmodul Literaturwissenschaft a: Examensübung (2 ECTS)

LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister:

Übung

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

active participation and presentation

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

February 8 until the day before the first session
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the teacher of this class.)

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.

Informationen zur Ammeldung in FlexNow: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/englit/news_englische_literaturwissenschaft/anmeldung_zu_lehrveranstaltungen_und_studienbegleitenden_leistungsnachweisen/

Inhalt:

This course is designed specifically for students of all teaching degrees ("Lehrämter") who prepare for the 3-hour written "Staatsexamen" in American Literature according to the new LPO. However, students preparing other final exams - oral or written - are very welcome, too.

The "Repetitorum" is a class designed to assist students in their preparations for the final written exam. The class, however, does NOT substitute each student’s individual study time! During class, students will receive immediate feedback about their level of preparation for the final exam. The most important aim of this class, however, is to provide participants with a platform to discuss complex issues, rather than particular details of one certain topic. Once again: the class aims to assist students in their preparations, but it does NOT replace independent study!

The topics for this semester will be chosen by the class participants themselves during the first session.

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung (Amerik. Literatur)

Dozent/in:

Christine Gerhardt

Angaben:

Übung, ECTS: 2, angeboten für European Joint Master's Degree in English and American Studies

Termine:

jede 2. Woche Do, 16:00 - 18:00, U5/01.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzungen:

Literaturwissenschaft

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

Kulturwissenschaft

B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit B.A.-Arbeit): Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Betreuungsübung (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft
B.A. Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die B.A.-Arbeit in Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Anglistik
M.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Erweiterungsmodul I und II: Betreuungsübung Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), wenn die M.A.-Arbeit in Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird
M.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik (neue PO): Forschungsmodul - Betreuungsübung (5 ECTS)
M.A. Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die M.A.-Arbeit in Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Anglistik
alle alten Studiengänge: Übung Kulturwissenschaft
Joint Degree: Free Electives (2 ECTS), wenn die M.A.-Arbeit in Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird.

2. Voraussetzungen zur Schein- bzw. Punktevergabe:

regelmäßige aktive Teilnahme
in den BA- und MA-Studiengängen (nicht Joint Degree): mündliche Modulteilprüfung

3. Anmeldung/Abmeldung:

February 8 until the day before the first session
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the teacher of this class.)

Studierende melden sich bitte zusätzlich per e-mail an bei christine.gerhardt(AT)uni-bamberg.de

Inhalt:

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.” The presentation of the thesis in a plenary session (max. 30 minutes) will be graded and counts as “mündliche Modulteilprüfung” in the BA-programm. Students in the Magister- and old teacher training programs are advised to take this course to support them while writing their thesis.

How to Write a Term Paper (Literary Studies)

Dozent/in:

Key Texts in Literary Studies

Angaben:

Übung/Blockseminar

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 3.6.2016, Einzeltermin am 17.6.2016, 14:00 - 16:00, U5/02.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

To register for the Workshops on Academic Writing, please send an Email to the instructor of this class until May 25, 2016!

Inhalt:

This course aims to assist students in writing their first term paper in literary or cultural studies in Bamberg. In the first session, we will discuss (and practice!) how to develop a coherent structure for a term paper. In the second session you will learn about (and practice!) the MLA citation rules and how to use them. You will also be asked to compile a short "Works Cited" list. Finally, we will discuss the different types of source material that can appear in the list of references of your term paper. Between the two sessions, you have the chance to present a provisional outline in a closed discussion forum, where you will receive feedback from your fellow students and the instructor.

If you are interested in participating in this exercise course send an Email to the instructor who will then give you the password to the VC course of this class.

Please note that this is an exercise course and not a lecture! You will be expected to participate in the tasks and discussions. Note: No ECTS points will be awarded for this class!

Workshop I - Structuring a Term Paper: 03.06.2016 (14:00 – 16:00 s.t.)
Workshop II - Citation Rules and Guidelines: 17.06.2016 (14:00 – 16:00 s.t.)

