Einführungsveranstaltungen der Anglistik/Amerikanistik für Studienanfänger im WS 2020/2021

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Manfred Krug, Christoph Houswitschka, Christa Jansohn, Christine Gerhardt, Pascal Fischer

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung

Termine:

Zeit/Ort n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Dienstag, 27.10.2020
Einführungsveranstaltung für Bachelor/alle Lehrämter/Bachelor-BWL-WiPäd, Berufl. Bildung/Sozialpädagogik: MS Teams, 16-17 Uhr

Anglistik/Amerikanistik-Einstufungstest (verpflichtend für Studierende des Faches Anglistik/Amerikanistik/Englisch (Bachelor-HF/NF, Master, alle Lehrämter, Berufliche Bildung/Sozialpädagogik)
Eine Anmeldung zum Einstufungstest ist im Vorfeld nicht erforderlich! Test gilt nicht für Wirtschaftsenglisch! Online, 18-20 Uhr

Mittwoch, 28.10.2020
Einführungstutorium für Bachelor-HF/NF: MS Teams, 18-20 Uhr

Donnerstag, 29.10.2020
Einführungstutorium für LA Gymnasium: MS Teams, 12-14 Uhr
Einführungstutorium für alle Lehrämter (außer Gymnasium), Berufl. Bildung/Sozialpädagogik: MS Teams, 12-14 Uhr
Einführungstutorium für Bachelor-HF/NF: MS Teams, 14-16 Uhr

Freitag, 30.10.2020
Facheinführung MA English and American Studies: MS Teams, 10.00-11.30 Uhr

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!: 07.09.2020, 10:00 - 15.11.2020, 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.

History of the English Novel I

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Kultur und Bildung, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, Raum n.V.
All participants registered via FlexNow will be added to the VC course (see link "online") before the course begins. The link to Microsoft Teams will be published on the VC. If you join the course after the first session, please contact Igor Baldoino.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
all modules including an obligatory/optional lecture (2 or 4 ECTS) in literature
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 (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 30. Oktober 2020 an kerstin-anja.muenderlein(at)uni-bamberg.de

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 07.09.2020, 10:00 - 15.11.2020, 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. The focus in the winter term will be on the origins and the history of the novel and the following novels in particular:
John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress (1678)
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719)
Eliza Haywood, Love in Excess (1719)
Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders (1722)
Daniel Defoe, Roxana (1724)
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels (1726)
Samuel Richardson, Pamela (1740)
Henry Fielding, An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (1741)
Henry Fielding, Jonathan Wilde (1743)
Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748)
Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, A Foundling (1749)
Samuel Richardson, Clarissa (1747-8)
Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751)
Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom (1753)
Samuel Richardson, Sir Charles Grandison (1753-4)
Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield (1761/62; 1766)
Tobias Smollett, The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves (1761-2)
Thomas Holcroft, The Adventures of Hugh Trevor (1794-97)
William Godwin, Caleb Williams (1794)

Nachholtermine Englische Literaturwissenschaft

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung, 2 SWS, Studium Generale

Termine:

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

Reading Theory

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Studium Generale, Zentrum für Interreligiöse Studien

Termine:

Do, 16:00 - 18:00, Raum n.V.
All participants registered via FlexNow will be added to the VC course (see link "online") before the course begins. The link to Microsoft Teams will be published on the VC. If you join the course after the first session, please contact the lecturer.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft / Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

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

LA GY:
Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft / Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

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

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

MA Religion Verstehen
Schlüsseltexte in einer wissenschaftlichen Fremdsprache MA RelLit 3a: Seminar (5 ECTS)

NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 07.09.2020, 10:00 - 15.11.2020, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

This course is meant to enhance advanced students’ knowledge of theoretical perspectives and their awareness of the ways in which literary and cultural theories are discussed and applied in today’s scholarly discourse.

We will begin the term with an overview of major 20th century theoretical approaches (e.g. New Criticism, (Post)Structuralism, Marxism, critical theory, Gender Studies, Postcolonialism, Foucault, Deconstruction etc.). Subsequently, we will discuss more recent developments in some of these well-established fields, looking at the ways in which they are relevant for researchers today. Later, we will turn to some of the latest developments in literary and cultural criticism, from Ecocriticism and Posthumanism via Disability Studies to new aspects in the study of Migration (laissez-faire, multiculturalism, integration), Mobility Studies, Cosmopolitanism and global citizenship, cognitive science.

Short student presentations (10-15 minutes) are followed by discussions of significant texts. For the success of this class it is paramount that all of the assigned texts be read and prepared carefully.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory. An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory (2002)
Bertens, Hans. Literary Theory. The Basics (2014)
Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory. An Introduction (2008)
Rice, Philip and Patricia Waugh. Modern Literary Theory. A Reader. 4th ed. (2001)

The Bronte Sisters

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Gender und Diversität, Zentrum für Interreligiöse Studien, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Mi, 18:00 - 20:00, Raum n.V.
All participants registered via FlexNow will be added to the VC course (see link "online") before the course begins. The link to Microsoft Teams will be published on the VC. If you join the course after the first session, please contact the lecturer.

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 (semimar)
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 07.09.2020, 10:00 - 15.11.2020, 23:59 guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

“I declare he is that strange acquisition my late neighbour made, in his journey to Liverpool—a little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway.” ‘“A wicked boy, at all events,” remarked the old lady, “and quite unfit for a decent house! Did you notice his language, Linton? I’m shocked that my children should have heard it.”
The novels of Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–1848), and Anne Brontë (1820–1849), introduce us to those who have not been born with a silver spoon in their mouth. Far away from London, in the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, we find the Brontë Parsonage. In this modest house the three sisters and their uninspired brother Branwell started writing novels. Male pen names, Currer Bell for Charlotte Brontë, Ellis Bell for Emily, and Acton for Anne helped to carefully reach out for the reading public. Success was instant and rumours about their true identity spread fast.
On the one hand, all three Brontës are quite different in their approaches in developing characters, plots and settings. On the other hand, they have much in common and share characteristics that originate in their belonging to Yorkshire and the Midlands. In class we will read some of their major novels, but also their poetry and novels that were written in their narrative tradition.
Novels we will discuss are Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847), Villette (1853), Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847), and Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848).
Possible topics are love and marriage, the Yorkshire moors, the Gothic tradition (ghosts, vampirism and necrophilia) and Romanticist traditions, colonialism and racism (mad woman in the attic), the governess and other female roles, genre traditions (John Bunyan), city vs country, gender and class, alcohol and domestic violence, Heathcliff as a Byronic hero, prequels, sequels and film adaptations of the Brontës’ novels.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre (1847)
Brontë, Charlotte. Villette (1853)
Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights (1847)
Brontë, Anne. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)

Welcome Meeting new MA students

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Christoph Houswitschka, Susan Brähler, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 28.10.2020, 11:00 - 12:30, Raum n.V.

Inhalt:

This meeting will be held via MS TEAMS. Please follow the link above ("online") to access the team with your student account. If you encounter any technical problems, please contact maeas.englit(at)uni-bamberg.de