(Very) Recent Black British Women Writers

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, Gender und Diversität, Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien, Zentrum für Interreligiöse Studien, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 19.7.2024, 9:00 - 14:00, U5/00.24

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul

LA GY: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft (8 ECTS)

M.A. 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 British and American Literature: Seminar (8 ECTS)

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

BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft

MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies:
Mastermodul I: Literaturwissenschaft (Seminar)
Masterintensivierungsmodul II: Literaturwissenschaft (Seminar)

MA Religionen verstehen/Religious Literacy: Schlüsseltexte in einer wissenschaftlichen Fremdsprache: Mastermodul (Seminar)

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow!: 11.03.24 10:00 - 22.04.24 23:59

Guest auditors should first contact the lecturer

Inhalt:

The small word very in the title of our seminar will set the tone for the entire semester: we will be interested in female Black British writing published since the Brexit referendum and set in a post-#MeToo, Black-Lives-Matter world. Our protagonists are over-educated, under-paid interns, mediocre social media influencers, unrecognised, aspiring journalists ready to fight for human rights and couch-surfers against their will in a London they cannot afford. The texts in our syllabus feature young female representatives of Generation Z, which will allow us to discuss such topics as job insecurity, the housing crisis and gentrification, mental health, social media consumption as well as the rising social antagonisms in British society. We will explore the intersections of the challenges faced by Generation Z with the specific challenges of the BAME heroines in novels by celebrated, prize-winning writers such as Bernardine Evaristo, Zadie Smith and Candice Carty-Williams. The genres covered in this class try to do justice to the diversity of topics, modes and styles of recent Black British female writing and will therefore range from (performance) poetry and the neo-Victorian thriller to the novel of development, from domestic noir, biography-slash-manifesto, feminist essay, (queer) short story to the refugee tale and the history play. The seminar will problematise canon formation, the mainstreaming of parts of Black British literature and discuss the effects of labelling ( BAME , Black British ) as well as the awarding of literary prizes to black writers.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Mandatory Reading
Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie (2019)
Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton (2019)
Bernardine Evaristo, Girl Woman Other (2019)
Jo Hamya, Three Rooms (2021)
Winsome Pinnock, Rockets and Blue Lights (2022)

Poems, short stories and essays as well as excerpts from biographies will be made available on the VC.

MA English and American Studies Welcome Meeting

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Susan Brähler, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Tutorien

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 10.4.2024, 9:30 - 10:30, U5/01.18

Inhalt:

In the meeting, you will be given all kinds of information relevant to your study success in Bamberg. You will also meet some of your professors and your academic advisor. Please note that not attending this meeting can lead to serious problems during the course of your studies!

Preparatory Course for Bavarian State Exam (English Literature)

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Do, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 13.7.2024, 9:00 - 17:00, 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: 11.03.2024, 10:00 - 22.04.2024, 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.

Supervision tutorial for BA theses, MA theses and Zulassungsarbeiten in English Literature

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien

Termine:

Di, 14:00 - 16:00, U11/00.25

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit BA-Arbeit): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Betreuungsübung (2 ECTS)
BA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Bachelorintensivierungsmodul: Literaturwissenschaft (5 ECTS), wenn die BA-Arbeit in Literaturwissenschaft in der Anglistik geschrieben wird
MA English and American Studies: Module Master's Thesis, if the MA thesis is written in the department of English Literature
MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Masterintensivierungsmodul I: Literaturwissenschaft (5 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in Englischer Literaturwissenschaft in der Anglistik geschrieben wird
Lehramt GY (Betreuungsübung begleitend zur Zulassungsarbeit)
alle alten Studiengänge: Übung Literaturwissenschaft (begleitend zur Magister- oder Zulassungsarbeit)

2. (De)Registration: in FlexNow!: 11.03.2024, 10:00 – 22.04.2024, 23:59

Inhalt:

This supervision tutorial is specifically designed to prepare students for their Bachelor's thesis, Master's thesis or Zulassungsarbeit (teaching degrees) 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.

Tutorial for Students of MA English and American Studies

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS

Termine:

Mo, 10:00 - 12:00, Online-Meeting

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.