Dozent/in:

Theresa Roth

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 1, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale

Termine:

jede 2. Woche Di, 12:00 - 14:00, U5/01.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

Bachelor Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Studium Generale (1 ECTS)
Bachelor Anglistik/Amerikanistik (ab Studienbeginn zum SoSe 2009): Ergänzungsmodul Theorien und Methoden (1 ECTS, ab Studienbeginn SS 2012 unbenotet)
Master Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Erweiterungsmodul 1 oder 2: Übung Literaturwissenschaft (1 ECTS)
alle alten Studiengänge: Übung

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

active participation and presentation

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

February 8 until the day before the first session
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the teacher of this class.)

Inhalt:

In this seminar we will study trends and schools in literary theory since the 1950s. Our reading will consist of 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’ research interests and input, 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 their 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).

This class is based not only on the reading, but also the in depth analysis of theoretical writing. Therefore, students are expected to prepare diligently for each session by (1) reading the assigned text(s), (2) studying each text’s background/context, and (3) establishing some basic understanding of the theory discussed in the respective text – before coming to class! Only then will it be possible for us to engage in critical discussion during our sessions. In sum, it is important for participants to do the assigned reading, attend class regularly and contribute to class discussions. Your input is mandatory and will be welcome!

Empfohlene Literatur:

Reading: A course reader will be made available for students of this class once the schedule has been agreed upon.

Reading Age. Childhood and Youth in German and North-American Literature (and Culture)

Dozent/in:

Introduction to English and American Literature (A)

Angaben:

Übung, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

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

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

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
Studium Generale: 2 od. 4 ECTS, NICHT für Studierende im BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!

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

2 ECTS: active participation and presentation (10-15 minutes)
4 ECTS: active participation, presentation, written assignment (1.000-1.500 words)

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

February 8 until the day before the first session
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the teacher of this class.)

Inhalt:

This interdisciplinary course has been designed especially for North-American exchange students and German students, inviting them to study each other’s cultures together. Readings and classroom discussions will be both in English and German.

We often hear about “youthful appearance” and “childish behavior”. Advertisement in the US, Canada and Germany addresses the “inner child” and the “age of consent” is discussed by politicians, while “parental guidance” is recommended by media control committees. Books are censored or rewritten because of their “age inappropriate content”, and more than one industry profits from their appeal to “age specific audiences”. One often hears that the future of a society relies on producing and shaping the next generation, but their egalitarian status within the system seems highly problematic. Pink Floyd and Herbert Grönemeyer propose alternatives, TLC's Toddlers and Tiaras seems – not just geographically speaking – miles apart from Johanna Spyri’s Heidi, while Hollywood makes millions from “scary offspring” and the ideas of Maria Montessori are practiced globally.

The list of socio-political instances and cultural artefacts affected and influenced by age is extensive and provides the context of this class. Asking “Why?” and “How?”, we will conduct a comparative analysis of German and North American literary works and cultural products based on the category age, thus investigating the historical context of certain age related stereotypes and attitudes, as well as their impact on literary and cultural production and consumption. At first, we will consult standard texts from the field of age related studies to establish a theoretical framework for our discussions. Afterwards, we will discuss a wide variety of texts on a weekly basis. Our “reading” material will include literary works, movies, TV shows, music, advertisement, websites, photography and paintings. How does language use and shape stereotypical perceptions of certain age groups and what are the differences between German and North American literary and cultural representations of age? What are ageism, childism, and youthism, and what is the difference between “youth culture” and “age discrimination”? In the end, we may even dare to speculate about alternatives to this obsession with or control by age.

Since we will deal with key issues of literary and cultural studies, it is advisable (but not obligatory!) that you already passed the introductory courses before registering for this class. Also, the reading list is rather extensive and students are expected to come to class prepared. The class depends on two things: thorough reading of all the material and everyone’s participation in the discussions. Get ready, therefore, to confront and deal with your own prejudices, experiences, and expectations. The issues covered in this class are living issues, as they influence the lives of many – not only in American culture!

