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

Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft

 

"The best is yet to be": Representations of Old Age and Ageing in Recent Fiction

Dozent/in:
Susan Brähler
Angaben:
Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale
Termine:
Mi, 10:15 - 11:45, U5/02.18
Einzeltermin am 23.11.2017, Einzeltermin am 11.1.2018, 16:00 - 18:00, U5/02.18
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module Allocation:

Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft/ freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY (Kombination mit Russisch): Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 10.08.2017 (10:00) - 10.01.2018 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:
According to Ageing Studies, a very young interdisciplinary field of research, old age and ageing are not simply a fixed biological or chronological process but a complex cultural and social phenomenon (Jansohn). Age is a fluid identity marker, i. e. the distinction between young and old cannot for very long be successfully thought of as a binary opposition with youth being the valued term and old age being stigmatised. One s chronological age seems to lose relevance when older people make claims for the continuity of an ageless self across their life span. (Kriebernegg/Maierhofer)

In this seminar on fictional representations of old age and ageing, we will discuss various aspects of old age: ageing and solitude vs. community in old age, ageing and agency, the ageing body, female ageing, sexuality, generation, memory and memory loss etc. Perhaps the most striking thing about recent fiction is its ability to bring aging characters to the center of awareness, away from the periphery. (Fallis) We will thus focus on some of the most prominent texts featuring elderly protagonists which have been written in recent decades and which contribute to our understanding of old age in very different ways: what is it like to be institutionalised because of bodily frailty when one s mental capacities have not declined? How can a first-person narrator suffering from Alzheimer s disease relate a coherent plot? How to read a dystopia in which the young and healthy are used as a mere stock for healthy organs which are then transplanted into the old and diseased? Where lies the (dark) comedy of five elderly people moving in together?
Empfohlene Literatur:
Obligatory Reading:

Kingsley Amis, Ending Up (1974) [978-0141194233]
Alice Munro, Mrs. Cross and Mrs. Kidd (1982)
May Sarton, As We Are Now (1992) [978-0704339217]
J. M. Coetzee, Slow Man (2005) [978-0099490623] and As a Woman Grows Older (2004)
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (2005) [978-0571224142]
Emma Healey, Elizabeth Is Missing (2014) [978-0241968185]

Film: Harold and Maud (dir. Hal Ashby; 1971)

Please buy only those editions indicated above (cf. ISBN numbers) so we can all refer to the same page numbers in class!

The short stories will be made available on the VC.

 

Academic Infrastructure A + B

Dozent/in:
Janina Lupprian
Angaben:
Tutorien
Termine:
Einzeltermin am 11.10.2017, 11:00 - 17:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 13.10.2017, 10:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11

 

Bamberg University English Drama Group

Dozent/in:
N.N.
Angaben:
Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2
Termine:
Mo, Do, 20:00 - 22:00, U7/01.05
Einzeltermin am 31.1.2018, Einzeltermin am 1.2.2018, Einzeltermin am 2.2.2018, 18:00 - 22:00, U7/01.05
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module:
  • Bachelor Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Studium Generale (up to 2 ECTS)
Inhalt:
Join the Bamberg University English Drama Group for our winter workshop. If you're interested in drama and acting and would like to try out some of that yourself, it's you we're looking for. Everybody can join, you need not have any previous drama experience. If you are interested, just come along on Monday, 16 October, or e-mail one of our workshop directors, Sultan Tavsancioglu and Valentin Kärner. If you have any further questions, you can also contact them via e-mail: sultan.tavsancioglu(at)web.de or valentin.kaerner(at)t-online.de
Very much looking forward to a semester full of fun, drama and creativity with you!

 

Betreuungsübung für Abschlussarbeiten (ZA und BA)

Dozent/in:
Susan Brähler
Angaben:
Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2
Termine:
Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/02.01
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
(De)Registration via FlexNow: 10.08.2017 (10:00) - 10.01.2018 (23:59)

 

Dystopia and Diaspora in Postcolonial Novels

Dozent/in:
Emilija Lipovsek
Angaben:
Seminar/Hauptseminar
Termine:
Einzeltermin am 17.11.2017, 12:00 - 18:00, MG2/01.02
Einzeltermin am 18.11.2017, 10:00 - 18:00, MG1/01.02
Einzeltermin am 19.11.2017, 10:00 - 18:00, MG2/01.02
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

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

LA GY:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies:
Master Module English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS) Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Please note: This course is NOT open to the Consolidation Module!

