Lehrveranstaltungen

Join the Bamberg University English Drama Group for our summer production! Newcomers are more than welcome. Of course, we re looking for actors and actresses. But also for people who want to join our offstage team and want to create costumes, music, light and stage design. And we re looking for all the visual design and media aficionados among you that want to help us to find exciting ways of promoting the play. Our focus will be on establishing a team that creates and shapes the play together. Thus, you ll be involved in all stages of production from page to stage getting a fair share of experience in the practice of theatre.

Just come together on Thursday, April 12th, 2018, in U7/1.05 at 8 pm s.t. for our first meet-up. You ll also get information about the play and the upcoming auditions which will be held on Monday, April 16th, 2018 (U7/1.05) We re looking forward to seeing YOU!

Dozent/in: Dipl.-Schauspielerin Nadine Panjas
Dipl.-Psych. Konstantinos Mangos, M.A.

Betreuungsübung für Bachelorarbeiten

Dozent/in:: Lisa Schädlich
Angaben:: Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2
Termine:: Di, 16:00 - 18:00, U9/02.01
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:: (De)Registration via FlexNow: 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)

Charles Dickens: David Copperfield, Great Expectations and the Way of the World

Dozent/in:: Simon Edwards
Angaben:: Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8
Termine:: Einzeltermin am 22.6.2018, 12:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 23.6.2018, Einzeltermin am 24.6.2018, 10:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11
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): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:: In this course we are going to look closely at those two of Dickens’s novels which have most in common with the European Bildungsroman or the ’coming -of-age’ novel of the 19c. These are stories of the education of the individual, his or her entry into a wider but divided society from childhood and youth to full adulthood. In Dickens’s case these are both first-person narratives and contain elements of what we often think of, more generally, as ‘autobiographical fiction’. Dickens’s narrative focus, however, is never narrowly personal, but rather the pretext for imagining fully the lives of others and revealing the dynamics of a whole society undergoing vital but disturbing change. Thus Dickens’s takes his place among the great artists of the 19c in the sheer scope and inventiveness of the novel form.
Both novels are utterly absorbing and offer us the deep and intimate pleasure of reading itself as a formative act in our world of mass literacy, not least through their powerful rendering of the experience of childhood and our passage into a troubled maturity. They both extend and challenge the romantic idealisation of childhood. Dickens described David Copperfield as the ‘favourite child’ among his novels, while Great Expectations has always attracted praise even from those critics who have been hostile to his work. The earlier novel may be seen as the most explicitly autobiographical and Dickens was careful to re-read it before embarking on Great Expectations, not merely to avoid repetition but also to undertake a radical revision of his earlier perspectives.

Secondary reading
Criticism of Dickens’s work is produced on an industrial scale in both Britain and the USA. Extremely popular in his time, a veritable institution, his work fell out of critical favour in the early 20c, but from the 1940s it has been consistently rehabilitated, not least by the work of American critics. It has been subjected to Marxist, feminist, psychoanalytic, new historicist, deconstructionist, post -colonial and queer theory. You can find examples all of these in for example in the 47 volumes of the Dickens Studies Annual, published every year since 1970 (and available on J-Stor). I hesitate to make particular recommendations of individual critics, though a couple (who shall be nameless) I would suggest you avoid!
Perhaps the most useful introductions are to be found in two relatively recent (and complementary) biographies:
Michael Slater, Charles Dickens, (2009)
Claire Tomalin, Charles Dickens: A Life, (2011)
These will both provide you with a strong sense of the personal, social and economic conditions under which Dickens worked and lived in mid-Victorian Britain, as well as the amazing energy which he brought to both his life and work.

Since Simon Edwards is a visiting professor, students who sign up for this course will receive information about the requirements for the course via e-mail in the first week of the semester.
Empfohlene Literatur:: Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

Exam Preparation English Literature

Dozent/in:: Lisa Schädlich
Angaben:: Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale
Termine:: Do, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 15.6.2018, 9:00 - 13:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 17.7.2018, Einzeltermin am 18.7.2018, 9:00 - 18:00, 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: 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
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 are very welcome, too.

