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"A woman must not accept; she must challenge" (Sanger): 'second wave' feminism and America, 1960s-1980s -
- Dozent/in:
- Eva-Sabine Zehelein
- Angaben:
- Hauptseminar, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung, Nachhaltigkeit
- Termine:
- Di, 16:00 - 18:00, OK8/02.04
This course starts on April 25 (second week of the summer term).
- 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:
- active participation (individual tasks and group work)
- participation in field trip to Munich (July 21-22)
- term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)
- only Consolidation module: oral exam (see website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/american-studies/studies/consolidation-module-ma/ )
- required only for Vertiefungsmodul: completion of the advanced level (Aufbaumodul) beforehand!
3. FlexNow-Registration:
- Inhalt:
- In this class, we take a close look at America between 1960 and 1990 through the lens of “second wave feminism.” At the center will be Betty Friedan’s (in)famous 1963 book The Feminine Mystique, which, as Stephanie Coontz discovered (A Strange Stirring), acquired a ‘life of its own’ – many people thought or claimed they had read it and were familiar with Friedan’s tenets, but often, they were mistaken and misinformed. The Feminine Mystique stirred a lot of controversy, became an icon of the feminist movement, was both embraced and contested, loved and hated. We will take a close look, situate it in its socio-historical context, and draw also on a broad variety of other cultural texts to illuminate both, the development of feminist activism as well as the literary/cultural sphere of the times.
This class is a co-teaching project with the universities of Augsburg and Munich, funded by the BAA, under the title "Women and Politics, the Politics of Women." This an in-person class, yet in the course of the semester we will have occasional joint sessions with the other groups via zoom and a two-day student conference in person at the BAA in Munich in July (21-22) which is mandatory for all participants to attend and to present at. Participation in this class is thus limited to 15 students. Registration only via email to me. Deadline: April 1.
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"The Poem (Un)Written": 20th-Century Poetry -
- Dozent/in:
- Susen Halank
- Angaben:
- Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Gender und Diversität
- Termine:
- Di, 12:00 - 14:00, U2/01.36
- 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 Lit: 6 ECTS / Seminar Cult: 5 ECTS)
- BA Wipäd II (Seminar 6 ECTS)
>> Open for ‘Ergänzungsmodul’ LITERARY studies!
2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
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 1st – May 1st, 2023
- ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2023
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:
- “I, too, dislike it” is Marianne Moore’s opening line of her famous poem “Poetry”, summing up certain fears students might have about approaching this genre. However, poetry constitutes one of the central, most diverse, and most interesting pillars of American literature. The 20th century as a time of constant change – marked by historical events such as the two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Vietnam War, and various liberation movements – has produced a vast body of extremely different poetic texts, demonstrating the significance of poetry as a “vital form of cultural expression” (Beach 1). At the same time, the 20th century is also a significant time for developments in literary theory including New Criticism, New Historicism, Poststructuralism, and feminist and gender studies.
In this course, we will talk about the poetry of the last century and its key movements and schools such as the Beat Poets, the Black Mountain School, the San Francisco School, and Confessional Poetry. We will engage with a number of writers from diverse ethnic and social backgrounds, examine their texts in the light of influential literary theories and discuss poetry’s various kinds of cultural work.
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American Literature II (Realism-Postmodernism) -
- Dozent/in:
- Christine Gerhardt
- Angaben:
- Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität
- Termine:
- Mo, 14:00 - 16:00, KR12/02.18
Einzeltermin am 24.7.2023, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
- 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:
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 1st May 1st, 2023
- ECTS (de)registration: June 1st July 1st, 2023
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 lecture provides an overview of US-American literary history from the 1870s until today, highlighting characteristic features of realism, naturalism, modernism, and post-modernism, as well as key trends in 21st-century literary production. For each of these periods, the thematic, formal, and stylistic elements of a wide range of novels, stories, poems, plays, and essays will be discussed in connection with broader cultural and political developments.