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

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

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 10.08.2017 (10:00) - 10.01.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:
Starting with Empire Windrush sailing in 1948 up to the beginning of the 21st century, the seminar will focus on the span of over sixty years of postcolonial migration to London. The pre-arrival image and expectations originated from the colonial education that glorified the magnitude of the metropolis as it used to be depicted as the centre of culture, liberty, opulence and opportunities. After having lived in London for several years, immigrants’ dreams become shaken and shattered, feeling left on the margins of the British society. Special attention will be paid to discrimination they have experienced in schools and workplaces, police cruelty, underpaid jobs, problems with housing, and differences in culinary traditions and climate in the postcolonial discourse. The seminar will discuss how novels like The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi, The Small Island by Andrea Levy, and Brick Lane by Monica Ali describe characters finding themselves in the liminal space between the desire to acquire ‘Englishness’, and their disappointment and disillusionment, with the emphasis on the first and second generation of immigrants.
Empfohlene Literatur:
Monica Ali. Brick Lane.
Hanif Kureishi. The Buddha of Suburbia.
Andrea Levy. The Small Island.

 

Exam Preparation English Literature

Dozent/in:
Susan Brähler
Angaben:
Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale
Termine:
Do, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 15.2.2018, 9:30 - 17:00, U9/01.11
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module allocation
all modules including an exam preparation (Examensübung/ Übung für Examenskandidaten) on all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) in

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies


2. FlexNow (de-) registration: 10.08.2017 (10:00) - 10.01.2018 (23:59)
Inhalt:
tba
Empfohlene Literatur:
tba

 

Introduction to English and American Literature (A)

Dozent/in:
Susan Brähler
Angaben:
Seminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Modulstudium, Frühstudium
Termine:
Mo, 14:15 - 15:45, U5/00.24
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module Allocation:

Basismodul (seminar: 2 or 6 ECTS) in

  • LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

  • BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

  • BA Berufliche Bildung

  • BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies

  • BSc. BWL

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 10.10.2017 (10:00) - 27.01.2018 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

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

3. Tutorials:

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

a) Begleitendes Tutorium zur "Introduction to English and American Literature A+B" (tba) zur Vertiefung und Ergänzung der im Kurs besprochenen Themen; eine zusätzliche Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig.
b) Einem zweistündigen Bibliothekstutorium bestehend aus einer Vorlesung (45 Minuten) und einer Übung (90 Minuten); Anmeldung über den Virtuellen Campus der Universitätsibliothek.
Inhalt:
This course provides a concise introduction to major themes and methods in the study of English and American Literature. We will discuss key features of the main literary genres poetry, prose fiction and drama, explore selected approaches in literary theory and criticism as a basis for analyzing and interpreting literary texts, and survey the main periods and developments of English and American literary history.
Empfohlene Literatur:
Meyer, Michael. English and American Literatures. Tübingen: Francke, 2011. (4th edition!)

 

Introduction to English and American Literature (B)

Dozent/in:
Lisa Schädlich
Angaben:
Seminar, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Modulstudium, Frühstudium
Termine:
Di, 16:15 - 17:45, U5/01.22
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module Allocation:

Basismodul (seminar: 2 or 6 ECTS) in

  • LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

  • BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

  • BA Berufliche Bildung

  • BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies

  • BSc. BWL

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 10.10.2017 (10:00) - 10.01.2018 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

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

3. Tutorials:

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

a) Begleitendes Tutorium zur "Introduction to English and American Literature A+B" (tba) zur Vertiefung und Ergänzung der im Kurs besprochenen Themen; eine zusätzliche Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig.
b) Einem zweistündigen Bibliothekstutorium bestehend aus einer Vorlesung (45 Minuten) und einer Übung (90 Minuten); Anmeldung über den Virtuellen Campus der Universitätsibliothek.
Inhalt:
This course provides a concise introduction to major themes and methods in the study of English and American Literature. We will discuss key features of the main literary genres poetry, prose fiction and drama, explore selected approaches in literary theory and criticism as a basis for analyzing and interpreting literary texts, and survey the main periods and developments of English and American literary history.
Empfohlene Literatur:
Meyer, Michael. English and American Literatures. Tübingen: Francke, 2011. (4th edition!)

