'Writers from elsewhere' III: Reading Sulaiman Addonia

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

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

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
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung)
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

In his essay “‘Commonwealth Literature’ Does Not Exist,” Salman Rushdie devises the idea of ‘writers from elsewhere’ referring to those contemporary novelists, poets and playwrights who, although often not born into the English language, have chosen it as the medium of their expression. This new definition, in general, is a reaction to the idea of ‘Commonwealth Literature’ as formal and at times flattering appreciation of a diverse group of writers writing in English.

Sulaiman Addonia is one of the new millennial immigrant writers who is not only known for his transnational outlook and alternative uses of English but also for him writing about the backwards attitude to immigration and refugees, and the systemic racism that runs through our society to this day. He has so far published two novels and a few essays that extensively deal with memory, racism, discrimination, and displacement.

This course will offer an in-depth look at Sulaiman Addonia’s writing from linguistic, historical and cultural perspectives. We will analyse both his novels and essays in the light of Salman Rushdie’s idea of ‘writers from elsewhere.’ However, the primary objective of this course is to introduce Sulaiman Addonia and his writings to students.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory Reading:
Novels:
The Consequences of Love (2009)
Silence is My Mother Tongue (2018)

Essays:
“In Search of Beauty: Blackness as a Poem in Saudi Arabia” (2019)
“The Wound of Multilingualism: On Surrendering the Languages of Home” (2020)

Bamberg University English Drama Group

Dozent/in:

Ellen Werner

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale

Termine:

Mo, Do, 20:00 - 22:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module:

• Bachelor Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Studium Generale (up to 2 ECTS)

Inhalt:

Directors: Amelie Biersack, Alice Limmer and Ellen Werner

Instead of a normal performance, the Drama Group will focus on the basics of vocal acting and on two projects this summer. In the first weeks, we will explore the essentials of elocution technique and voice acting, learning how to use your voice effectively and how to create characterisation with your voice. Building on this basis, we will then produce a series of videos about literary classics – we will choose and work on the texts together in class before adapting them as short and humorous video summaries. For the last weeks of the semester, we will work on an adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, using both Middle English and Modern English – but don’t worry, no previous knowledge of Middle English is needed!

You do not need any prior knowledge of acting to participate, and you do not need to be a student of English – everyone is welcome to join. If you are interested in drama, but prefer not to act, we will find a spot for you in our backstage team, which will be centred on video recording and editing as well as social media and advertising this semester, although there will also be some costume, hair and makeup design to do. Feel free to simply drop by in the first session!

The class will consist of online sessions via Microsoft Teams in the beginning of the semester, with a potential switch to partial classroom teaching if the situation improves significantly. If we do switch to classroom teaching, this will only concern one of our two weekly rehearsal dates to ensure that everyone can participate, and you will be notified of this well in advance. It is no problem if you can only make one of the weekly dates. If you would like to participate in the Drama Group, please write an email to buedg.englit@uni-bamberg.de for further information. We will then add you to our team on MS Teams and look forward to meeting you in the first week of the semester!

Betreuungsübung für Bachelorarbeiten

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

(De)Registration via FlexNow: 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59

British Golden Age Crime Fiction

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS
NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

The so called “Golden Age of Crime Fiction” or “Golden Age of Detective Fiction” denotes a specific period (the 1920s and 1930s) in which the British crime novel flourishes particularly. After crime fiction rose to ubiquitous prominence among British readers in the 19th century, the new generation of writers, often women writers, developed certain traits of the crime novel in the interwar period that both regulated the genre and boosted its favour with readers even more. During the 1920s, prominent crime authors banded together and established a certain set of rules crime fiction should adhere to, to make each case a puzzle solvable by the reader themselves. Readers should be presented with the mystery (i.e. the crime, mostly murder) early on in the novel and then accompany the detective on his or her way to solving the mystery. Mostly, these mysteries revolve around the central question of “whodunit,” that is, who committed the crime and why. This term soon became synonymous for the specific type of detective fiction and dominated the genre during the Golden Age. Other popular conventions of the genre included the locked room mystery, the remote country house setting, the eccentric, but sympathetic detective (male or female), and the upper class affiliation of the persons involved.
This course is going to look at some of the most eminent writers of this generation of crime writers, namely Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterton, Freeman Wills Crofts and Michael Innes. Before turning to the writers themselves, we will look at the central traits of this subgenre of crime writing, its key players and its general historical background during the interwar period and the aftermath of the Great War. During the course, we will look at recurring motifs and themes in the genre.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory reading:
To read before the semester:
G.K. Chesterton. “The Invisible Man.” 1911. and “The Quick One.” 1935.

