"My good God, the gentleman in bed is dead!" - Murderesses in Victorian Fiction

Dozent/in:

Lara Brändle

Angaben:

Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität, Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Mi, 18:00 - 20:00, U5/01.17
Einzeltermin am 3.7.2024, 16:00 - 18:00, U5/01.22

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (Seminar oder Übung)
BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft (Seminar oder Übung)

1.2 Übung:
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature or culture 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

MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Mastermodul I: Kulturwissenschaft oder Literaturwissenschaft (Übung)

Studium Generale: Übung only!

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 11.03.2024, 10:00 - 22.04.2024, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Murder is the ultimate transgression. Both legally and socially, both in the nineteenth century and today. Since murder is a transgression, there is also an aspect of agency contained within the act of transgression. It is, therefore, no surprise that a woman killing caused significant discomfort to Victorian society: not only was committing murder a crime and a significant transgression of social and moral rules, but women who kill showed that women had agency and were capable of physical violence, thus contradicting Victorian concepts of women as the bearers of morality .

A trend that is then observable in the Victorian era is that women who had committed murder were twice as likely to be acquitted on the grounds of insanity, often simply with the explanation that because they killed, they must be mad. The deed was enough to convince juries of their insanity. We might connect this to said discomfort, a way to remove a woman s agency and explain away her agency. However, we must also consider another trend in nineteenth-century Britain: arguably, madness is both domesticated and becomes female in this century.

The transgression of women is, of course, also a topic observable in the fiction of the time. In this class, we will read four novels by prominent Victorian authors, Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Brontë, Lady Audley s Secret (1862) by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Tess of the D Urbervilles (1891) by Thomas Hardy, and Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker. All these novels contain transgressive women who kill, attempt to kill, and/or commit suicide. We will look at how the discourse of criminality, madness, and femininity of the nineteenth century influenced these novels (and vice versa?). We will critically discuss their actions, their mental state, their motivations, and, most importantly, how their actions are framed by the novel. We will also pay close attention to the mode these novels are written in and how this influences how these women s actions are framed.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Texts covered in class include:

Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre. 1847.
Bram Stoker. Dracula. 1897.
Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Lady Audley's Secret. 1862.
Thomas Hardy. Tess of the d'Urbervilles. 1891.

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung (BA, MA und Lehramt)

Dozent/in:

Christine Gerhardt

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Gender und Diversität, Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien, Zentrum für Interreligiöse Studien, Erweiterungsbereich, Modulstudium

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, U2/02.04
Please note: This course takes place bi-weekly!

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

All degrees including a research seminar (Betreuungsübung) for literary studies or cultural studies:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Betreuungsübung 2 ECTS)
• BA Medieval Studies (Intensivierungsmodul 5 ECTS, wenn die BA-Arbeit in Amerikanischer Literaturwissenschaft oder Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird)
• Lehramt GY (Betreuungsübung begleitend zur Zulassungsarbeit)
• MA English and American Studies (Betreuungsübung 2 ECTS)
• MA Medieval Studies (Intensivierungsmodul 5 ECTS, wenn die MA-Arbeit in Amerikanischer Literaturwissenschaft oder Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird)
• alle alten Studiengänge (Betreuungsübung begleitend zur Magisterarbeit)

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• completion of advanced module (Aufbaumodul)
• active participation (individual tasks and group work)
• presentation in English
• only M.A. supervision: thesis defense (30 minutes)

Please contact the instructor beforehand to discuss your general idea and the possibility of thesis supervision!

3. FlexNow-Registration:

Please register for this class on FlexNow via the following section (Lehrstuhl): Professur für Amerikanistik. In case of problems contact flexnow.amerikanistik(at)uni-bamberg.de.

• Course (de)enrollment: March 11 – April 22, 2024
• ECTS/Exams (de)registration: June 10–25, 2024

Registration is open from 10 a.m. until 11:59 p.m.!

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

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

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 the instructor/supervisor. 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."

Please contact Prof. Dr. Gerhardt well in advance to discuss your topic and the requirements for the supervision.

Empfohlene Literatur:

All readings will be provided via the VC!

