America on Stage: Diversity and Representation in American Drama and Musical Theater

Dozent/in:

Lorena Bickert

Angaben:

Proseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung

Termine:

Mi, 12:00 - 14:00, Raum n.V.
Einzeltermin am 6.12.2021, 18:00 - 21:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All modules including an advanced level seminar (Proseminar) for literary studies or cultural studies:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Seminar 6 ECTS)
• BA Berufliche Bildung (Seminar 6 ECTS)
• Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS/GY (Seminar 6 ECTS)

>> Open for Ergänzungsmodul literary studies and cultural studies!

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• completion of the basic module (Basismodul)
• active participation (individual tasks and group work)
• term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)
• only Ergänzungsmodul: oral exam (see website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/ergaenzungsmodul-ba/)

3. FlexNow-Registration:

• Course (de)enrollment: September 1st November 1st, 2021
• ECTS (de)registration: January 1st February 1st, 2022

Guest auditors: please contact lecturer via e-mail.

Information on how to solve problems with your registration: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/anglistik/studium/informationen-zu-flexnow/

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung der Lehrveranstaltung fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin.

Inhalt:

Well, women are used to worrying over trifles, (9) notes the condescending husband of a female sleuth in Susan Glaspell s 1916 play Trifles. In this seminar, our interest lies precisely in these alleged trifles, as we meet silly, shocking, and shooting women, [a] Gay Republican (Angels 29), or [a] bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists (Hamilton, My Shot ) on America s theater stages, and set out to examine representations of America on Stage that transcend the stereotype of the white heterosexual male protagonist.

Analyzing both US-American theater plays across the twentieth century and contemporary Broadway musicals, we will address questions of diversity in terms of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, illness, (dis)ability, human-animal relationships, and others, rethinking definitions of American national identity. Our readings include Susan Glaspell s Trifles (1916), Lillian Hellman s The Children s Hour (1934), Lorraine Hansberry s A Raisin in the Sun (1959), and Tony Kushner s Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches (1991), as well as excerpts from other renowned plays, and their movie adaptations. We will also analyze American musical theater from Rent (1994) to Hamilton (2016) from a perspective of diversity.

In our seminar, we will read these plays within relevant historical contexts of feminism, racial (in)equality, and LGBTQIA+ history, with a special interest in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 90s. We will engage critically with these plays using insights from Gender Studies, Queer Studies, Critical Whiteness Studies, and Performance Studies, amongst others, in order to analyze the multifaceted US-American theatrical landscape from an intersectional, interdisciplinary, and multimedia standpoint.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Please purchase and read the following plays before classes start in October:

• Susan Glaspell, Trifles (1916) (available online via the university library!)
• Lillian Hellman, The Children s Hour (1934)
• Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
• Tony Kushner, Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches (1991)

All other primary and secondary texts will be provided on the Virtual Campus.

S: From Poetry to Song Lyrics: Analysing and Teaching Verse

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Theresa Summer, Lorena Bickert, Susan Brähler, Pascal Fischer, Manfred Krug, Mareike Spychala, Lina Strempel

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Kultur und Bildung, Please note: Students will also be asked to participate in some additional sessions (e.g. lectures).

Termine:

Mi, 16:00 - 18:00, MG1/00.04
ab 3.11.2021

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Information für Studierende der Fachdidaktik Englisch:

1. Modules: (ECTS: 4)
Lehramt GS, MS, RS, GY: Vertiefungsmodul
Lehramt RS: Zusatzmodul
BEd Berufliche Bildung: Vertiefungsmodul
MEd Berufliche Bildung: Zusatzmodul
Bachelor BWL/Doppelwahlpflichtfach Englisch: Aufbaumodul-Bachelor
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik/Doppelwahlpflichtfach Englisch: Aufbaumodul-Master
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik/Doppelwahlpflichtfach Englisch: Vertiefungsmodul

2. Teilnahmevoraussetzungen:
abgeschlossenes englischdidaktisches Basismodul

3. Anmeldung:
über FlexNow
vom 27.09.2021, 12:00 Uhr bis 15.10.2021, 11:59 Uhr

4. Leistungsnachweis:
schriftliche Hausarbeit

Further information: Students will also be asked to participate in a symposium (Friday, 04/02/2022 - Saturday, 05/02/2022).

Information for students of English Linguistics:

1. Modules:
LA GY: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

2. Registration and Deregistration:
Registration via FlexNow from 27 September 2021, 10:00h, to 21 October 2021, 23:59h.
Deregistration via FlexNow from 27 September 2021, 10:00h, to 30 October 2021, 23:59h.

3. Requirements for successful completion of the course:
8 ECTS: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of 4500-6000 words

4. Combination with "Methods and Theories in Linguistics":
In the early weeks of term, all students are expected to take part in a special introduction to research methods entitled "Methods and Theories in Linguistics": https://univis.uni-bamberg.de/form?dsc=anew/lecture_view&lvs=guk/angl/engls/method&anonymous=1&founds=guk/angl/engls/method&sem=2021w&codeset=utf8 (unless they have already participated in this course in an earlier semester). Thus, these participants are required to reserve the following times and dates: Friday, 29 October 2021, 8-10 am, Thursday, 11 November 2021, 8-10 am, and Friday, 12 November 2021, 8-11 am. To enable pre-planning, please register for the course in FlexNow and in the Virtual Campus course by 27 October at the latest: https://vc.uni-bamberg.de/enrol/index.php?id=49429

Information for students of American Studies:

All modules including an advanced level seminar (Proseminar) for literary studies or cultural studies:
Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS/GY (Seminar 6 ECTS)

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:
1. completion of the basic module (Basismodul)
2. active participation (individual tasks and group work)
3. term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)

3. FlexNow-Registration:
1. Course (de)enrollment: 01.09.2021 - 01.11.2021
2. ECTS (de)registration: 01.01.2022 - 01.02.2022

Information for students of English Literature:

1. Modules:
Lehramt GY: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)

2. FlexNow - Registration:
Class Registration: 06.09.2021 bis 31.10.2021
Exam Registration: 10.01.2022 bis 06.02.2022
Term Paper Deadline: 27.03.2022

Information for students of English and American Cultural Studies:

1. Modules:
Vertiefungsmodul Englische und Amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft Lehramt GY (8 ECTS)
Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft Lehramt GY (5 ECTS)
Aufbaumodul Fachwissenschaft WIPÄD (6 ECTS)

2. Registration:
October 4 until October 22, 2021
via FlexNow "Professur für Anglistische und Amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft"

Inhalt:

Lyrical texts such as poems and songs are particularly suitable for illustrating the characteristics of literariness to students: different levels of communication, stylistic devices and aesthetic effects are distinct in this genre with its tendency towards condensation and structural rigour. At the same time, poems and songs can offer readers and listeners an engaging insight into a great variety of social, cultural, and environmental issues. For English language education, lyrical texts have several benefits and, primarily due to their brevity and density of subject matter, they provide opportunities for flexible use and the development of various competences as well as critical literacy. In this interdisciplinary seminar, we will explore lyrical texts ranging from traditional poems to popular songs from different academic perspectives. These include literary-cultural, linguistic, and educational as well as methodological perspectives to identify how verse can be analysed and integrated into English language education. In opening up the canon of lyrical texts and including popular and learner-centred texts such as rhymes, tongue twisters, and pop songs, English language education can encourage learners to discover specific features of lyrical texts, identify layers of meaning, and explore various transcultural perspectives as well as issues of social (in)justice relevant in our society today.