Students will first revise basic terminology for the analysis of poems, narrative and dramatic texts and receive an overview of literary history. After that, each session will be dedicated to one set of "Staatsexamen" questions from previous years. The range of topics (e.g. "Thema 1: Dramatische Texte der Renaissance," "Thema 6: Narrative und expositorische Texte des 19. Jahrhunderts" etc.) will depend on the participants' interest. (Before the beginning of the semester, I will invite all participants to take part in a poll in order to find out which topics ["Körbe"] they want to prepare for their "Staatsexamen.")
Empfohlene Literatur:: tba

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung Englische Literaturwissenschaft (Houswitschka)

Dozent/in:: Christoph Houswitschka
Angaben:: Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2
Termine:: Mi, 20:00 - 22:00, U9/01.11
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:: 1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit BA-Arbeit): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Betreuungsübung (2 ECTS)

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

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

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

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

2. (De)Registration via FlexNow!: 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
Inhalt:: This course is addressed at students who are preparing or working at a final thesis in English or American Literature, be it a "Magisterarbeit", "Zulassungsarbeit", "BA-Arbeit" or Master's thesis. It is supposed to offer continuous support to students while preparing or writing their theses, and to give them the opportunity to present and discuss their work with other students. The course consists of plenary and individual sessions. A definite schedule will be set up in the first meeting of the class. There will be a site on the Virtual Campus; access will be given upon registration.
In the plenary sessions, we shall discuss general formal aspects and criteria of a thesis - such as possible topics, structure, suitable theoretical approaches. Participants will present (parts of) their thesis, offering it for discussion and feedback. The individual sessions consist of one-to-one tutorials in which you can discuss the argument, the progress and possible problems of your thesis with me. For students in the BA, MA and new teacher training programmes, who write their thesis in literary studies, this course provides the "Betreuungsübung". The presentation of the thesis in a plenary session (max. 30 minutes) will be graded and counts as "mündliche Modulteilprüfung" in the BA-programme. Students in the Magister- and old teacher training programmes are advised to take this course to support them while writing their theses. Depending on the native tongue of the participants, the course will be given in English or German.
The course will be taught every two weeks, with individual meetings in the weeks where we will have no common session.

Frankenstein

Dozent/in:: Christoph Houswitschka
Angaben:: Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Erweiterungsbereich
Termine:: Mi, 18:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11, LU19/00.13
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): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:: Mary Shelley (1797 1851), the daughter of the radical writer William Godwin and the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus in the course of a writers contest among Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron and John Polidori at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva in Switzerland in 1814. Mary Shelley was not aware that she had created not just a classic of British literature, but a myth that would live on in literature, film and other media.
Victor Frankenstein is a young and ambitious scientist who assembles a creature from body parts. The creature turns against his creator. A lonesome and deplorable being ends up as an atrocious monster.
In the seminar we will discuss the original, its second 1831 edition, a collaborate effort of Mary Shelley and her husband, the dramatizations in the 19th century and some 20th-century filmings. Frankenstein will also be read in the context of the epic poem that inspired it, John Milton s Paradise Lost (1667) and some contemporary novels and films that continue its main argument, the flawed relationship between creator and creature.
Empfohlene Literatur:: Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, ed. by Marilyn Butler (Oxford World's Classics)
or
Frankenstein, ed. by J. Paul Hunter (Norton Critical Edition)

IMPORTANT: The edition you read MUST be that of the 1818 publication

Guest lecture: Medievalist and Non-Medievalist Emotional Economy in George R.R. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire

Dozent/in:: Anna Czarnowus
Angaben:: Vorlesung
Termine:: Einzeltermin am 3.5.2018, 16:00 - 18:00, U5/01.22

Healing the Feminine and Meeting with the Goddess: Beyond the Archetype of a Man-Made Woman

Dozent/in:: Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino
Angaben:: Seminar/Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale
Termine:: Mo, 12:00 - 14:00, U2/00.25
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:: 1. Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
NOT OPEN for Ergänzungsmodul Ltieraturwissenschaft!

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

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:: In a conversation with Murdock, Campbell affirms that the heroine has no active role in the hero’s journey: “In the whole mythological tradition the woman is there. All she has to do is realise that she’s the place that people are trying to get to. When a woman realises what her wonderful character is, she’s not going to get messed up with the notion of being pseudo-male”.

Although rather misogynistic, this might have been true regarding ancient myths, but modern and contemporary literature show female characters actively pursuing their heroic paths. For instance, Alcott’s Jo March in Little Women, a 15-year-old girl who struggles with and defies society's expectations of how women in the 19th century should behave; or Hardy’s Bathsheba Everdene in Far from the Madding Crowd who is considered as one of the foremothers of great women in literature.