Attention: This is a READING class! Participants must be able to read and review quite a lot of material between the weekly sessions. The class is also designed to assist you with the reading list of the American Studies Section and aims to contribute to your understanding of key narratives of North American literature and culture. Most of the material will be provided via the Virtual Campus ahead of each session. Students are, however, required to read some texts before the beginning of the semester – either in print or as e-book.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Required Reading – before the beginning of the term:

Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (1868)
Johanna Spyri, Heidi (beide Teile!) (1880-81)
Erich Kästner, Emil und die Detektive (1929)
James Krüss, Timm Thaler, oder Das verkaufte Lachen (1962)

Required Reading – during the term:

Horatio Alger, Ragged Dick (1867)
Stephen Crane, Maggie, a Girl of the Streets (1893)
Karen Russell, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (2006)

Additional readings will be made available via the Virtual Campus.

Einführungsseminare und Tutorien (Basismodule)

Dozent/in:

Introduction to English and American Literature (B)

Angaben:

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

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

Basismodul (seminar: 2 or 6 ECTS) in

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

BA Berufliche Bildung

BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies

2. (De)Registration:

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

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

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

3. Tutorials:

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

a) Begleitendes Tutorium zur "Introduction to English and American Literature A und B" zur Vertiefung und Ergänzung der im Kurs besprochenen Themen; eine zusätzliche Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig.
b) Einem zweistündigen Bibliothekstutorium bestehend aus einer Vorlesung (45 Minuten) und einer Übung (90 Minuten); Anmeldung über den Virtuellen Campus der Universitätsibliothek.

Inhalt:

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

Empfohlene Literatur:

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

Dozent/in:

Tutorium zu "Introduction to English and American Literature A+B"

Angaben:

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

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

Basismodul (seminar: 2 or 6 ECTS) in

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

BA Berufliche Bildung

BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies

2. (De)Registration:

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

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

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

3. Tutorials:

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

a) Begleitendes Tutorium zur "Introduction to English and American Literature A und B" zur Vertiefung und Ergänzung der im Kurs besprochenen Themen; eine zusätzliche Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig.
b) Einem zweistündigen Bibliothekstutorium bestehend aus einer Vorlesung (45 Minuten) und einer Übung (90 Minuten); Anmeldung über den Virtuellen Campus der Universitätsibliothek.

Inhalt:

Empfohlene Literatur:

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

Dozent/in:: Hedwig Hardi
Angaben:: Tutorien
Termine:: Di, 18:00 - 20:00, U5/02.17

Introduction to English and American Literature C

Dozent/in:

Theresa Roth

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Frühstudium, 6 ECTS = inclusive Tutorium; WICHTIG!!! Anmeldung über FlexNow! auch für Studierende höherer Semester

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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)

2. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment

April 5 until the day before the first session
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the teacher of this class.)

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

3. Tutorien / Tutorials

The following courses are supplementary to the seminar:

Tutorium to the "Introduction to English and American Literature" (no additional enrollment required!)
a one-off 2-hour course provided by the library: "Einführung in die Bibliotheksbenutzung für Anglisten" (enrollment via the Virtual Campus, access via "Bibliothek")

4. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points

6 ECTS:

active participation
Übung "Einführung in die Bibliotheksbenutzung für Anglisten" (enrollment via the Virtual Campus, access via "Bibliothek")
final written exam

2 ECTS (nur BA Medieval Studies):

active participation
small tests

Inhalt:

This course provides a concise introduction to major themes and methods in the study of English and American literature. We will discuss key features of the main literary genres poetry, prose fiction and drama, explore selected approaches in literary theory and criticism as a basis for analyzing and interpreting literary texts, and survey the main periods and developments of English and American literary history. 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 informed readings of texts from different genres, in their cultural contexts, and informed by key theories and analytical methods.

Please note that the first tutorial will take place AFTER the first regular session!

