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Einrichtungen >> Fakultät Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften >> Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik >>

Professur für Amerikanistik

"This Double-Consciousness": African American and Afro German Literature and Culture

Dozent/in:

Mareike Spychala

Angaben:

Blockseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 23.4.2021, 12:00 - 20:00, Raum n.V.
Einzeltermin am 24.4.2021, 9:00 - 16:00, Raum n.V.
Einzeltermin am 7.5.2021, 12:00 - 20:00, Raum n.V.
Einzeltermin am 8.5.2021, 9:00 - 16:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All modules including an advanced level seminar (Proseminar) for literary studies or cultural studies:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Seminar 6 ECTS)
BA Berufliche Bildung (Seminar 6 ECTS)
Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS/GY (Seminar 6 ECTS)

>> Open for Ergänzungsmodul literary studies and cultural studies!

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

completion of the basic module (Basismodul)
active participation (individual tasks and group work)
term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)
only Ergänzungsmodul: oral exam (see website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/ergaenzungsmodul-ba/ )

3. FlexNow-Registration (ATTENTION: The course enrollment period is shortened due to the early start of the class!):

Course (de)enrollment: March 1st - April 16, 2021
ECTS (de)registration: June 1st - July 1st, 2021

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 discussion will be both in English and German.

African American literature and culture are vibrant and important parts of the larger literary and cultural landscape of the United States. Similarly, works by Afro German authors and artists are becoming an important part of German literature and are increasingly attracting scholarly scrutiny. In this German-American seminar, we will analyze different literary and cultural products by African American and Afro German authors and artists that deal with issues of race and national belonging in their respective countries. We will compare which narrative and artistic strategies these authors use to represent, emphasize, and contextualize the experiences of African Americans and Afro Germans in nations that still imagine themselves as primarily white.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Please make sure to read these texts BEFORE the start of the course!

Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861)
Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi, Destined to Witness/Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (1999)
Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man (1952)
SchwarzRund, Biskaya (2020)

Films

Harriet (2020)
Moonlight (2016)

Further readings will be made available through the VC course.

American Literature I (Colonial Era - Romanticism)

Dozent/in:

Christine Gerhardt

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Mo, 16:00 - 18:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All modules including an obligatory or optional lecture (Vorlesung) for 2 or 4 ECTS in literary studies:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
MA English and American Studies
MA Berufliche Bildung
MA WiPäd
Studium Generale (not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)

>> Open for Consolidation Module literary studies (LECTURE)!

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

active participation
only Consolidation module: oral exam (see website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/consolidation-module-ma/)
only Studium Generale: written test on pass/fail basis (options: 2 ECTS=45 minutes; 4 ECTS= 90 minutes)
only Erasmus/exchange students: graded written test (options: 2 ECTS=45 minutes; 4 ECTS= 90 minutes)

3. FlexNow-Registration:

Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Inhalt:

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

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

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

The syllabus will be available on the Virtual Campus.

Examenvorbereitung Staatsexamen "Amerikanische Literatur" (Repetitorium)

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale

Termine:

Do, 10:00 - 12:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All teaching degrees requiring an exam preparation class for their state exam in literary studies (Examensübung Staatsexamen Literaturwissenschaft):

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY (Examensübung/Repetitorium 2 ECTS)
Studium Generale (not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

completion of advanced module (Aufbaumodul)
active participation (individual tasks and group work)

3. FlexNow-Registration:

Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Inhalt:

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

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

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

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

Feminist Fiction – Pre and Post #MeToo

Dozent/in:

Eva-Sabine Zehelein

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Di, 12:00 - 14:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All modules including a specialization level seminar (Hauptseminar) for literary studies:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Seminar 8 ECTS)
LA GY (Seminar 8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies (Seminar 4, 5, 6, or 8 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies (Seminar 8 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students (Seminar 6 or 8 ECTS)

>> Open for Consolidation Module literary studies!