Several questions that revolve around the tensions between coherence and difference will guide our explorations. For one, we will investigate how from the end of the Civil War until today, various groups of American writers have engaged, and frequently exploded, the possibilities of specific literary genres to re-imagine the world. This also means that we will discuss the ways in which changing notions of gender, sexuality, race, class, religion, and region have intersected with the development of American literature as a pluriform, multi-voiced field of expression. Finally, we will interrogate the significance of core thematic and conceptual concerns that have been identified in American literature over the years, including processes of modernization and the ideal of democratization, a sense of national self in relation to other cultures, and the challenges of living with the natural environment without destroying it.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- All readings will be provided via the VC!
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Emily Dickinson and Her Contemporaries -
- Dozent/in:
- Mareike Spychala
- Angaben:
- Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität
- Termine:
- Mi, 16:00 - 18:15, LU19/00.11
- 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:
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 1st – May 1st, 2023
- ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2023
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:
- While Emily Dickinson’s work had been seen as isolated and different from that by other 19th-century women poets in the first half of the 20th century, feminist scholars have for the past several decades focused on reading Dickinson’s poems in conjunction with those by other poets of her time, such as Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt, Lydia Sigourney, or Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
In this seminar we will practice exactly such comparative close readings, supported by recent scholarship on 19th-century women’s poetry. We will talk about dominant genres, topics, and motifs the works of these poets have in common and will also tease out important differences between them.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- Students are asked to buy and start reading the following text BEFORE the beginning of class:
- R.W. Franklin (ed.), The Poems of Emily Dickinson (2005), ISBN: 978-0674018242
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Examenvorbereitung Staatsexamen Amerikanische Literatur (Repetitorium) -
- Dozent/in:
- Eva-Sabine Zehelein
- Angaben:
- Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2
- Termine:
- Di, 14:00 - 16:00, OK8/02.04
Die erste Sitzung findet am 25. April (zweite Semesterwoche) statt!
- 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:
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 1st – May 1st, 2023
- ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2023
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:
- 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.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- Sämtliches Material wird über den VC bereitgestellt!
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Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung BA/MA/LA (Amerikanistik) -
- Dozent/in:
- Eva-Sabine Zehelein
- Angaben:
- Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2
- Termine:
- Mo, 10:00 - 12:00, OK8/02.04
This course starts on April 24 (second week of the summer term).
- 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:
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 1st – May 1st, 2023
- ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2023
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 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.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- All readings will be provided via the VC!
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How to Write a Term Paper | Betreuungsübung B.A. Amerikanistik -
- Dozent/in:
- Nicole K. Konopka
- Angaben:
- Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Gender und Diversität
- Termine:
- Einzeltermin am 5.5.2023, Einzeltermin am 12.5.2023, Einzeltermin am 16.6.2023, Einzeltermin am 23.6.2023, 12:00 - 17:00, 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)
- 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:
- 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 1st – May 1st, 2023
- ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2023
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 discussions.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- All readings will be provided via the VC!
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Introduction to British and American Cultural Studies (Course 5) -
- Dozent/in:
- Mareike Spychala
- Angaben:
- Proseminar, 3 SWS, ECTS: 6, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung, Nachhaltigkeit, The course starts at 9:55 a.m. sharp and ends at 12:10 p.m. (=3SWS)!
- Termine:
- Do, 9:55 - 12:10, U5/02.22
Einzeltermin am 4.5.2023, 9:55 - 12:10, Raum n.V.
Einzeltermin am 27.7.2023, 9:55 - 12:10, U5/02.22
- 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:
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 1st – May 1st, 2023
- ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2023
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 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.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- All readings will be provided via the VC!
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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:
- Mi, 16:00 - 18:00, MG1/00.04
Einzeltermin am 26.7.2023, 16:00 - 18:00, MG1/00.04
- 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!)
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:
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: April 11 – May 1st, 2023
- ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2023
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/
WICHTIG: Es stehen diverse Parallelkurse zur Verfügung. Den Termin A finden Sie in Flexnow bei der Englischen Literaturwissenschaft, den Termin B bei der Amerikanistik. Bitte entscheiden Sie sich frühzeitig für EINEN Termin!
Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung des Seminars fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin.
- 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:
- Michael Meyer. English and American Literature. 4th ed. UTB Basic. Tübingen: Francke, 2010. (or a newer edition; Ebook welcome!)
All other readings will be provided via the VC!
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Key Texts in Literary Theory (Methodenübung für das Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft) -
- Dozent/in:
- Nicole K. Konopka
- Angaben:
- Übung, 1 SWS, ECTS: 1, Gender und Diversität
- Termine:
- Mi, 12:00 - 14:00, U9/01.11
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
- 1. Module Allocation:
- BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Key Texts in Literary Theories Übung 1 ECTS)
- alle alten Studiengänge (Übung literary studies 1 ECTS)
- Studium Generale (Übung1 ECTS)
>> NOT Open for ‘Ergänzungsmodul’ cultural studies!
2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
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 1st – May 1st, 2023
- ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2023
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:
- In this seminar, we will study trends and schools in literary theory since the 1950s. Our reading includes key texts by thinkers identified with formalism and structuralism, deconstruction and post-structuralism, gender studies and queer theory, psychoanalytical criticism, (Neo-)Marxism and Cultural Materialism, New Historicism, postcolonial criticism, and reader-response 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 all sessions and contribute to class discussions. Your input is mandatory and will be welcome!
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- All readings will be provided via the VC!
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Media Session: "Circus Movies" -
- Dozent/in:
- Nicole K. Konopka
- Angaben:
- Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität
- Termine:
- Mi, 18:30 - 21:00, U5/00.24
Einzeltermin am 14.6.2023, Einzeltermin am 21.6.2023, 18:30 - 21:00, MG1/01.04
The first media session will take place on May 03!
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
- Please note that NO ECTS credits will be awarded in this class.
- Inhalt:
- The Media Session is designed as an extension of those classes of the American Studies Section that work with movies. However, we encourage all students to attend the movie sessions, because we show American classics as well as classics inspired by America.
This semester we will focus on circus films. The circus as a constantly moving site of transition, ambiguity and role-playing offers ample grounds for social commentary and cinematic artistry. Our program will take us from the 1920s to the 2010s, which will give us a chance to observe and discuss the development of the circus movie against the backdrop of multiple movie genres (e.g. comedy, drama, satire, horror, and animation), as well as distinct changes in US-American culture.
Please send an email to the instructors for the exact schedule!
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Narrating Change: The American Short Story -
- Dozent/in:
- Johanna Feier
- Angaben:
- Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität, Nachhaltigkeit
- Termine:
- Di, 18:00 - 21:00, MG2/01.10
Classes will take place biweekly. The first session takes place on April 18.
- 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:
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 1st – May 1st, 2023
- ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2023
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:
- As a popular, ubiquitous literary form, the short story provides a window into the ever-changing landscapes of American cultures across the centuries. In this class, we will discuss narratives by culturally diverse American writers, from the origins of the short story in the 19th century up until the present day. In addition to analyzing the genre and its formal structures, we will examine how authors from different backgrounds have used the short prose form to reflect and comment on the plethora of American identities and experiences.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- A reader will be provided in the first week of classes.
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One Hundred Years of Herland: Reading Gilman and Piercy’s Feminist Utopias -
- Dozent/in:
- Yildiz Asar
- Angaben:
- Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität, Nachhaltigkeit
- Termine:
- Do, 16:00 - 19:15, U5/01.18
The course consists of regular and double sessions. The exact schedule will be announced in the first session (April 20).
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
- 1. Module Allocation:
All modules including an obligatory or optional reading tutorial (Übung) for LITERARY studies:
- BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
- LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
- MA English and American Studies
- MA WiPäd
- Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
- Studium Generale (2 or 4 ECTS - not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)
- Exchange Students (2 or 4 ECTS)
>> OPEN for Consolidation Module LITERARY studies!