Empfohlene Literatur:

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

Tutorium zur "Introduction to English and American Literature C"

Dozent/in:: Marius Rosner
Angaben:: Übung
Termine:: Mo, 12:00 - 14:00, U5/01.18

Proseminare (Aufbaumodule)

Contemporary Poetry from 1945 until 2015

Dozent/in:

Letters, Letters, Letters: Epistolary and Semi-Epistolary Novels

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Ergänzungsmodul Englische Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

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

LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

2. (De)Registration:

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

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

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

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

Empfohlene Literatur:

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

Dozent/in:

Chiara Manghi

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U2/00.26
Einzeltermin am 2.6.2016, 16:00 - 18:00, U2/00.26

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

1.1 Seminar

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Ergänzungsmodul Englische Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

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

LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

1.2 Reading Tutorial (Übung)

all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) in

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. (De)Registration:

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

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

"Letters, letters, letters. Not for me" writes Blanche Glover in A.S. Byatt s neo-Victorian novel Possession. The whole plot revolves around the love letters between two fictional Victorian writers and the investigation that two scholars undertake after finding the draft of the first letter. In this class, apart from thoroughly analyzing Possession, we will become familiar with the Victorian letters that inspired this epistolary love story, those between Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning (the letters are available in their digitized form at http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/portal/collection/ab-letters, provided by a collaboration of Baylor University and Wellesley College).

We will also read some classic examples of the epistolary novel in excerpts from Samuel Richardson s Clarissa and Pamela and Henry Fielding s Shamela, a satirical answer to Pamela. Then we will travel through time and space with David Mitchell s Cloud Atlas, again an example of a novel that is not purely epistolary, but interweaves several narratives in several different forms. In order to gain some insight in the American epistolary novel, we will read Alice Walker s The Color Purple, featuring mainly unanswered letters to God.

Moreover, we will look at some excerpts from Viktor Shklovsky s Zoo, or Letters Not About Love, where we will see what happens when a theorist who would like to write love letters is forbidden to do so.

Empfohlene Literatur:

A.S. Byatt, Possession (read Possession by the second session of our class)
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
Alice Walker, The Color Purple
Excerpts from further novels and a selection of non-fictional letters will be made available during the semester.

Linguistics Meets Literature: An Interdisciplinary Experiment

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Romina Buttafoco, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

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

LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

2. (De)Registration:

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

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

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

3. Additional Information:

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

Inhalt:

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

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

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

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

Empfohlene Literatur:

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

Seminar im Aufbaumodul Englische Literaturwissenschaft

Dozent/in:: N.N.
Angaben:: Seminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6
Termine:: Mi, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/01.11

The Notorious, the Traumatic: Representation of Apartheid in South African Novels

Dozent/in:

Md Abu Shahid Abdullah

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, Studium Generale

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 20.5.2016, 16:00 - 22:00, U11/00.25
Einzeltermin am 21.5.2016, 10:00 - 18:00, U11/00.25
Einzeltermin am 27.5.2016, 10:00 - 18:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 3.6.2016, 16:00 - 22:00, U11/00.25

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

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

LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

2. (De)Registration:

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

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Apartheid, meaning the state of being apart , was a system of racial segregation in South Africa enforced by the National Party (NP) in 1948 and lasted until 1994. Apartheid was characterized by oppression, detrimental and inhuman treatment of the black people, bloodshed, and violence, and was responded with internal resistance (anti-apartheid movement) and international arms and trade embargo. Both black and white South African writers have written on the evil, violence, unimaginable atrocities and trauma of apartheid, and criticized the government policy. Apart from representing the atrocities, these writers have also strived to open up new opportunities and choices contained in the present as well as in the future. Writing on apartheid violence has given these writers the chance of re-writing, re-inventing and re-imagining South Africa s past which is quite indispensable for the process of reconciliation and identity construction.

In the seminar, we will go through four novels and analyze how they represent the evil of apartheid. Nadine Gordimer s Burger s Daughter (1979) is deep rooted in the history of apartheid violence and anti-apartheid struggle, and features a group of white anti-apartheid activists in South Africa who seeks to overthrow the South African government. J. M. Coetzee s Age of Iron (1990) is the story of an old Professor who throughout her life has ideologically opposed the apartheid rule but has never strongly protested against it, and finally she comes face to face with the terror of the system. Zakes Mda s Ways of Dying (1995) is marked by an attempt to find new ways of narrating the experience of reproachful apartheid violence, and symbolizes the importance of recovery from violence and the hope for a better future. Last but not least, Zoë Wicomb s David s Story (2000) reveals the gendered dehumanization and violence that underline the anti-apartheid movement s resistance against racialized dehumanization.