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

completion of the advanced level literary studies (Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft)
active participation (individual tasks and group work)
term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)
only Consolidation module: oral exam (see website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/consolidation-module-ma/ )

3. FlexNow-Registration:

Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Inhalt:

We will look at selected fictional (and non-fictional) texts of the last 50 years, highlighting feminist demands, the waves of feminist activism, and debates within the feminist movement. Special focus will be on issues of female bodily integrity and reproductive rights.

Among the authors we discuss are Marge Piercy, Margaret Atwood, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Roxanne Gay, Deborah Feldman, and Naomi Alderman.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Please buy and read: Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time (1976), Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Naomi Alderman, The Power (2017). Please watch: Unorthodox and Transparent. Additional texts will be made available via VC.

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung BA/MA/LA (Amerikanistik)

Dozent/in:

Eva-Sabine Zehelein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

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:

Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

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."

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

How to Write a Term Paper (inkl. Betreuungsübung BA Amerikanistik)

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Di, 18:00 - 21:00, Raum n.V.
First Session: April 20, 6 p.m. (sharp) via MS Teams

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)
Studium Generale (not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)

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:

active participation (individual tasks and group work)
presentation in English (Erasmus/exchange students and B.A. candidates only!)

3. FlexNow-Registration:

Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Inhalt:

This course aims to assist students 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 who are writing their BA-thesis with Dr. Konopka (American Studies). 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 Dr. 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! Everyone is expected to participate in the tasks and discussions.

FIRST SESSION: April 20, 6 p.m. (sharp) on MS Teams (teams code will be provided via the VC)

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

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Dies ist ein reiner E-Learning Kurs. Anmeldung erfolgt über die VHB!

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All modules including an advanced level seminar (Proseminar) for literary studies:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Seminar 6 ECTS)
Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS/GY (Seminar 6 ECTS)

>> NOT open for ‘Ergänzungsmodul’ literary studies!

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

completion of the basic module literary studies (Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft)
active participation (individual tasks and group work)
term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)

3. Registration:

via Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern!
Course (de)enrollment: March 15 – April 15, 2021 (via vhb website!)
Exam (de)registration: July 1st – August 1st, 2021 (via email to the instructor!)

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

Zur Kursdemo auf dem Virtuellen Campus: https://vc.uni-bamberg.de/course/view.php?id=27003

Inhalt:

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

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

Empfohlene Literatur:

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

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

Indigenous America in the 21st Century: A Cultural Examination

Dozent/in:

Johanna Feier

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung

Termine:

Mo, 18:00 - 20:00, Raum n.V.

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
Studium Generale (not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)

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

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

active participation (individual tasks and group work)
presentation in English
only Consolidation module: oral exam (see website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/consolidation-module-ma/ )

3. FlexNow-Registration:

Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Inhalt:

In this course, we will examine how indigenous authors and filmmakers engage with contemporary issues of Native America. How do their stories negotiate the individual and communal situations of indigenous peoples on a continent characterized by over four hundred years of cultural, socio-economic, and political oppression? Recent events have marked historic milestones in recognizing Native Americans on a national stage. The nomination of Deb Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo, to become Secretary of the Interior would make her – if confirmed – the first ever Native American cabinet secretary and head of the fraught Bureau of Indian Affairs. Joy Harjo, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, became the first indigenous American writer to be named the United States Poet Laureate in 2019. While these long overdue steps signify crucial strides in formally acknowledging the cultural, public contributions of Native Americans, they also shed light on the sweeping marginalization that indigenes in the U.S. continue to experience.

Through a study of selected works by Harjo, Natalie Diaz, Luci Tapahonso, Layli Long Soldier, and Stephen Graham Jones, among others, and films such as Sterlin Harjo’s Four Sheets to the Wind and Andrew Okpeaha MacLean’s Sikumi, we will analyze an array of storytellers’ versions of indigenous America in the 21st century.

Empfohlene Literatur:

A digital reader will be made available at the beginning of the course.

Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies

Dozent/in:

Lorena Bickert

Angaben:

Proseminar, 3 SWS, ECTS: 6, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung

Termine:

Mi, 16:00 - 18:15, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All degrees requiring an introductory seminar for their basic module in cultural studies (Basismodul Kulturwissenschaft):

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (seminar 6 ECTS)
BA Berufliche Bildung (seminar 6 ECTS)
BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies (seminar 2 ECTS)
BSc. BWL (seminar 6 ECTS)
Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS/GY (seminar 5 or 6 ECTS)
MA WiPäd (seminar 6 ECTS)

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

6 ECTS: active participation in the seminar, final written exam
8 ECTS (module exam): active participation in the seminar, final written exam

3. FlexNow-Registration:

Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Inhalt:

This course offers an introduction to key themes and methods in American cultural studies as an interdisciplinary field of inquiry. Thematically, we will explore issues such as religion and immigration, the frontier and regionalism, class and economic success, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, America as nature s nation; conceptually, the focus will be on equality and difference as utopian ideas that have shaped American culture from colonial times to the present.

The course is designed to provide you with basic skills in American cultural studies, with a strong emphasis on reading and discussing various texts in their cultural contexts. Our primary readings will include short stories, poems, and excerpts from novels as well as historical documents, essays, political speeches, photographs, popular songs, and films, while several theoretical essays will provide us with a language for discussing changing concepts of culture.

Introduction to English and American Literary Studies (Course B)

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All degrees requiring an introductory seminar for their basic module in literary studies (Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft):

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (seminar 6 or 8 ECTS)
BA Berufliche Bildung (seminar 6 ECTS)
BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies (seminar 2 ECTS)
BSc. BWL (seminar 6 ECTS)
Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS/GY (seminar 6 or 8 ECTS)
MA WiPäd (seminar 6 ECTS)

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

6 ECTS: active participation in the seminar, course tutorial, library tutorial, final written exam
8 ECTS (module exam): active participation in the seminar, course tutorial, library tutorial, final written exam (see additional information below!)

IMPORTANT: The following applies ONLY to students whose Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft contains BOTH the Introduction to Literary Studies and a lecture (see module handbook):

As of now, the final written exam of this Introduction to Literary Studies is also the module exam for the Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft. The exam will contain questions about both the content of the Introduction and the lecture (free choice: English or American Literature lecture). Students, therefore, are advised to take the introductory class either after attending the lecture OR in the same semester.

3. FlexNow-Registration:

Course (de)enrollment: April 06 – May 1st, 2021
ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Students enrolled for this class will be registered in the VC class by the instructor in the first week of the semester!

Guest auditors: please contact lecturer via e-mail.

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

Additional Information: Students can choose between two Introductions to Literary Studies. Make sure to register only for one of the two courses, though! Both introductory courses prepare students for the analysis and interpretation of both English and American literature. The only difference is that the Introduction taught by the English Literature section (Course A) uses literary examples from a primarily British context, while the Introduction taught by the American Studies section (Course B) uses literary examples from the US and Canada. Choosing one or the other does not mean that you "specialize" in English or American literature. You can continue in either field in your advanced module!

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.

Inhalt:

This course provides a concise introduction to major themes and methods in the study of English and American literature with a focus on American literature.

We will discuss key features of the main literary genres poetry, prose fiction, and drama, explore selected approaches in literary theory and criticism as a basis for analyzing and interpreting literary texts, and survey the main periods and developments of American literary history. The focus, however, will be on the discussion of textual examples from these various vantage points. The goal of this course is to enable you to articulate up-to-date readings of texts from different genres, in their cultural contexts, informed by key theories and analytical methods.

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

Empfohlene Literatur:

Required Reading:

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

New Approaches to Old Favorites: Re-Reading North American Children's and Young Adult's Book Classics (1860s-1960s)

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mi, 12:00 - 14:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All modules including an advanced level seminar (Proseminar) for literary studies:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Seminar 6 ECTS)
BA Berufliche Bildung (Seminar 6 ECTS)
Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS/GY (Seminar 6 ECTS)

>> Open for ‘Ergänzungsmodul’ literary studies!

