Crime Fiction, Femininities and Masculinities II: From 1900 to 1960

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

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

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!: 06.09.2021, 10:00 - 31.10.2021, 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 second of a three-part “Übung” on crime fiction and gender. It specifically covers the beginnings of 20th-Century British crime fiction with a focus on the Golden Age of Crime Fiction and ends with the spy novel and the time of James Bond. 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.

Part III (summer semester 2022) will then conclude this series of Übungen with gender and modern crime fiction from the 1960s to today.

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). 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 (in reading order throughout the semester):
Arthur Conan Doyle. "The Adventure of the Empty House." 1903 (short story)
G.K. Chesterton. "The Invisible Man." 1911 (short story)
Marie Bellow Lowndes. The Lodger. 1913 (novel)
Agatha Christie. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. 1926 (novel)
Gladys Mitchell. Speedy Death. 1929 (novel)
Dorothy L. Sayers. Strong Poison. 1930 (novel)
Dashiell Hammett. The Maltese Falcon. 1930 (novel)
Raymond Chandler. The Big Sleep. 1939 (novel)
Ian Fleming. From Russia with Love. 1957 (novel)

Introduction to English and American Literary Studies (A)

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mo, 14:15 - 15:45, Raum n.V.
Students will be added to Teams and the VC manually during the first week of term
ab 25.10.2021

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

WICHTIG: Dieser Kurs wird auch im Wintersemester 2021/22 online via MS Teams unterrichtet. TeilnehmerInnen werden in der ersten Semesterwoche manuell sowohl dem Team auf MS Teams als auch dem zum Kurs gehörigen VC-Kurs zugefügt. Wenn Sie sich später zum Kurs melden, müssen Sie sich selbstständig bei der Dozentin melden!

IMPORTANT: This course will be taught via Microsoft Teams in the winter semester 2021/22. All participants will be added to the team on MS Teams and the VC course for this class during the first week or term. 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): 12.10.2021 (10:00) - 31.10.2021 (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 the lecture (free choice: English or American Literature lecture). Students, therefore, are advised to take the introductory class either after attending the lecture OR in the same semester.

Empfohlene Literatur:

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

Nachholtermine EngLit

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

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

Angaben:

Seminar

Termine:

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

Shakespeare Reading Group

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

In the winter semester 2021/22, the Shakespeare Reading Group will be conducted via MS 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 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. Julius Caesar.
William Shakespeare. Henry VI, part I.

Supervision tutorial for BA theses in English Literature

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

(De)Registration via FlexNow: 06.09.2021, 10:00 - 31.10.2021, 23:59

Inhalt:

This supervision tutorial is specifically designed to prepare students for their Bachelor's thesis in English Literature. The course covers legal requirements (registering the thesis), formal aspects (style sheet, etc.), discusses structural aspects and requirements of a final paper, and gives students the opportuntiy to discuss their individual papers with a lecturer and fellow students.

The Interwar Period in British Literature

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Studium Generale

Termine:

Di, 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

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 06.09.2021, 10:00 - 31.10.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

The interwar period denotes the time between the end of the Great War (1914-1918) and the beginning of the Second World War (1939-1945). During this time, (not only) Europe struggled with the effects of the war on civil society, international diplomacy, and national and individual fates. With national traumas and the loss of the “lost Generation”, a term coined by Gertrude Stein, on the one hand and the fundamental social changes in British class structures and gender roles on the other hand, the interwar period was one of the most suspenseful and varied times in modern history. From the “Roaring Twenties” and their celebration of the loss of old boundaries to the Great Depression and the rise of Fascism on the Continent in the thirties, the period provides a constant up and down and threw the people from one World War into the next.

From the perspective of literary studies, the interwar period proved to be highly fruitful. Besides the continuation of literary modernism, which had started around the beginning of the century and would deeply affect all forms of literature – narrative, poetry, and drama –, the interwar period boasts of an enormous diversification of genres and literary styles. This course aims at showcasing this literary diversity in all three Aristotelian genres (narrative, poetry, and drama) by exemplarily examining texts from such different perspectives as T.S. Eliot’s and Edith Sitwell’s modern poetry, Noel Coward’s comedies, Virginia Woolf’s and Katherine Mansfield’s short fiction, Agatha Christie’s Golden Age crime novels, Aldous Huxley’s dystopian fiction, or J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy. The focus of this course will be on narrative texts.

This course will begin by giving an overview of the interwar years before it moves into non-fiction and theoretical texts, poetry, drama and narrative (with a focus on the latter). Over the course of the semester, we will read and discuss the obligatory reading (see below) alongside theoretical texts, which will be made available on the VC. As this course will be discussion-intensive, participants are kindly asked to be visible on MS Teams even when not speaking to create a familiar and inviting atmosphere, which allows for higher-quality discussions.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory reading throughout the semester:
Poetry:
T.S. Eliot. “The Waste Land.” 1922.
Poems by Edith Sitwell, W.B. Yeats, Dylan Thomas and W.H. Auden
All poems will be made available on the VC

Drama:
Noel Coward. Hay Fever. 1924.

Narrative:
Katherine Mansfield. “The Garden-Party.” 1922. (short story; available via Project Gutenberg Australia and on the VC)
Virginia Woolf. “The Shooting Party.” 1938. (short story; available via Project Gutenberg Australia and on the VC)
William Somerset Maugham. The Painted Veil. 1925. (novel)
Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. 1932. (novel)
J.R.R. Tolkien. The Hobbit. 1937. (novel)
Agatha Christie. And Then There Were None. 1939. (novel)

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

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, Studium Generale, Modulstudium, Frühstudium

Termine:

Mo, 12:15 - 13:45, Raum n.V.
ab 25.10.2021

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

This tutorial is based on Introduction to English and American Studies A taught by Kerstin-Anja Münderlein.
To take this course, students need not sign up separately via FlexNow!.

Inhalt:

WCIHTIG: Wie die Introduction to English and American Literary Studies (A) wird auch das dazugehörige Tutorium im Wintersemester 2021/22 via Microsoft Teams unterrichtet. Das Tutorium beginnt erst in der zweiten Semesterwoche und wird im MS Teams-Kanal der Introduction (A) unterrichtet. Die Zugangsdaten zum VC-Kurs des Tutoriums werden im VC-Kurs der Introduction (A) veröffentlicht.
IMPORTANT: Like the course Introduction to English and American Literary Studies (A) this course will be taught via Microsoft Teams in the winter semester 2021/22. The tutorial starts in the second week of term and will be taught via the MS Teams channel for Introduction (A). The access information for the VC course for this tutorial will be published on the VC course for Introduction (A).

This optional tutorial accompanies the seminar Introduction to English and American Studies (A) and it focuses on practical training in using the terminology discussed in the seminar. Students will be given the opportunity to practice writing mock-exam essays. Overall, the tutorial provides the practice to the Introduction's theory and we highly recommend students take both courses to adequately prepare for the exam, their future studies in literary studies and (eventually) their state exams.

Empfohlene Literatur:

In addition to the course book by Michael Meyer and the primary texts read in the "Introduction" class, this course will work with material published on the Virtual Campus.