Participants are expected to have access to a copy of Burger s Daughter, Age of Iron, Ways of Dying, and David s Story. Participants are expected to actively engage in discussions, to practice their presentation and moderation skills in preparing a short presentation and an ensuing discussion, and are required to write a term paper of 3.000 to 4.000 words.

Decoded: Reading the Poetics and Problems of Rap (Block Culture)

Dozent/in:

Thoren Opitz

Angaben:

Proseminar, ECTS: 6

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 22.4.2016, 12:00 - 20:00, U5/01.17
Einzeltermin am 23.4.2016, 9:00 - 16:00, U5/01.17
Einzeltermin am 10.6.2016, 12:00 - 20:00, U5/01.17
Einzeltermin am 11.6.2016, 9:00 - 16:00, U5/01.17

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

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 (Studienbeginn ab WS 14/15): Ergänzungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft Seminar + Übung (je nach Belegung 7, 5, oder 4 ECTS)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basismodul 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

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

active participation
term paper in English, 3.000-4.000 words (following the Style Sheet)
Übung "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten" (one-off 2-hour class, enrollment via Virtual Campus, Bereich "Englische Literaturwissenschaft")
Übung "Einführung in die Datenbankrecherche für Anglisten" (one-off event, enrollment via the Virtual Campus, Bereich "Bibliothek")

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

February 8 until the day before the first session
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to judith.rauscher(at)uni-bamberg.de.)

Inhalt:

In this class we will investigate the often ambiguous and multilayered messages written into lyrical and visual performances of Rap music. To decode the sometimes cryptic content of the songs and videos, we will consult both traditional tools of poetic analysis, such as meter, metaphors, rhymes and the creation of a lyrical I; and recent scholarship looking at the interrelationship of American culture and Hip-Hop. Topics under discussion include the problematic representations of race, gender, sexuality and fatness in Rap, as well as the social (auto-) critique artists formulate on issues such as poverty, private prisons and systemic violence. Among the rappers on the syllabus are Kendrick Lamar, M.I.A., Nicki Minaj and Kanye West, while the academic texts read alongside these popular sources come from Michelle Alexander, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Tricia Rose, David Foster Wallace and others.

Decoded: Reading the Poetics and Problems of Rap (Block Literatur)

Dozent/in:

Thoren Opitz

Angaben:

Proseminar, ECTS: 6

Termine:

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

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

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

active participation
term paper in English, 3.000-4.000 words (following the Style Sheet)
Übung "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten" (one-off 2-hour class, enrollment via Virtual Campus, Bereich "Englische Literaturwissenschaft")
Übung "Einführung in die Datenbankrecherche für Anglisten" (one-off event, enrollment via the Virtual Campus, Bereich "Bibliothek")

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

February 8 until the day before the first session
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to judith.rauscher(at)uni-bamberg.de)

Inhalt:

Indian Nation: The Native American Struggle for Representation (Block Literatur)

Dozent/in:

Judith Rauscher

Angaben:

Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 9.4.2016, 9:00 - 17:00, U5/01.17
Einzeltermin am 10.4.2016, 9:00 - 16:00, U5/01.17
Einzeltermin am 29.4.2016, 12:00 - 19:00, U5/01.17
Einzeltermin am 30.4.2016, 9:00 - 17:00, U5/01.17

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

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: 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)
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

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

active participation
term paper in English, 3.000-4.000 words (following the Style Sheet)
Übung "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten" (one-off 2-hour class, enrollment via Virtual Campus, Bereich "Englische Literaturwissenschaft")
Übung "Einführung in die Datenbankrecherche für Anglisten" (one-off event, enrollment via the Virtual Campus, Bereich "Bibliothek")

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

February 8 until the day before the first session
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the teacher of this class.)