 

Justice and Mercy in Shakespeare’s Comedies: The Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, The Tempest

Dozent/in:
Beatrix Hesse
Angaben:
Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Erweiterungsbereich
Termine:
Do, 16:00 - 18:00, MG2/01.02
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module Allocation:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
  • Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

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

LA GY:
  • Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

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

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

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


2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 10.08.2017 (10:00) - 10.01.2018 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:
A rather large number of Shakespeare’s works are technically labelled “comedies“, although they do not conform to our present understanding of “comedy” as a predominantly funny and lighthearted play. In the early modern period, the term “comedy” mainly referred to the play’s outcome – if it ended happily, usually with multiple marriages, it was a comedy. Since this method of classification is somewhat unsatisfactory, later critics have often applied other generic labels to specific subgenres of Shakespearian comedy, for instance “early comedies”, “comedies of love”, “festive comedies”, “problem plays” and “romances”. Apart from exhibiting different generic features, these subgenres also illustrate Shakespeare’s artistic development. In this class, students will study three different comedies belonging to three different periods of Shakespeare’s career: the comparatively early The Merchant of Venice (1596-99), the later “problem play” Measure for Measure (1603/4) and the romance The Tempest (1610/11), often believed to have been Shakespeare’s final work. In all of these plays, Shakespeare addresses the fundamental conflict between applying justice or mercy to human misdemeanours, but he approaches this issue somewhat differently in each individual play.

Students will be expected to be thoroughly familiar with all three plays and must have read at least The Merchant of Venice by the beginning of term. Regular active participation in class discussions is also required, as is an oral presentation on one of the plays of app. 15 minutes and a written term paper of app. 5000 words. Your written paper does not have to be on the same topic as your oral presentation. Students should also be prepared to take part in some playreading and acting exercises. Texts: any decent edition will do, e.g. the Arden, Oxford or Cambridge editions of the respective plays. First-time readers of Shakespeare may find it helpful to also consult a bilingual edition, for instance by Reclam, but this is not sufficient as the only version you intend to use.
Empfohlene Literatur:
William Shakespeare. The Merchant of Venice.
William Shakespeare. Measure for Measure.
William Shakespeare. The Tempest.

 

Key Texts in Literary Theory

Dozent/in:
Kerstin-Anja Münderlein
Angaben:
Übung, 1 SWS, ECTS: 1, Studium Generale
Termine:
jede 2. Woche Mi, 14:00 - 16:00, U11/00.25
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module Allocation:

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

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

  • alle alten Studiengänge: Übung (1 ECTS)


2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 10.08.2017 (10:00) - 10.01.2018 (23:59)

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

The course is intended to assist students in both finding own approaches towards primary texts and in identifying mind-sets and methods applied in the secondary sources they read in their other seminars: "What theory demonstrates [...] is that there is no position free of theory, not even the one called common sense" (V. B. Leitch).
Empfohlene Literatur:
A course reader will be made available for download at our VC group once the schedule has been agreed upon.

 

Love and Other Disastrous Diseases

Dozent/in:
Chiara Manghi
Angaben:
Seminar/Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich
Termine:
Mo, 18:00 - 20:00, KR14/00.06
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module Allocation:

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

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

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

LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 10.08.2017 (10:00) - 10.01.2018 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Empfohlene Literatur:
Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare (please read the Arden edition before the first session)
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje

 

Mistresses of Mayhem: Shakespeare's Ladies as Catalysts of Mischief

Dozent/in:
Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino
Angaben:
Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale
Termine:
Mi, 18:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar

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

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

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

LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

MA WiPäd: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

1.2 Reading Tutorial (Übung)
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature in
LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

MA WiPäd

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 10.08.2017 (10:00) - 10.01.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:
Beneath the lenses of a literary microscope, Shakespeare's female characters reveal dichotomous shadows, a binary system, the contrast between the “good” and the “evil” woman. In the majority of his plays, power in the hands of women invites chaos. Empowered female characters were represented as being “unnatural” or as threat to patriarchy, hence the common association with “villainesses”. The existence of such women highlights, however, their very counterpart: the stereotypical and idealized pure, virginal, passive and submissive “lady”.
This concept becomes clear when the archetypes of the good and evil women are juxtaposed. For instance, the vengeful Tamora in contrast with the quintessential “good girl” Lavinia; the spiteful and greedy sisters Regan and Goneril opposed to the kind and devoted Cordelia; the ambitious Lady Macbeth versus the domestic wife Lady Macduff; or Cymbeline’s nameless Queen and his daughter Imogen. Even Shakespeare's comedies depict how women were expected to behave, as we see in The Taming of the Shrew (Katherine vs Bianca).
This seminar will offer an in-depth analysis of the archetype of the good and evil female characters in Shakespeare's tragedies and comedies and how female power was a synonym to the corruption of the Female. Furthermore, we will discuss themes such as revenge, ambition and greed from the female characters’ perspectives, and topics such as misogyny and double-standards from an anachronistic angle.
Empfohlene Literatur:
To read until the beginning of the semester:
William Shakespeare. Titus Andronicus.
William Shakespeare. King Lear.

To read during the semester:
William Shakespeare. Cymbeline.
William Shakespeare. Macbeth.
William Shakespeare. The Taming of the Shrew.

More material to be added in class.

 

N.N.

Dozent/in:
N.N.
Angaben:
Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich
Termine:
Mo, 10:15 - 11:45, U9/01.11
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module Allocation:

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

  • LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

  • BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

  • MA English and American Studies

  • MA Berufliche Bildung

  • Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies


2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): tba

guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:
This course is designed specifically for students of all "Lehrämter" who prepare for the written "Staatsexamen" in English Literature according to the new LPO. However, students preparing other - oral or written - final exams or who are interested in detailed analyses of exam questions covering the whole of British literature from the Renaissance until today are very welcome, too.

 

Scotland through Time

Dozent/in:
Chiara Manghi
Angaben:
Seminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich
Termine:
Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module Allocation:

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

  • LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

  • BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

  • MA English and American Studies

  • Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

  • BSc. BWL

  • MA WiPäd


2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 10.08.2017 (10:00) - 10.01.2018 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:
In this class we will read texts that will provide an overview of Scottish identity through time, as well as time in Scottish literature. We will work on several poems by authors ranging from Robert Burns to Carol Ann Duffy, and focus on how they deal with the subject of time. We will also read the Neo-victorian novel Poor Things by Alasdair Gray and, last but not least, with the first novel in the time travel series Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon, we will get a double outsider’s perspective on Scottishness and Scottish history, both because it is by an American author and because it is about an English nurse living in the 1940s who suddenly finds herself in eighteenth century Scotland, becoming thus a Sassenach, a foreigner in a foreign time.
Empfohlene Literatur:
A selection of poems and excerpts from various text will be made available in class.
Poor Things - Alasdair Gray
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
Please read Outlander before the first session.

 

Shakespeare Reading Group

Dozent/in:
Kerstin-Anja Münderlein
Angaben:
Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung
Termine:
Do, 18:00 - 20:00, U11/00.25
Einzeltermin am 21.2.2018, 18:00 - 22:00, U9/01.11
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
This course is an extracurricular course and does not offer any ECTS credits. Anybody interested in reading and discussing Shakespeare is very welcome, regardless of their course of studies.
You need not register for this course, just come along in the first session and bring a copy of the plays.
Inhalt:
William Shakespeare's works are well know, or should be well known, to all students of English literature. However, when reading Shakespeare some people struggle to fully appreciate his language or his brilliantly designed characters. This course aims at all of those students who would like to enjoy Shakespeare's works together with other students. Thus, we will not only read two pieces by Shakespeare, one comedy and one tragedy, we will also provide a platform for discussion or even stage a few scenes to further our understanding of what is going on. If you want to join us, you need not have any previous knowledge, only bring a copy of the play and comfortable shoes.
Empfohlene Literatur:
William Shakespeare. Richard III.
William Shakespeare. Two Gentlemen of Verona.

 

The Dead Walking - Zombie Fiction Reloaded

Dozent/in:
Lisa Schädlich
Angaben:
Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6
Termine:
Mo, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
1. Module Allocation:
Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY (Kombination mit Russisch): Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
MA WiPäd: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
ERASMUS or visiting students: Seminar: max. 6 ECTS

Übung
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature in
LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

BSc. BWL

MA WiPäd


ERASMUS and visiting students: Please contact lecturer if you wish to attend the class.

2. (De)Registration via FlexNow: 10.08.2017 (10:00) - 10.01.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: Please contact lecturer
Inhalt:
Zombies are all around us. We can find them in TV productions, comic books, novels and of course movies. Needless to say, zombies are en vogue. Zombie fiction such as The Walking Dead, both comic books and TV series alike, or cult classics by George A. Romero focus on the human survivors battling against the ominous other. We experience the decomposition of human civilisation first hand, how the survivors battle against not only the undead but against a much more terrifying threat – other human survivors and are oftentimes faced with moral dilemma how we would react in such an extreme situation. After all, a villain is a hero in his or her own mind.

In recent years though, there has been a gradual shift from focusing on the human survivors and instead choosing zombies who narrate their own stories. In novels such as The Girl with all the Gifts (M.R. Carey, 2014) or The Passage (Justin Cronin, 2010), the zombie narrative is turned topsy turvy.

In this Seminar/Übung, we will examine the origins of zombie fiction and see how zombies have transformed in the last years. We will have a look how The Walking Dead moves beyond a zombie narrative and how zombie movies such as Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead (2002) or Jonathan Levine's Warm Bodies (2013) parody existing genre tropes.
Empfohlene Literatur:
To read before the semester:
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Frankenstein. 1818.
Justin Cronin. The Passage. 2010.
M. R. Carey. The Girl With All the Gifts. 2014.

Excerpts from other works such as Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead (2003-) or Max Brooks' World War Z (2006) will be available on the VC during the semester.

 

Tutorial Academic Research for MA students [TU]

Dozent/in:
Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino
Angaben:
Tutorien
Termine:
Einzeltermin am 15.12.2017, 10:00 - 19:00, U5/02.23
Einzeltermin am 16.1.2018, 14:00 - 17:00, U5/02.23
Einzeltermin am 16.2.2018, 14:00 - 17:00, U9/01.11

 

Tutorial for Students of MA English and American Studies

Dozent/in:
Lisa Schädlich
Angaben:
Übung, 2 SWS
Termine:
Mo, 16:00 - 18:00, U9/02.01
Einzeltermin am 2.12.2017, 9:00 - 15:00, U11/00.16

 

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

Dozent/in:
Bonnie Sheppard
Angaben:
Tutorien
Termine:
Do, 18:00 - 20:00, U5/02.22
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
Note: This tutorial is based on Introduction to English and American Studies A+B taught by Dr. Susan Brähler and Lisa Schädlich. Its content is identical with Jacob Sheppard's tutorial, i. e. you can choose either of the two tutorials.

 

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

Dozent/in:
Jacob Sheppard
Angaben:
Tutorien
Termine:
Di, 18:00 - 20:00, U2/01.33
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
Note: This tutorial is based on Introduction to English and American Studies A+B taught bNote: This tutorial is based on Introduction to English and American Studies A+B taught by Dr. Susan Brähler and Lisa Schädlich. Its content is identical with Bonnie Sheppard's tutorial, i. e. you can choose either of the two tutorials.

 

Welcome Meeting new MA students

Dozent/in:
N.N.
Angaben:
Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung
Termine:
Einzeltermin am 11.10.2017, 9:30 - 11:00, U9/01.11



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