To read during the semester:
Dorothy L. Sayers. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. 1928.
Dorothy L. Sayers. Gaudy Night. 1935.
Agatha Christie. The Mysterious Affair at Styles. 1921.
Agatha Christie. The Secret Adversary. 1922.
Agatha Christie. The Murder at the Vicarage. 1930.
Freeman Wills Crofts. The Hog’s Back Mystery. 1933.
Michael Innes. Hamlet, Revenge! 1937.

Crime Fiction, Femininities and Masculinities I: The 19th Century

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

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

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
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung)
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow!: 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
Guest auditors should first contact the lecturer  

Inhalt:

Crime Fiction reaches large numbers of readers with heterogeneous interests. In other words, it provides something for everyone, yet in doing so it can either assert or scrutinise and thus re-negotiate gender and sexual normativity. As such, the genre itself is both assertive of perceived normativity and at the same time deviant from socially constructed roles and rules. A crime of any kind, after all, already provides a disruption of order and sets extraordinary events in motion. The exceptional situation a crime creates thus leaves room for all kinds of agents (for queerness or normativity) to revise order and normativity. Crime, sex and gender are intricately linked, be that through the characters, the target audience, or the crime itself. Probably no other genre provides such a broad spectrum of characters, ranging from the occasionally hyper-masculine hardboiled detective and the stereotypically feminine spinster sleuth to androgynous private eyes or gender-fluid police detectives.
Moreover, a scholarly focus on gender and sex in Crime Fiction “has […] advanced understanding of the socially constructed nature of crime” (2) as Bill McCarthy and Rosemary Gartner write in the Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex and Crime (2014). Crime as a social construct inhabits a liminal position. Like gender, it crosses boundaries and is thus positioned on a perpetual threshold between what is read as “order” or “normality” and “chaos” or “deviance.” Crime Fiction provides the space to investigate this liminality and to open up stereotypical concepts of normativity in crime, gender and sexuality. Crime Fiction’s relationship with sex and gender is thus fascinatingly complex and allows for a broad variety of critical angles on the topic.

This course is the first of a three-part “Übung” on crime fiction and gender. It specifically covers the beginnings of British crime fiction in the middle of the 19th century and ends with the turn of the century. Please see below for the literature used in class (more literature to be announced and uploaded to the VC at the beginning of the semester). Students should be aware that this is a very reading- and discussion-intensive class and students should be prepared to participate in the in-class discussions.
In the winter semester 2021/22, part II will cover the early 20th century until roughly the 1950s, laying its focus on the so called “Golden Age” of crime fiction, i.e. the 1920s and 30s. Part III (summer semester 2022) will then conclude this series of Übungen with gender and modern crime fiction from the 1950s/60s to today.

This course also serves as a preparation for the international conference “Captivating Criminality 8: Crime Fiction, Femininities and Masculinities” (25-27 November 2021). Students in this course will have the chance to participate in a poster exhibition on the topic of the conference, but are not required to.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory Reading:
To read before the beginning of the semester:
Edgar Allen Poe. “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” 1841. Short story available online

To read during the semester:
Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White . 1859. (Novel available online via Project Gutenberg Australia)
Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Lady Audley’s Secret. 1862. (Novel available online via Project Gutenberg Australia)
Israel Zangwill. The Big Bow Mystery . 1891. (Novel available online via Project Gutenberg Australia)
Allen Grant. Hilda Wade . 1899. (Novel available online via Project Gutenberg Australia)
Several short stories by Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Arthur Morrison will be published on the VC in the beginning of the semester.

Daniel Defoe

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Studium Generale

Termine:

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

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)

open for Consolidation Module Literature (seminar)
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

His writings offer “lessons of experience” writes Paula Backscheider in her seminal biography of Daniel Defoe. She continues to describe this dissenter, propagandist, journalist, spy, businessman, and - last but not least - novelist as a man not of theories and ideas, but of keen observations and practical insights in the world he grew up in: “His was a life of struggle and survival and of hard-won economic security and literary achievement. Indeed, the nature of his life was marked by his birth in the busiest, most crowded part of London and by the upheaval in his early years.” Defoe’s work and life offers a marvelous access to a whole period, a period which gave rise to the world we still live in. Freedom and constitutional rights, political advancement and corruption, prosperity and unspeakable poverty, a society in which every object and every service may turn into a commodity that used to be either sinful or in the domain of family and tradition. Materialism and the right to accumulate money changed this world for good and turned everything upside down which used to give orientation to people. These challenges were embraced by the progressive mind of Defoe, but also scrutinised by the novelist who represented the hardships of this new world of freedom and money.

We will read Robinson Crusoe, and Moll Flanders and excerpts from many other works such as Journal of a Plague Year that describes the effect of a pandemic on individuals and society, Roxana, the story of young woman who embraces life and fights for independence. Other excerpts will be taken from Defoe’s prolific journalistic and propaganda writings, particularly “The Shortest Way with the Dissenters”, but also his ideas about granting asylum to war refugees from Germany and immigration and his enthusiasm in describing the benefits of a trading society for everybody.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory reading:
Students should have read Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders by the beginning of the semester. Paula Backscheider’s biography is highly recommended.

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung Englische Literaturwissenschaft (Houswitschka)

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 5

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit BA-Arbeit): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Betreuungsübung (2 ECTS)

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

MA English and American Studies: Module Master's Defence (4 ECTS), if the MA thesis is written in the department of English Literature (Prof. Houswitschka)

MA Medieval Studies: Anglistik: Intensivierungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft II (5 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in Englischer Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird

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

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow!: 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 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.

Introduction to English and American Literary Studies (A)

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mo, 14:15 - 15:45, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

WICHTIG: Dieser Kurs wird auch im Sommersemester 2021 online via MS Teams unterrichtet. TeilnehmerInnen werden am Wochenende vor Kursbeginn via E-Mail informiert. Wenn Sie sich später zum Kurs melden, müssen Sie sich selbstständig bei der Dozentin melden!
IMPORTANT: We expect that this course will be taught via Microsoft Teams in the summer semester 2021. All participants will be informed about that during the weekend before the course begins. If you register later than that, it is your responsibility to contact the lecturer!

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): 06.04.2021 (10:00) - 25.04.2021 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer
WICHTIG Es stehen zwei Parallelkurse zur Verfügung. Termin A finden Sie in FlexNow! bei der Englischen Literaturwissenschaft, Termin B 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 Literary Studies" wird durch folgende Tutorien ergänzt:

a) Begleitendes Tutorium zur "Introduction to English and American Literary Studies A" zur Vertiefung und Ergänzung der im Kurs besprochenen Themen; eine zusätzliche Anmeldung ist nicht notwendig. Dieses Tutorium wird von derselben Dozentin unterrichtet wie die Introduction selbst.
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 predominantly English literary history.

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 Introductions taught by members of the English Literature section use literary examples from a primarily British context, and those taught by members of the American Studies section use 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.

The following applies only to students whose Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft contains both the Introduction to Literary Studies and a lecture:
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 of a lecture ("Vorlesung") (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.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Meyer, Michael. English and American Literatures. Tübingen: Francke, 2011. (4th edition!)

Introduction to Science Fiction

Dozent/in:

Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale

Termine:

Mi, 10:15 - 11:45, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

1.1 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

1.2 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

open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung)
open for Ergänzungsmodule Literaturwissenschaft

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Science Fiction is a worldwide popular and influential genre in not only literature but also film and other media. A genre of speculative fiction, or also known as “literature of ideas”, Sci-Fi captivates readers with stories that stretch one’s sense of wonder and imagination. In addition to its entertainment qualities, the genre also allows for a critique on the relationship between human kind and the environment, society and technology. Therefore, it is no wonder this type of fiction has been used as a form of social protest.
Because of the genre’s vastness, the concepts and themes it addresses are also numerous, making it complex to be defined. Thus, throughout this course we shall be introduced to the Science Fiction genre and its long history, study the common elements which compose it and analyse how issues such as those of gender, identity, race (amongst others) are represented and speculated upon.
We shall start with an overview of Shelley’s Frankenstein, considered a mark in the development of the genre, and progressively make our way through the 19th and 20th centuries, for instance, with the works of H. G. Wells who popularised the genre with ideas of time-travel, people on the moon and war between worlds; or Huxley (and later Piercy) and his take on reproductive technology; and Asimov who wrote, amidst many things, about robots and their place in society among humans.

Empfohlene Literatur:

To be read prior to the semester begin:
Wells, H. G. Time Machine.
Wells, H. G. War of the Worlds.

To be read during the semester:
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World.
Asimov, Isaac. I, Robot.
Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Le Guin, Ursula K. The left Hand of Darkness.
Piercy, Marge. Woman on the Edge of Time.

Jews in England: From William the Conqueror to Oliver Cromwell and Beyond

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Kultur und Bildung, Zentrum für Interreligiöse Studien, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, Raum n.V.
Einzeltermin am 9.7.2021, 12:00 - 20:00, Raum n.V.
Einzeltermin am 10.7.2021, Einzeltermin am 11.7.2021, 9:00 - 20:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
all modules including an obligatory/optional lecture (2 or 4 ECTS) in literature and culture
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

Open for Consolidation Module Literature and Culture (Vorlesung)
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

Lehramststudiengänge RS/Gym: Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul A (2 oder 4 ECTS)
M. Ed. Berufliche Bildung: Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul B (3 ECTS)
Anmeldung zur Teilnahme im Rahmen von „Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul A/B“ per E-Mail bis 06. April 2021 an kerstin-anja.muenderlein(at)uni-bamberg.de

Modulzuordnung für Judaist/innen:
BA-Hauptfach Jüdische Studien:
V/H-1 (Jüdische Literatur, Kunst und Kultur)
BA-Nebenfach Jüdische Studien und Judaistik 45:
V/N-45 2a+3a (Sprache und Literatur)

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

This lecture will offer you a survey of many centuries of Jewish life in Great Britain. Jews arrived with the Norman conquerors in the 11th century. The emphasis is on Jewish life in the Middle Ages (York Pogrom and blood libel) and Jews in English literature (Chaucer and Shakespeare). Jews were driven out of England under Edward I in the 13th century to return under Puritan rule in the 17th century. Oliver Cromwell championed readmission of Jews from the Continent using a variety of arguments that present England as a rapidly changing, progressive society. Eighteenth-century enlightenment and Victorian middle-class culture brought about the assimilation of many Jews. When hundreds of thousands of Ashkenazi arrived from Eastern Europe around the turn of the 19th century, the London East End and other cities in England became centres of Jewish culture.
The lecture will not only address Jewish immigration and the thriving Jewish communities, its literature and its cultural and scientific achievements, but also antisemitism and ‘the trials of diaspora’. Finally, the lecture informs you about Jewish synagogues, the London Jewish Museum, and forms of Holocaust Memory in the UK.

Just Write

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung, This course is an extracurricular course and does not offer any ECTS credits.

Termine:

Zeit/Ort n.V.

Inhalt:

Just Write! is a literary magazine publishing fiction, non-fiction, and poetry with a focus on writers who produce creative texts in English. Not only is Just Write! a publication, but it also acts as a platform where the University of Bamberg’s students with creative minds can come together and share their works with fellow students.

Interested to know more, then get in touch by simply writing an email to justwrite.bamberg(at)gmail.com

Key Texts in Literary Theory

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

Übung, 1 SWS, ECTS: 1, Studium Generale

Termine:

jede 2. Woche Mi, 20:00 - 22:00, Raum n.V.
First Session: April 21st!

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)

NOT open for Consolidation Module

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 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 Englische Literaturwissenschaft

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung, 2 SWS, Studium Generale

Termine:

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

Nachholtermine EngLit

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Christoph Houswitschka, Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Seminar

Termine:

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

Preparatory Course for Bavarian State Exam (English Literature)

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module allocation
all modules including an exam preparation (Examensübung/ Übung für Examenskandidaten)

Übung in "Vertiefungsmodul" or "Master Module" in any of the following courses of study

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. FlexNow (de-) registration: 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 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 course will cover all of the "Körbe" used in Staatsexamen (englische Literatur) (e.g. "Thema 1: Dramatische Texte der Renaissance," "Thema 6: Narrative und expositorische Texte des 19. Jahrhunderts" etc.). After the revision sessions, each session will be divided into a revision of the literary history of the respective "Korb" and a detailed analysis of one state exam question from this "Korb". All participants need to prepare a presentation based on these questions and the literary and historical background for each of them.

Refugees and Forced Migration: Introduction to Refugee Studies

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS
LY GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

1.2 Übung
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

Open for Consolidation Module (Übung)
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature (NOT culture)

(De)Registration in FlexNow: 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59

Inhalt:

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, around 80 million people – one in 100 people on the planet – have been forced to leave their homes because of the violent conflict, persecution, famine, or natural disaster. A majority of them are refugees, which is almost 26 million (UNHCR, 2020). These high numbers tell us that the conflict and disaster driven displacement and forced movement of millions of people across the globe is one of the most pressing humanitarian issues of the current century.

Furthermore, this high number of refugees or forced migrants result from a combination of intertwined factors including but not limited to civil war, risk of genocide, internal violence perpetrated by religious extremism, natural disaster due to climate change, and an uneven social and economic development. However, specifically in Europe and the USA, the current political discourse over refugees or forced migration revolves around topics like legal bans, border security, state policies and victimisation of the people, which ignores the humanitarian and human right side of the debate. In our study, we will attempt to analyse these political dimensions as well as the lexicon that differentiates between refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and aliens.

This class will offer a survey of different intellectual, analytical and research tools to study the complexities of forced migration and refugeehood. To do so, this class will be incorporating theories and literature from different academic disciplines. The class will begin by mapping the political and theoretical field of refugee studies, which then leads to exploring how refugees have portrayed themselves and have been portrayed in literature, film, and art. Finally, this class will inquire how different formal qualities of each piece of literature or film or art dictate our understanding of the refugees.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory Reading:
Texts:
Refugee Tales (2016)
Refugee Tales II (2017)
Refugee Tales III (2019)
Viet Thanh Nguyen. The Refugees (2017)
Viet Thanh Nguyen. The Displaced (2018)

Films:
Mathew Cassel. The Journey (2016)
Ai Weiwei. Human Flow (2017)
Hassan Fazili. Midnight Traveller (2019)

A more detailed syllabus will be announced in the first session of the class.

Science Fiction Genres

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

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

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)

open for Consolidation Module Literature (seminar)
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59 guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Science Fiction as a genre is a recent development. Although a variety of texts have been suggested as the first Science Fiction novels, we usually apply this term to texts written since the 19th century. The genres of Science fiction are many. In the 19th century the utopian and dystopian novels (H.G. Wells, William Morris) and the post-apocalyptic visions (Mary Shelley) are easy to identify and the focus on technological advancement is a main concern from the very beginning (H.G. Wells). It is the twentieth century which saw an amazing diversification of the genre very often informed by changing technological and political contexts.

In the seminar, we will start with the classics of various Science Fiction genres and look at more recent examples. We will also focus on scientific discoveries and their representation in Science Fiction as well as the response of this genre to political and social ideas such as evolution theory and its spin-offs such as devolution and eugenics. Another focus will be given to various forms of artificial life forms (such as A.I., robots, androids, cyborgs, and clones), Cyberpunk, alternative history, environmental and gender issues that very often inform the above-mentioned genres.

Empfohlene Literatur:

A preliminary list of texts, from which you may choose, includes:
Mary Shelley, Last Man (1826)
H.G. Wells, Time Machine (1895)
H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896)
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (1932)
Olaf Stapledon, Last Man and First Man (1930)
Olaf Stapledon, Sirius (1944)
Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers (1959)
George R. Stewart, Earth Abides (1949)
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (1951)
Isaac Asimov, Foundation Trilogy (1951-53)
Isaac Asimov, I Robot (1950)
Richard Matheson, I Am Legend (1954)
Philip K. Dick, The Man in High Castle (1962)
Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (1968)
Ursula Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
Ursula Le Guin, The Dispossessed (1974)
Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly (1977)
William Gibson, Neuromancer (1984)
William Gibson, Idoru (1996)
Greg Egan, Diaspora (1997)
Greg Egan, ed. Clones (1998)
Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake (2003)
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (2005)
Ian McEwan, Machines Like Me (2019)
Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun (2021)

Shakespeare Reading Group

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

This course will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. Please contact the lecturer to get access to the team.
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.

Inhalt:

William Shakespeare's works are well known, 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. King John.
William Shakespeare. Timon of Athens.