Inhalt:

In 2013, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian organized a symposium debating the controversial name of the D.C. football team, the Washington Redskins. At the same time, the Oneida Indian nation of New York sponsored a series of radio ads advocating a change of the team s name and logo. Since the earliest days of the European colonization of what is now the United States, Indigenous peoples of North America have had to wrestle with stereotypical portrayals of the Indian and hegemonic images of Native Americans as the racial other of white America. This course will explore Native American literature and culture in historical contexts, focusing on texts, films, photographs and other cultural materials produced by indigenous writers and artists in order to examine how Native Americans envision relations between themselves, their peoples, and the American nation.

Starting with a selection of excerpts from some of the earliest autobiographical and fictional texts published by Native Americans in the U.S., we will think about how these 19th-century authors took up and revised popular discourses of nationhood and Americanness during the time of westward expansion, Native American removal and the Ghost Dance movement. During the second half of the course we will turn to 20th-century texts, beginning with two Westerns from the 1940s/50s, an era when the U.S. government revoked tribal sovereignty rights in order to force Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream society. Finally, we will read a selection of literary texts published in the aftermath of the American Indian Movement of the 1970s that restored and expanded Native American self-determination, and end the course by analyzing Native American representations in photographs and comics by 21st-century indigenous artists.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Primary Texts (To be prepared for the respective session)

Sessions 1 & 2

William Apess: Eulogy on King Philip (1829)
Sarah Winnemucca: Life Among the Piutes, Their Wrongs and Claims (1883, excerpts)
Sophia Alice Callahan: Wynema, A Child of the Forest (1891, novel, excerpts)
John Ford: Stagecoach (1936, film) & The Searchers (1956, film)

Sessions 3 & 4

Edward Sheriff Curtis: The North American Indian (1907-1930, photography, excerpts)
Selected photographs by Zig Jackson, Wendy Red Star and Will Wilson
Leslie Marmon Silko: Ceremony (1977, novel)
Sherman Alexie: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven (1993, short stories); “Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at Woodstock” & “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona”
Sherman Alexie: Smoke Signals (1998, film)

Please buy paper copies of Callahan's novella, Silko’s novel and Alexie’s short story collection. PDFs of the older, non-copyrighted materials for sessions 1 & 2 will be made available via the VC. Please contact the instructor for the password before the first session and in time to read the assigned materials.

More Than Meets the Eye: A Survey of African-American Voices (Literature)

Dozent/in:

Writing the American Character? Autobiography in U.S. Literature

Angaben:

Proseminar, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale

Termine:

Fr, 10:15 - 11:45, U5/02.22
Einzeltermin am 1.7.2016, 10:00 - 11:45, U11/00.24

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

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: 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)
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

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

active participation
term paper in English, 3.000-4.000 words (following the Style Sheet)
Übung "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten" (one-off 2-hour class, enrollment via Virtual Campus, Bereich "Englische Literaturwissenschaft")
Übung "Einführung in die Datenbankrecherche für Anglisten" (one-off event, enrollment via the Virtual Campus, Bereich "Bibliothek")

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

February 8 until the day before the first session
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the teacher of this class.)

Inhalt:

Studying American literature and culture would be incomplete without considering the wealth of African American perspectives. In this class we will discuss literary texts and cultural artefacts by African Americans and phenomena that are closely linked to their specific historical experiences.

Our classroom material will include mostly literary texts, but also music, film, painting, sculpture, food etc. As the title of the seminar suggests, we will employ several of our senses to deal with the topic, which may also include a field trip to the museum. Since we will deal with one of the key issues of American Studies, the reading list of this class will be rather extensive and students are expected to come to class prepared for lively, critical discussions.

Required Texts (in print - preferably Norton Critical Edition or Penguin Modern Classics - or as e-book):

before class starts in April / relevant for admittance to class:

Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861)
Nella Larsen, Passing (1929)
Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land (1965)

during the semester:

Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man (1952)
Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy. A Novel (1990)

Further mandatory reading will be made available via the Virtual Campus in the beginning of the semester!