The perspective and plot has also switched angles, portraying fully realised female characters and their complex path of healing and achieving their goals. Take as an example the drastic plot change in Walt Disney’s princess movies. The protagonists are no longer damsels in distress in desperate need of rescue such as Cinderella, Aurora, or Snow White. Instead, it focuses on their growth and maturing, their intimate relationship with the feminine and a mother figure, and the healing (or support) provided by other women. Elsa and Anna, Moana and Merida are just a few examples of Disney’s new angle on their princesses.

This class will focus on Campbell and Murdock’s models and attempt to find common ground, reshape or merge the positive aspects within both. It will also pay special attention to two stages of the heroine’s journey: Meeting with the Goddess and Healing the Mother-Daughter Split.
Empfohlene Literatur:: To read prior to the beginning of the semester:
Thomas Hardy. Far from the Madding Crowd
Louisa May Alcott. Little Women

To watch during the semester:
Walt Disney. Brave
Walt Disney. Frozen
Walt Disney. Moana

More material to be added in class.

History of the Novel I

Dozent/in:: Christoph Houswitschka
Angaben:: Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich
Termine:: Di, 16:00 - 18:00, U5/01.22
Einzeltermin am 27.6.2018, 20:00 - 22:00, U5/01.22
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:: 1. Module Allocation:
all modules including an obligatory/optional lecture (2 or 4 ECTS) in
Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik incl. Studium Generale

MA English and American Studies

MA Berufliche Bildung

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59))
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:: This lecture belongs to a series of genre surveys which cover English literature from the Middle Ages to the present.

How Criseyde became Cressida: From Middle English Chaucerian romance to Early Modern English Shakespearean drama

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Gabriele Knappe, Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Seminar/Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 8, Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien

Termine:

Do, 12:15 - 13:45, LU19/00.09
In the second week of term, MA students as well as BA/Lehramt students in their Vertiefungsmodul are expected to take part in an introduction to research methods (unless they have already participated in the Übung Methods and Theories in Linguistics ). Thus, these participants are required to reserve the following times and dates: Mo, 16 April 2018, 8 10 h OR 10 12 h OR 12 14 h AND Thu, 19 April 2018, 10 16 h OR Fri, 20 April 2018, 8 14 h. To coordinate course dates and times, please register for the following Virtual Campus course by 12 April at the latest and take part in the survey you will find there: https://vc.uni-bamberg.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=26997. You will receive notice of the time slots you have been allotted on 13 April.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

General organization

1. Modules:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Aufbaumodul Anglistik: Seminar (6 ECTS)
BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Aufbaumodul Anglistik: Übung (6 ECTS)
BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Vertiefungsmodul Anglistik: Seminar (8 ECTS)
LA GY: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
LA GY: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
LA GY: Wahlpflichtmodul Englische Sprachwissenschaft bei Kombination mit dem Fach Russisch: Seminar (6 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Master Module English Linguistics: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Master Module English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Profile Module English Linguistics I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Profile Module English and American Literature I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Consolidation Module English Linguistics I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Consolidation Module English and American Literature I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Erweiterungsbereich, Master Module or Profile Module I or III English Linguistics: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Erweiterungsbereich, Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Mastermodul I Anglistik: Seminar (6 ECTS)
MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Mastermodul I Anglistik: Übung (1 ECTS)
MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Mastermodul II Anglistik: Seminar (7 ECTS)
MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul II Anglistik: Seminar (5 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA: Master Module or Profile Module I or III English Linguistics: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (max. 8 ECTS)

2. Registration and Deregistration:
IMPORTANT On FlexNow! you can register at the Department of English Literature or the Department of English Linguistics, depending on where you would like to obtain credit points from this class.

Registration dates for students who would like to obtain their credit points in English Linguistics:
Registration via FlexNow from 19 March 2018, 10:00h, to 12 April 2018, 23:59h.
Deregistration via FlexNow from 19 March 2018, 10:00h, to 30 April 2018, 23:59h.

Registration dates for students who would like to obtain their credit points in English Literature:
Registration and deregistration via FlexNow from 08 March 2018, 10:00h, to 08 June 2018, 23:59h.

A limited number of places will be reserved for visiting students, students who have changed universities and students who need this class urgently as they are approaching the end of their studies. If the seminar is overbooked, the teachers will decide which students will be accepted.

3. Requirements for successful completion of the course:
1 ECTS: regular active participation in class
2 ECTS: regular active participation in class + short oral presentation
4 ECTS: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + short assignment of c. 2000 words
5/6/8 ECTS in MA English and American Studies Consolidation Module English Linguistics I/II/III: regular active participation in class + oral exam
5 ECTS MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies Intensivierungsmodul II: oral examination (30 minutes)
5 ECTS in other programmes or modules: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + assignment of c. 3000 words
6 ECTS: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of c. 4000 words
6 ECTS BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Aufbaumodul (Variante A): oral presentation (c. 30 minutes, ungraded) + written paper of c. 3000 to 4000 words
6 ECTS MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Mastermodul I: oral presentation (c. 30 minutes, ungraded) + written paper of c. 3500 to 4500 words
6 ECTS in other programmes or modules: regular active particiption in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of c. 4000 words
7 ECTS: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of c. 4000 to 5500 words
8 ECTS BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik Vertiefungsmodul: oral presentation (c. 30 minutes, ungraded) + seminar paper of 3500 to 4000 words
8 ECTS BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies Vertiefungsmodul: oral presentation (c. 30 minutes, ungraded) + seminar paper of c. 4000 to 5500 words
8 ECTS in other programmes or modules, Hauptseminar and visiting students: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of 4500 to 6000 words

4. Language of instruction:
English

Inhalt:

Description:
Set against the backdrop of the Trojan War, the love story of Troilus and Criseyde was to become one of the favourite stories in medieval literature. It was adapted in French and Italian before it was tackled by Geoffrey Chaucer in the mid 1380s. This linguistic and literary masterpiece is the focus of attention in this seminar. We will discuss both the linguistic and the literary makeup of the text on the basis of close reading. Starting from there, we will also investigate central topics of medieval literature such as providence, fate and free will; human (courtly) love and divine love; friendship; and the role of women. On this basis, William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida (c.1601) will be discussed with respect to the interplay of tradition and innovation, both in terms of literature and language. Other English adaptations of the story, such as Robert Henryson's Testament of Cresseid (c.1470), will also be considered briefly.

Students can earn credits for either literary studies or linguistics, depending on their focus in the presentation in class and the seminar paper.

Before our first meeting, students are asked to familiarize themselves with the story as told by Chaucer in a modern-language translation, either in Modern English (Coghill 1971; Windeatt 1998) or Modern German (Obst / Schleburg 2000). Warning: Translations which are available on the internet are not necessarily reliable! The critical edition which we will use in class is The Riverside Chaucer, ed. by Benson et al. (1987); the original text and other material will be made availabe on Virtueller Campus.

For those who are planning to choose Middle English in the written Staatsexamen: The first two books of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, together with ten of the Canterbury Tales, make up the corpus of texts on which the exam is based.

Also, Shakespeare's drama should become familiar to the students, at the latest in the course of the semester.

The Übung by Prof. Knappe which accompanies the seminar (Wednesday, 14:15-15:00) is designed to discuss linguistic project work and other assignments individually and/or in small groups. Individual arrangements will be made also, if necessary, concerning the time of the Übung. Therefore clashes with other courses scheduled for the same time slot as the Übung can be avoided.

In addition, for those who wish to study the Middle English language in more depth in order to fully appreciate the original texts, the seminar "Introducing Old and Middle English" (https://univis.uni-bamberg.de/form?__s=1113&dsc=anew/lecture_view&lvs=guk/angl/engls/explor&anonymous=1&founds=guk/angl/engls/explor&__e=1&sem=2018s&codeset=utf8) (taught by Prof. Dr. Gabriele Knappe) will be interesting. Guests are welcome!

On July 15-20 a study trip to Oxford and London will be organized for students with historical interests (cf. https://univis.uni-bamberg.de/form?__s=1113&dsc=anew/lecture_view&lvs=guk/angl/engls/studyt&anonymous=1&founds=guk/angl/engls/studyt&__e=1&sem=2018s&codeset=utf8). The number of places is limited. If you are interested in joining the trip, please write an email with a brief statement of your motivation to gabriele.knappe@uni-bamberg.de before February 13, 2018.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Recommended reading:

Coghill, Nevill (transl.) 1971. Geoffrey Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde. Harmondsworth: Penguin.

Windeatt, Barry (transl.) 1998. Geoffrey Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde. A new translation. Oxford: University Press.

Obst, Wolfgang / Floran Schleburg (übers.). 2000. Geoffrey Chaucer: Troilus und Criseyde. Frankfurt: Insel.

AND ALSO:

Bevington, David M. (ed.) 2015. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida. Revised ed. London: Bloomsbury.
Boitani, Piero (ed.) 1989. The European Tragedy of Troilus. Oxford: Clarendon Press, Introduction.
Horobin, Simon. 2013. Chaucer's Language. Second ed. Heidelberg: Winter, chapters 1-3.

In the Light of What Came Later – Reading Kazuo Ishiguro

Dozent/in:: Lisa Schädlich
Angaben:: Seminar/Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale
Termine:: Do, 16:00 - 18:00, MG2/01.02, U2/00.26
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): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:: It was a Thursday when Kazuo Ishiguro accepted his Nobel Prize for literature. In his speech, he recounts how he became an author, how his childhood in Japan formed his identity as a writer and how important it is to always keep an open mind. The board of the committee deigned Ishiguro to be a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world". Indeed, the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro are filled to be the brim with issues of identity, and the question what is right and what is wrong.
This seminar serves as an introduction to Ishiguro s works and the resulting issues. The participants are expected to have read at the beginning of the semester:
A Pale View of Hills (1982)
Never Let Me Go (2005)
The Buried Giant (2015)
Excerpts from other novels/short stories will be available on the VC at the beginning of the semester.
Empfohlene Literatur:: Obligatory reading
A Pale View of Hills (1982)
Never Let Me Go (2005)
The Buried Giant (2015)
Excerpts from other novels/short stories will be available on the VC at the beginning of the semester.

Introduction to English and American Literature (A)

Dozent/in:

Lisa Schädlich

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mo, 8:30 - 10:00, MG1/02.05

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): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

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

3. Tutorials:

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

a) Begleitendes Tutorium zur "Introduction to English and American Literature A+B" zur Vertiefung und Ergänzung der im Kurs besprochenen Themen; eine zusätzliche Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig.
b) Basiskurs Bibliothek, bestehend aus eine E-learning Modul 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!)
Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Arden, 2017.

Introduction to English and American Literature (B)

Dozent/in:

Lisa Schädlich

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

Inhalt:

Empfohlene Literatur:

Meyer, Michael. English and American Literatures. Tübingen: Francke, 2011. (4th edition!)
Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Arden, 2017.

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): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (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.

Nachholtermine alle LVs Englische Literaturwissenschaft

Dozent/in:: N.N.
Angaben:: Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung, 2 SWS, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich
Termine:: Mo, 18:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:: 1. Module Allocation:

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

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

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

LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

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

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:: tba

Of Graves, Churchyards and Epitaphs

Dozent/in:: Chiara Manghi
Angaben:: Seminar/Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich
Termine:: Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 4.6.2018, 16:00 - 18:00, U2/00.26
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): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:: Graveyards in literature have a variety of functions and can be the location of quite unexpected activities. Apart from (quite customary and obvious) reflections on the ephemeral nature of life, mortality and death, while reading the texts for this class, we might come across the occasional close encounter with ghosts (such as in Dickens A Christmas Carol), but it is usually the living who tend to do really messy things in cemeteries.
From making out on a former lover s tomb, to an unlikely fight between scholars on a writer s grave, we will encounter a wide range of quite unforgettable literary moments. Cemeteries and tombs can be the place of separation, but adjacent tombs can also lead to unforeseen friendship, as is the case in Tracy Chevalier s Falling Angels. Some cemeteries have more stories to tell than others, like the churchyard of St. Pancras Old Church with Thomas Hardy s tree; Edinburgh s Greyfriars Kirkyard with its many familiar names, legends and mortsafes, and the Victorian Highgate Cemetery in London, featured in Audrey Niffenegger s Her Fearful Symmetry and Tracy Chevalier s Falling Angels.
In this class we will explore some classics of Graveyard Poetry, such as Robert Blair s The Grave, Edward Young s Night-Thoughts (also in William Blake s illustrated version), Thomas Gray s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, as well as a selection of Thomas Hardy s poetry on epitaphs, graveyards and death. Moreover, we will read one contemporary novel (from the selection below) that revolves on graveyard scenes, and excerpts from the remaining two.
Empfohlene Literatur:: Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol

Excerpts from:
Robert Blair The Grave
Edward Young The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality
Thomas Gray Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Thomas Hardy (selection of poems)
E. L. Masters Spoon River Anthology

One novel + excerpts from the remaining two:
A.S. Byatt Possession
Tracy Chevalier Falling Angels
Audrey Niffenegger Her Fearful Symmetry

Shakespeare Reading Group

Dozent/in:: Kerstin-Anja Münderlein
Angaben:: Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung
Termine:: Do, 18:00 - 20:00, U11/00.25
Einzeltermin am 25.5.2018, 18:00 - 21:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 20.7.2018, 13:00 - 17:00, U11/00.16
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. A Midsummer Night's Dream.
William Shakespeare. Henry IV, part 2.

Spotlights on English Drama, part I

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mo, 14:15 - 15:45, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

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

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

MA Berufliche Bildung

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

This course can also be taken as a seminar for the Ergänzungsmodul (BA Haupt- und Nebenfach)

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

This course will present a foray through English theatre history from the Elizabethan Age until the 18th century. We will start out with basic drama theory, but the main body of the course is dedicated to actually reading, situating, interpreting and discussing plays as representatives of their time.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Plays in reading order:
Christopher Marlowe. Tamburlaine, part I. (1587)
William Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing. (c. 1598/99)
John Ford. 'Tis Pity She's A Whore. (1631)
Aphra Behn. The Rover, part I. (1677)
George Lillo. The London Merchant, or The History of George Barnwell. (1731)
R.B. Sheridan. The School for Scandal. (1777)

Tutorial Academic Research for MA students [TU]

Dozent/in:: Alexander Feitenhansl
Angaben:: Tutorien
Termine:: Einzeltermin am 27.4.2018, 10:00 - 15:00, U5/02.23
Einzeltermin am 25.5.2018, 10:00 - 13:00, U5/02.23
Einzeltermin am 6.7.2018, 10:00 - 13:00, 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

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

Dozent/in:: Ines Reckziegel
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 Lisa Schädlich and its serves both courses.

Welcome Meeting new MA students

Dozent/in:: N.N.
Angaben:: Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung
Termine:: Einzeltermin am 4.4.2018, 9:30 - 11:00, U9/01.11

Workshop Academic Infrastructure A + B

Dozent/in:: Janina Lupprian
Angaben:: Tutorien
Termine:: Einzeltermin am 4.4.2018, 11:00 - 17:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 6.4.2018, 10:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11

“Violent Delights Have Violent Endings”: Artificial Intelligence and Humanity

Dozent/in:: Lisa Schädlich
Angaben:: Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale
Termine:: Mi, 10:15 - 11:45, U5/02.18
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:: 1. Module Allocation:

all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature and culture 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): 08.03.2018 (10:00) - 08.06.2018 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
Inhalt:: When HBO decided in 2015 to turn Michael Crichton’s Westworld into a television series with Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy as producers and writers, AI was by no means a groundbreaking or new concept. Rather, the series took the premise of Crichton’s screenplay from 1973 and turned it upside down. What if we as humans actually root for the very thing that wants to kill us? Sam Harris, neuroscientist and philosopher, argues that it’s simply enjoyable to think about, getting killed by an AI; that “death by sci-fi is fun”. The last decades have seen a rise in narratives that focus on the relationship between humans and AIs but even though a high number of those narratives feature AI as a menace, movies like Spike Jonze’s Her or Disney’s Big Hero 6 reveal a different side to what Harris calls “humanity’s biggest threat.”
In this class, we will analyse how AI is portrayed in literature, movies and TV series and observe how humanity constructs itself and the corresponding AI.
Empfohlene Literatur:: Obligatory Reading:
Isaac Asimov – various short stories from his Robot series
Philip K. Dick – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
David Foster Wallace – “E Unibus Pluram” (1990)

Obligatory Watching:
Michael Crichton – Westworld (1973)
Ridley Scott – Blade Runner (1982)
Mamoru Oshii – Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Spike Jonze – Her (2014)
Alex Garland – Ex-Machina (2014)
Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy – Westworld (2016-)
Denis Villeneuve - Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Note: This is both a reading and watching intensive class. The movies/tv series will be available to be borrowed from my office from March 5th .



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