How to Write a Term Paper | Betreuungsübung Konopka

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien, Zentrum für Interreligiöse Studien, Modulstudium

Termine:

Fr, 14:00 - 16:00, U5/01.17

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

How to Write a Term Paper in literary or cultural studies

• B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Übung 2 ECTS im Basismodul oder Aufbaumodul)
• Lehramtsstudiengänge Englisch: (Übung 2 ECTS im Basismodul oder Aufbaumodul)

Thesis supervision in literary or cultural studies

• B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit B.A.-Arbeit) (Betreuungsübung 2 ECTS)
• B.A. Medieval Studies: (Intensivierungsmodul 2 ECTS, wenn die B.A.-Arbeit in Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird)

Please contact the instructor beforehand to discuss your general idea and the possibility of thesis supervision!

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• completion of advanced module (Aufbaumodul)
• active participation (individual tasks and group work)
• presentation in English (Erasmus/exchange students and B.A. candidates only!)

3. FlexNow-Registration:

Please register for this class on FlexNow via the following section (Lehrstuhl): Professur für Amerikanistik. In case of problems contact flexnow.amerikanistik(at)uni-bamberg.de.

• Course (de)enrollment: March 11 – April 22, 2024
• ECTS/Exams (de)registration: June 10–25, 2024

Registration is open from 10 a.m. until 11:59 p.m.!
Guest auditors: please contact lecturer via e-mail.

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

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

Inhalt:

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 engage in discussions.

Empfohlene Literatur:

All readings will be provided via the VC!

Storied Planet: Ecological Crisis, Anthropocene, and American Studies

Dozent/in:

Yıldız Aşar

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung, Nachhaltigkeit, Erweiterungsbereich, Modulstudium

Termine:

Mi, 12:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
Please note: This course takes place bi-weekly!

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All modules including an obligatory or optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literary studies or cultural studies:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
• LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
• MA English and American Studies
• MA WiPäd
• Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
• Exchange Students (2 or 4 ECTS)

>> OPEN for Consolidation Module literary studies and cultural studies!

Together with Prof. Gerhardt’s seminar “American Studies and the Planetary: Perspectives, Histories, Futures” this Übung forms an optional 10 ECTS module The Planetary (8 ECTS Hauptseminar + 2 ECTS Übung). Students who are interested in the Übung are required to also sign up to the seminar and complete the overall module, as both courses work with complementing material and take place on the same slot on alternating weeks (Mi 12:00 - 16:00).

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• HS American Studies and the Planetary: Perspectives, Histories, Futures (Prof. Gerhardt) - both courses take place alternately on a bi-weekly schedule
• active participation (individual tasks and group work)
• presentation in English (=2 ECTS)
• presentation in English and short written assignment (=4 ECTS)
• only Consolidation module: oral exam (see website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/american-studies/studies/consolidation-module-ma/ )

3. FlexNow-Registration:

Please register for this class on FlexNow via the following section (Lehrstuhl): Professur für Amerikanistik. In case of problems contact flexnow.amerikanistik(at)uni-bamberg.de.

• Course (de)enrollment: March 11 – April 22, 2024
• ECTS/Exams (de)registration: June 10–25, 2024

Registration is open from 10 a.m. until 11:59 p.m.!
Guest auditors: please contact lecturer via e-mail.

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

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

Inhalt:

This reading course is offered in cooperation with Prof. Gerhardt’s advanced seminar (HS) American Studies and the Planetary: Perspectives, Histories, Futures as part of an optional 10 ECTS Module in The Planetary (8 ECTS Hauptseminar + 2 ECTS Übung). Students who are interested in the advanced seminar are thus highly recommended to also sign up to this course and complete the overall module, as both courses work with complementing material and take place on the same slot on alternating weeks (Mi 12:00 - 16:00). Please note that the course will only be open to students who are registered to the advanced seminar.

As part of The Planetary module, this course will supplement the advanced seminar and students will have the chance to deepen their understanding of the theoretical texts discussed in the seminar, discuss historical contexts of the planetary turn within American studies, and link theoretical questions to selected primary texts. Students may also use this course to focus on topics that particularly interest them and test ideas that they are planning to develop in their term papers for the seminar. Utilizing the reading-based, workshop-like atmosphere of an Übung, this course will employ Serpil Oppermann’s concept of “storied planet” in navigating the stories that emerge through the planet Earth, and open a space for further discussion and engagement with the planetary turn in American Studies and beyond.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Readings:

• Selected essays from Elias, Amy J., and Christian Moraru, eds. The Planetary Turn: Relationality and Geoaesthetics in the Twenty-First Century.

Additional primary and secondary readings (articles, book chapters, poems, media, etc.) related to the planetary turn in American Studies will be made available via the VC.

Ü Betreuungsübung britische und amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft

Dozent/in:

Pascal Fischer

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 2, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, OK8/02.04
Einzeltermin am 13.6.2024, 14:00 - 16:00, Raum n.V.
Der Einzeltermin am 13.6.2024 findet im Büro von Herrn Prof. Fischer statt.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

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

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

MA English and American Studies:
Module Master's Defence (4 ECTS), if the MA thesis is written in the department of Professur Anglistische und Amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft (Prof. Fischer)

MA Medieval Studies:
Anglistik: Intensivierungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft II (5 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in Anglistischer/Amerikanistischer Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird

An- und Abmeldung Lehrveranstaltung / Enrollment:
March 11 until April 22, 2024

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

Ü Übung Methoden und Theorien der Kulturwissenschaft / Methods and Theories of Cultural Studies

Dozent/in:

Pascal Fischer

Angaben:

Übung, 1 SWS, ECTS: 1, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Mi, 8:00 - 10:00, OK8/02.04
Diese Veranstaltung findet alle 14 Tage statt. Beginn ab der zweiten Semesterwoche, am Mittwoch, 24. April 2024.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Ergänzungsmodul Methoden und Theorien Kulturwissenschaft (1 ECTS)

An- und Abmeldung Lehrveranstaltung / Enrollment:
March 11 until April 22, 2024

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.)

Inhalt:

This course provides an overview of important approaches in the theory of culture. We will study key texts that have influenced the discipline of Cultural Studies in the Anglo-American world and beyond. Rather than being based on a lecture-style instruction, this class should be understood as a forum to discuss students positions toward the texts. A thorough preparation of the respective material is therefore imperative.

V Religion in Britain: Past and Present

Dozent/in:

Pascal Fischer

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 4, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung

Termine:

Di, 12:00 - 14:00, U7/01.05

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Basis-, Aufbaumodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft: Vorlesung Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

M.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Master-, Profilmodul; Fachwissenschaftliche Vertiefung; Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik: Vorlesung Kulturwissenschaft (2 bzw. 4 ECTS)

MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:
Master Module British and American Culture: Lecture (2 ECTS)
Profile Module British and American Culture: Lecture (2 ECTS)
Consolidation Module British and American Culture: Lecture (2 ECTS)

Lehrämter:
RS/BS: Zusatzmodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft (Wahlpflicht) (2 ECTS)
GY: Wahlpflichtmodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
WiPäd: Basismodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

B.A./M.A. Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies:
Basismodul, Aufbaumodul: Vorlesung Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

Kulturelle Bildung:
Lehramststudiengänge RS/Gym: Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul A (2 oder 4 ECTS)
M. Ed. Berufliche Bildung: Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul B (3 ECTS)
Anmeldung zur Teilnahme im Rahmen von Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul A/B per E-Mail an pascal.fischer(at)uni-bamberg.de

Joint Degree:
Master-, Vertiefungs-, Profilmodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft; Erweiterungsbereich: Vorlesung Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

An- und Abmeldung Lehrveranstaltung / Enrollment:
March 11 until April 22, 2024

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

Inhalt:

While American Cultural Studies has consistently recognized the significance of religion in the US, the role of religion has often been overlooked in British Cultural Studies. In recent years, however, the discipline has increasingly acknowledged that religion has been a fundamental aspect of people’s identities in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. This lecture course offers a comprehensive survey of the major trends and events of the religious history of Britain from the Early Modern Period to the present. Rather than dwelling on Biblical and theological matters, the lecture course will demonstrate how important disputes have shaped allegiances, solidarity and hostility within the British context. Naturally, the history of Christianity takes centre stage in our sessions, but we will also explore other religious persuasions as well as processes of secularisation.