The quickest writers off the block: Fictional Responses to Brexit

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

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

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

1.2 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
Open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung)
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

To elaborate on Theresa May’s now-famous statement, Brexit not only means Brexit, but Brexit also means BrexLit! The label ‘BrexLit’ was coined by the Financial Times in 2016 to account for the substantial – and ongoing – literary output in the years before, during and after the Brexit referendum on 23 June 2016, which settled the separation of the UK from the European Union. The Leave vs. Remain campaigns triggered some of the most polarising debates ever witnessed in the UK, laying bare the profound fissures running through British society as well as the traditionally strained relationship between the UK and ‘the Continent’. That these current events call for investigation and explanation from across all disciplines seems only natural and, of course, British writers have contributed their share by exploring, more or less explicitly, the causes and implications of the Brexit referendum through the medium of fiction.
We will begin our seminar by problematising notions of Englishness and Britishness in the 21st century and investigate why the British have been reluctant Europeans from the beginnings of European unification. In a second step, we will examine the vocabulary of the Leave and Remain Campaigns. With these preliminaries in mind, we will explore the heterogeneous field of BrexLit. The mandatory reading for this class will comprise a variety of genres – satire, poetry, drama, short story, the novel and even music and film – and will allow for a discussion of topics as diverse as post-truth politics and fake news, hate crime, the challenges of ageing, the refugee crisis, queer and regional identities as well as environmental affairs.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Reading List:
Ali Smith, Autumn (2016)
Carol Ann Duffy, My Country: A Work in Progress (2017)
Mohsin Hamid, Exit West (2017)
Zadie Smith, “The Lazy River” (2017; available online)
Lucien Young, Alice in Brexitland (2017)
Ian McEwan, The Cockroach (2019)
John Lanchester, The Wall (2019)
Alexandra Büchler, Alison Evans, eds. Zero Hours on the Boulevard: Tales of Independence and Belonging (2019; short stories will be made available on the VC)
Poems of the 'Shore to Shore' Tour (will be made available on the VC)

Tutorial Academic Research for MA students [TU]

Dozent/in:

Ellen Werner

Angaben:

Tutorien

Termine:

Zeit/Ort n.V.

Tutorial for Students of MA English and American Studies

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

This tutorial is coordinated through the VC course MA EAS. To get the key for the course, please contact the lecturer.

Tutorium zu Introduction to English and American Literary Studies (A)

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, Studium Generale, Modulstudium, Frühstudium

Termine:

Mo, 12:15 - 13:45, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

This tutorial is based on Introduction to English and American Studies A taught by Susan Brähler.

War, Migration and Cultural Bereavement in Exit West and The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Dozent/in:

Mahbub Alam

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale

Termine:

Mi, 18:00 - 20:00, Raum n.V.
Room: FL2/01.01

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

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

NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. (De)Registration: in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

The damage associated with war is not limited to only monetary loss or physical injury. In The Beekeeper of Aleppo the death of Afra’s son leaves her with suicidal despair. Eventually, she loses her eyesight because of psychological trauma. The traumatized victims of war must move on to find a better life in richer countries where they can forget the scars of war and start a new life. However, the journey itself is perilous and only the lucky and strong ones can make it through. Exit West explores narratives of a wide variety of refugees, including the plight of migrant laborers who are separated from their children, and hostile response of locals in European borders. In Exit West Hamid links the voluntary immigration of the members of elite societies to forced migration of people from war torn countries. This connection between forced migration and voluntary immigration encourages an intense debate on globalization and migration.
Considering the unfortunate stories of the characters in Exit West and The Beekeeper of Aleppo, this course will look at how war and cultural bereavement affect mental health. This course will also offer an overview of migration, globalization and multiculturalism.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory Reading:

Hamid, Mohsin. Exit West. Penguin, 2018.
Lefteri, Christy. The Beekeeper of Aleppo. Zaffre, 2020.

Welcome Meeting new MA students

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Christoph Houswitschka, Susan Brähler, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung

Termine:

Zeit/Ort n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Wednesday, 07 April 2021, 11:00 a.m.

Inhalt:

This appointment will be held via Zoom. New students will receive an invitation link via e-mail a few days in advance.

Workshop Academic Infrastructure

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Marcellina Scheller, Janina Lupprian

Angaben:

Tutorien

Termine:

Zeit/Ort n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Wednesday, 07 April 2021, 13:00
Friday, 09 April 2021, 10:00

Inhalt:

This workshop consists of two appointments with identical content. New students will be asked to book one appointment via e-mail in advance. The workshops will be held via Zoom and the invitation links will be send out via e-mail in advance.