Empfohlene Literatur:

Kai Wright (ed.): The African American Experience: Black History and Culture Through Speeches, Letters, Editorials, Poems, Songs, and Stories. New York: Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, 2009.
Neil Irvin Painter: Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present. New York: OUP, 2007.

Dozent/in:

Mareike Spychala

Angaben:

Proseminar, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 19.4.2016, Einzeltermin am 10.5.2016, Einzeltermin am 24.5.2016, Einzeltermin am 31.5.2016, Einzeltermin am 14.6.2016, Einzeltermin am 28.6.2016, Einzeltermin am 12.7.2016, 17:30 - 21:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

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: 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)
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

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

active participation
term paper in English, 3.000-4.000 words (following the Style Sheet)
Übung "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten" (one-off 2-hour class, enrollment via Virtual Campus, Bereich "Englische Literaturwissenschaft")
Übung "Einführung in die Datenbankrecherche für Anglisten" (one-off event, enrollment via the Virtual Campus, Bereich "Bibliothek")

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

February 8 until the day before the first session
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the teacher of this class.)

Inhalt:

"Autobiography could easily be called the essential American genre, a form of writing closely allied to our national self-consciousness" (The Norton Book of American Autobiography 11).

As the above quote implies, autobiographical writing has long been considered one of the cornerstones of American literature and culture: After all, life writing like Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography (1791) has informed the ways in which many Americans think about themselves and their society. Yet while autobiography used to be a genre dominated by successful white men—at least in terms of publication—it has also long been used by immigrants as well as ethnic and sexual minorities to invent themselves in relation to American culture at large, to make their voices heard as part of the literary canon, and to thus lay claim on their participation in a diverse, continuously changing American nation. Thus, the American exceptionalism implicit in the quote above has been challenged and questioned in the autobiographical writing of many American authors.

In this seminar, we will examine autobiographies written in three different centuries by authors from widely diverging backgrounds. We will use different theoretical approaches about autobiographical writing to analyze how these authors have used and challenged the conventions of the genre as well as exceptionalistic claims like the one quoted above. Furthermore, we will closely examine the ways in which these life stories rely on or question narratives central to American literature and culture, including narratives like the “American Dream” which themselves have been heavily influenced by texts like Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography, but have increasingly been critiqued and questioned.

The primary readings for this course include the following autobiographies:

Antin, Mary. Promised Land. 1912. New York: Penguin, 1997.
Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Boston: Mariner, 2006.
Franklin, Benjamin. Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography. 1791 2nd Rev. ed. New York: Norton, 2012.
Obama, Barack. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Rev. ed. New York: Three Rivers P, 2004.

Additional readings will be made available via the Virtual Campus.

Haupt- und Oberseminare (Vertiefungs- und Mastermodule)

British Auteur Cinema

Dozent/in:

British Migration Literature and Modernity

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Do, 16:00 - 18:00, MG2/01.02
Einzeltermin am 15.7.2016, 16:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 16.7.2016, 10:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
NB: THIS CLASS STARTS IN THE SECOND WEEK OF THE SUMMER TERM

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)

This seminar is available to students of Literatur und Medien.

Modul Film- und Bildwissenschaft
Modul Erweiterung Film- und Bildwissenschaft

2. (De)Registration:

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

Five places are reserved for students of Literatur und Medien. Please contact barbara.kehler@uni-bamberg.de (until March 2016) or chiara.manghi@uni-bamberg.de before registering in FlexNow!.

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

The seminar offers a survey of post-war British auteur cinema and a discussion of its theory. This includes the critical debate around the question of authorship in film, an industrial and collaborative medium that appears not to have one author. But the creative center of films and writings in the tradition of the French New Wave are controlled by the film director s perspective.

The films we are going to discuss include various topics and styles that represent post-war British culture and are identified with specific directors and their work. These directors include Michael Powell, Carol Reed, John Boorman, Terence Davies, Stephen Frears, Michael Winterbottom, Danny Boyle, Ken Loach, Derek Jarman, Peter Greenaway, Dennis Potter, Stephen Poliakoff.

Dozent/in: