Crime Fiction, Femininities and Masculinities III: From the 1960s to Today

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mo, 18:00 - 20:00, LU19/00.13
Einzeltermin am 30.6.2022, 6:00 - 8:00, U2/00.25
Einzeltermin am 1.7.2022, 20:00 - 23:30, 6:00 - 8:00, U2/00.25
Einzeltermin am 22.7.2022, 10:00 - 16:00, U5/02.17

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!: 01.03.2022, 10:00 07.05.2022, 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 third of a three-part Übung on crime fiction and gender. It specifically covers the second half of 20th-Century British crime fiction with a focus on the police procedural and the thriller. Besides, the class will also cover more "quirky" forms of contemporary crime fiction, such as animal crime novels. 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.

This course also serves as a preparation for the international conference Captivating Criminality 8: Crime Fiction, Femininities and Masculinities (30 June to 2 July 2022). The conference itself it part of the class and students can choose which (or how many) panels they wish to attend to make up for the full class time. 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. All of this will be explained in detail in the first session of class.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory reading (in reading order throughout the semester):

Ruth Rendell. From Doon with Death. 1964.
Tom Stoppard. The Real Inspector Hound. 1968.
Peter Lovesey. Wobble to Death. 1970.
P.D. James. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman. 1972.
Ian Rankin. Knots and Crosses. 1987.
Val McDermid. The Mermaids Singing. 1995.
Ben Aaronovitch. The Rivers of London. 2011.
A.B. Greenfield. Ra the Mighty: Cat Detective. 2018.
S.J. Bennet. The Windsor Knot. 2020.

Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatre

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Studium Generale

Termine:

Di, 18:00 - 20:00, U5/01.22

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: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2022, 10:00 – 07.05.2022, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

The Elizabethan and Jacobean periods are highly important times for the development of English drama. While drama per se was partly forbidden in the Middle Ages or predominantly part of community or church fairs, the late 16th century saw the rise of commercial drama. Theatres were built to entertain and thereby make a profit and playwrights wrote to earn money. The most prominent name of this literary period is certainly William Shakespeare, but it must not be forgotten that Shakespeare was far from the only playwright of his time. This course will thus provide an overview of English drama in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods and discuss six plays in more detail. During the semester, we will read and analyse plays by some of the periods’ best known authors, Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd, and Ben Jonson, and in addition cover slightly lesser-known playwrights Elizabeth Cary and John Ford.

Over the course of the seminar, we will look at a variety of dramatic genres, ranging from Revenge Tragedy to City Comedy. We will trace the fast changes of dramatic conventions from the so called annus mirabilis 1587, which saw the creation of a new form of tragedy with the plays The Spanish Tragedy (Kyd) and Tamburlaine the Great, part I (Marlowe), to the end of the Jacobean period. Moreover, we will explore Elizabethan and Jacobean life and worldview, study drama theory and specifically focus on the development of theatre and its conventions. Since this course might be useful for those students doing Staatsexamen, there is room for guests and everybody interested in Renaissance theatre is very welcome. To be a guest auditor, please e-mail me so that you will get the necessary information on the course.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Reading list in reading order:

Kyd, Thomas. The Spanish Tragedy. c.1587.
Marlowe, Christopher. Tamburlaine I. c.1587.
Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night. c.1602.
Jonson, Ben. Volpone. 1605.
Cary, Elizabeth. The Tragedy of Mariam. 1613.
Ford, John. ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore. 1633.

Nachholtermine EngLit

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein, Susan Brähler, Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

Seminar

Termine:

Do, 18:00 - 20:00, U5/02.22
Mo, 18:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11

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, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 9.7.2022, 9:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module allocation
all modules including an exam preparation (Examensübung/ Übung für Examenskandidaten) in literature (Focus on English literature)

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: 01.03.2022, 10:00 07.05.2022, 23:59

Inhalt:

This course is designed specifically for students of all "Lehrämter" (students in teachers training) who prepare for the written "Staatsexamen" (state exams) 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.

Shakespeare Reading Group

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis

Termine:

Do, 18:00 - 19:30, U2/00.26

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.

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 per semester, we will also provide a platform for discussion or even stage a few scenes to further our understanding of what is going on (corona providing). If you want to join us, you need not have any previous knowledge, only bring a copy of the play and sign up via e-mail to the lecturer to get access to Teams.
For more information on the Shakespeare Reading Group, please also see here: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/englit/extracurriculare-aktivitaeten/shakespeare-reading-group/

Empfohlene Literatur:

William Shakespeare. The Winter's Tale. (first play to be read)
William Shakespeare. Henry VI, part II. (second play to be read)

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:

Open for Master students in English and American Studies with Bamberg as their home university including the Joint Programme (including visiting students within the Joint Programme).
This tutorial is coordinated through the VC course "Tutorial for Students of MA English and American Studies", see here: https://vc.uni-bamberg.de/course/view.php?id=42647, and will be held entirely online via MS Teams.

Veranstaltungen Forschungsnetzwerk

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Arbeitsgemeinschaft

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 16.5.2022, 16:00 - 18:00, U5/02.18
Einzeltermin am 2.6.2022, 18:00 - 20:00, U5/02.22
Einzeltermin am 20.6.2022, 16:00 - 18:00, U5/02.18
Einzeltermin am 5.7.2022, 14:00 - 16:00, U7/01.05
Einzeltermin am 11.7.2022, 16:00 - 18:00, U5/02.18