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

completion of the basic module literary studies (Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft)
active participation (individual tasks and group work)
term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)
only Ergänzungsmodul: oral exam (see website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/ergaenzungsmodul-ba/ )

3. FlexNow-Registration:

Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Inhalt:

Some still believe that children's picture books and young adult (YA) novels are merely preparatory steps on a reader's path towards engaging with "serious" literature. In this class, however, we will investigate these two, often marginalized, literary genres in their own right, while also paying close attention to their current critical reception within the scholarly community.

Each of our primary texts finds unique, complex, and dynamic ways to engage its audience – regardless of the age of the individual reader. Using those classics of US-American and Canadian children's and YA literature as starting points, we will ultimately examine and discuss new ways of reading and interpreting literature. For this purpose, we will consult a new literary theory (almost) every week, in order to fully understand the complexity of YA novels and children's picture books published between the 1860s and the 1960s.

Attention: Participants of this class are strongly encouraged to finish (re-)reading the three YA novels before the beginning of the semester, since your weekly reading will consist of additional required reading including essays and articles - get ready for a rigorous reading list of feminist, deconstructionist, new historicist, and other literary criticism!

Empfohlene Literatur:

YA Fiction (to be read BEFORE the beginning of the semester!):

Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (1868)
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (1906)

(You may want to get hold of critical editions of those books, for example via https://wwnorton.com/ >> Norton Critical Editions = highly recommended!)

Children's Books (to be read during the semester):

E.B. White, Charlotte's Web (1952)
Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day (1962)
Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are (1963)
Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969)

(and possibly some more)

Redlining in America – 1934 to Today

Dozent/in:

Eva-Sabine Zehelein

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung

Termine:

Mo, 12:00 - 14:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All modules including a specialization level seminar (Hauptseminar) for literary studies or cultural studies:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Seminar 8 ECTS)
LA GY (Seminar 8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies (Seminar 4, 5, 6, or 8 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies (Seminar 8 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students (Seminar 6 or 8 ECTS)

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

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

completion of the advanced level (Aufbaumodul)
active participation (individual tasks and group work)
term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)
only Consolidation module: oral exam (see website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/consolidation-module-ma/ )

3. FlexNow-Registration:

Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Inhalt:

During the 1930s, color-coded maps produced by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) allocated financial 'risk' of mortgages and loans to urban neighborhoods on the basis of racialization of space – whether the neighborhood population was predominantly white ("green: best") or black and brown ("red: hazardous" – hence redlining). As part of the New Deal measures, these maps were meant to stabilize the housing market. In essence, it meant that people in redlined areas were (and still often are) barred from mortgages and home loans – with wide-ranging consequences for families and neighborhoods. The term "redlining" became a shorthand for the "Jim Crow of the North" – a number of blatantly discriminatory and racist practices and mechanisms which have ever since segregated American cities and cemented inequality and systemic racism.

This class will trace the history of redlining, and unravel the long-term effects on (sub)urban lives, especially when it comes to asset allocation and family wealth, education, policing and criminal justice, and (environmental and reproductive) health.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Please buy Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. All other texts – fiction as well as non-fiction – will be made available via VC.

Tutorium "Introduction to Literary Studies" (Course B)

Dozent/in:: Leonard Bürger
Angaben:: Tutorien, 2 SWS
Termine:: Di, 16:00 - 18:00, Raum n.V.
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:: Given the challenges still posed by COVID-19, this course will be an online tutorial.

Students enrolled for the Introduction to English and American Literary Studies by Dr. Konopka (Course B) will be registered for this tutorial on the VC by the instructor.
Inhalt:: In the course of the semester, we will focus on the basics of prose, drama and poetry analysis. This tutorial further provides room for discussion, practice and exam preparation. Students are expected to show active participation, and to be able to apply the contents of the tutorial in the follow-up sessions with Dr. Nicole K. Konopka.

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



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