2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
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 1st – May 1st, 2023
- ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2023
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:
- In 1915, as the globe lamented the biggest war that humankind had hitherto seen, the first monthly installment of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland serial appeared in The Forerunner magazine. Herland, along with its prequel Moving the Mountain (1911) and sequel With Her in Ourland (1916), presented to its readers a fictional utopian society – composed entirely of women who lived in harmonious isolation without conflicts, and procreated without men. With its bold and progressive critique of traditional approaches to gender and procreative rights, Herland was discussed quite controversially at the time, but swiftly forgotten. It was not until the 1960s and 70s, that the oppositional political culture – shaped by the civil rights, feminist, and environmental movements – rediscovered Herland and occasioned a revival of feminist utopian writing more broadly, including a range of now-classic novels such as Joanna Russ’s The Female Man (1975), Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time, (1976), Sally Miller Gearhart’s The Wanderground (1979), and Ursula K. Le Guin’s Always Coming Home (1985). Like Gilman’s much earlier novels, these feminist critical utopias imagined ambiguous female spaces in ways that also navigated early ecofeminist themes, such as “partnership with nature rather than domination, non-hierarchical cooperation as a social principle, abolition of antagonistic dualisms (like body and spirit), acceptance of change (including death), and an ethic of care” (Donawerth 62).
In this course, we will revisit the 20th-century feminist critical utopia with a focus on works by Gilman and Piercy, engaging intersectional, non-binary approaches to explore how issues of gender, race, age, class, species, ecology, etc. are addressed by these literary texts. It is from the perspective of contemporary, early 21st-century debates about social, ecological, and gender injustices, and in the attempt to develop a critical but optimistic reading practice, that we will discuss the cultural work performed by Gilman’s and Piercy’s novels in their respective historical contexts.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- Please acquire and start reading these texts BEFORE the beginning of our class!
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland (1915)
- Marge Piercy, Women on the Edge of Time (1976)
Further primary readings will be announced here by mid-March.
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The Monstrous Other in American Literature and Culture -
- Dozent/in:
- Nicole K. Konopka
- Angaben:
- Proseminar/Übung, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung
- Termine:
- Mo, 12:00 - 14:00, U5/01.18
Einzeltermin am 14.7.2023, 12:00 - 18:00, U5/02.17
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
- Please note that this course can be taken as a SEMINAR (max. 6 ECTS) OR as an ÜBUNG (max. 4 ECTS).
1. Module Allocations:
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 Lit: 6 ECTS / Seminar Cult: 5 ECTS)
- BA Wipäd II (Seminar 6 ECTS)
OR
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 (2 or 4 ECTS - not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)
- Exchange Students (2 or 4 ECTS)
>> Open for Ergänzungsmodul OR Consolidation Module literary studies and cultural studies!
2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
SEMINAR
ÜBUNG
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 1st May 1st, 2023
- ECTS (de)registration: June 1st July 1st, 2023
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:
- Following W. Scott Pool s claim that from our colonial past to the present, the monster in all its various forms has been a staple of American culture, this class is designed to identify and critically analyze the multiple and contradictory presences of such monsters in American literature and culture.
We will start with a brief historical and conceptual overview, consulting historical maps of the world, the anonymous Physiologus (200 AD), medieval almanacs, transatlantic travel accounts, freak show advertisements, medical journals, criminal records, and court files. Moving through North American history from pre-colonial times to the present, we will then study a variety of texts, such as Native American tall tales, crafts and imagery, short stories, poems, newspaper articles, pictures, TV shows and movies with an analytical focus on their changing representations of monstrosity as a particular kind of otherness.
As we navigate through the complex universe of surreal distortion, we will try to answer the following questions: How have monsters been defined in America, and how have these definitions changed over time? What is culturally specific about American monsters? Which culturally and historically specific fears (and perhaps also longings) have been projected on these monstrous others , and to which effects?
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- Most of the material used in class will be provided via the Virtual Campus ahead of class. Students are, however, required to purchase the following books BEFORE THE START OF THE SEMESTER:
- Arthur Miller, The Crucible (1951)
- Kirsten Bakis, Lives of the Monster Dogs (1997)
- Chris Dingess, Manifest Destiny, Volume 1: Flora and Fauna (2014)
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