A Woman's Road to Mount Olympus: The Journey of the Modern Heroine

Dozent/in:

Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino

Angaben:

Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale

Termine:

Mi, 14:00 - 16:00, U2/01.30

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS

BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GY (Kombination mit Russisch): Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

MA WiPäd: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

1.2 Reading Tutorial (Übung)
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

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2017 (10:00) - 01.07.2017 (23:59)
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

In 1949, Joseph Campbell described, in The Hero with a Thousand Faces, the path (or rather cycle) through which every hero has to go in order to succeed in their journey. His work approaches heroification from a mythological and masculine perspective. Throughout this course, however, we will be looking at his model from a modern and feminine angle. How does the process of becoming a hero differ between men and women? How do concepts of masculinity and femininity play a role within the same heroine? With such questions in mind, we will discuss the construction and development of some female protagonists in Modern and Contemporary Literature. For instance, we have Charlotte Brontë s Jane Eyre or Jane Austen s Lizzy Bennet whose impact on readers and society of their respective times has paved and opened way for the creation of Suzanne Collin s Katniss Everdeen, Veronica Roth s Beatrice Prior and even Wonder Woman in the twentieth and early twenty-first Century. In this class, we will analyze the gradual changes that have happened in the portrayal of a few female characters in literature, the various degrees of masculinity and femininity in their behavior (androgyny), how their fashion influences (positive or negatively) their image, their journey to become heroines and the impact of their image in the eduction of young and adult female audiences.

Empfohlene Literatur:

To read until the beginning of the semester:
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre (1847)

To read during the semester:
Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games-trilogy (2008-2010)
William Moulton Marston. Wonder Woman (1941-2017)
Veronica Roth. Divergent-trilogy (2011-2013)

More material to be added in class.

Betreuungsübung für Abschlussarbeiten (ZA und BA)

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/02.01

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

(De)Registration via FlexNow: 01.03.2017 (10:00) - 01.07.2017 (23:59)

Ersatztermin Jewish British Culture

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4

Termine:

Zeit n.V., U5/01.22

Ersatztermin Literary Dorset

Dozent/in:

Chiara Manghi

Angaben:

Übung, ECTS: 4

Termine:

Mo, 10:15 - 11:45, U9/01.11

Exam Preparation English Literature

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale

Termine:

Do, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
all modules including an exam preparation (Examensübung/ Übung für Examenskandidaten) on all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) in

• LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

• MA English and American Studies

• Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2017 (10:00) - 01.07.2017 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

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Empfohlene Literatur:

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From World War II to Brexit: The Continent in Recent British Literature [The Continent in Recent British Literature]

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale

Termine:

Mi, 10:15 - 11:45, U5/02.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft/ freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY (Kombination mit Russisch): Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2017 (10:00) - 01.07.2017 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

The year 2017 marks the 60^th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the agreement that effectively gave birth to what became the European Union. In her 2002 essay “The Writer at Home in Europe”, award-winning novelist Hilary Mantel was still confident that young British citizens “are pro-European, without having to think about it. The European Community is one of the givens of their world.” In a more recent Spiegel interview, however, she has come to deplore Britain’s “retreat into insularity” (2014). On 23 June 2016, the day of the EU membership referendum, she and other British artists and intellectuals who had supported the pro-EU campaign, had to face up to the fact that the UK would, after 44 years of membership, withdraw from the European Union.

Before this background, this class sets out to investigate the relationship between the UK and the Continent as it has been imagined in recent British literature. We will deal with definitions of Europe as a historical, geographical, political as well as cultural entity, with conceptions of European identity as well as national identities (Englishness, Britishness), British exceptionalism and the link between space and identity. After these preliminaries, we will turn to novels and films which explore what it meant to be English/British at the end of WW II (The English Patient) as well as in Cold-War-Europe (The Innocent). We will trace the “clichéification of Europe” (Annan) in Tim Parks’s Europa and find out what it means to be black and British and European in Bernardine Evaristo’s Soul Tourists. The section “Europe goes UK” investigates predominantly Eastern European immigrants’ perspectives on British society (The Road Home; Eastern Promises; Once). And last but not least, students will explore how British comedians and satirists have responded to the Brexit campaign and referendum.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient (1992): Bloomsbury 2004.
Ian McEwan, The Innocent (1990): Vintage 1998.
Tim Parks, Europa (1998): Vintage 1998.
Bernardine Evaristo, Soul Tourists (2005): Penguin 2005.
Rose Tremain, The Road Home (2007): Vintage 2008.

Films: Eastern Promises (Cronenberg, 2007); Once (Carney, 2006)

Students should have read at least The English Patient and The Innocent by the beginning of the semester. Please make sure you buy the editions listed above so we all refer to the same page numbers! The two DVDs can be borrowed from my office.

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung Englische Literaturwissenschaft (Houswitschka)

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Mi, 20:00 - 22:00, U5/02.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit BA-Arbeit): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Betreuungsübung (2 ECTS)

• BA Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die BA-Arbeit in Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird

• MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Forschungsmodul (5 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird

• MA Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird

• alle alten Studiengänge: Übung Literaturwissenschaft (begleitend zur Magister- oder Zulassungsarbeit)

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow!: 01.03.2017 (10:00) - 01.07.2017 (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.

Key Texts in Literary Theory

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Christoph Houswitschka, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 1 SWS, ECTS: 1, Studium Generale

Termine:

jede 2. Woche Mi, 14:00 - 16:00, U11/00.25

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (ab Studienbeginn zum WS 14/15): Ergänzungsmodul Methoden und Theorien der Englischen und Amerikanischen Literaturwissenschaft (alle Haupt- und Nebenfächer) (1 ECTS)

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (ab Studienbeginn zum SoSe 2009): Ergänzungsmodul Methoden und Theorien (1 ECTS, ab Studienbeginn zum SoSe 2012 unbenotet)

• MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Erweiterungsmodul 1 oder 2: Übung Literaturwissenschaft (1 ECTS)

• alle alten Studiengänge: Übung (1 ECTS)

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2017 (10:00) - 01.07.2017 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

In this seminar we will study trends and schools in literary theory since the 1950s. We may discuss key texts by thinkers identified with formalism and structuralism, deconstruction and poststructuralism, gender studies and queer theory, psychoanalytical criticism, (Neo)Marxism and Cultural Materialism, New Historicism, postcolonial criticism and reader-response theory.
Depending on the participants personal interests, we may also consider more recent approaches like ecocriticism and possible-worlds theory or less "canonized" theories (e.g. systems theory).

The course is intended to assist students in both finding own approaches towards primary texts and in identifying mind-sets and methods applied in the secondary sources they read in their other seminars: "What theory demonstrates [...] is that there is no position free of theory, not even the one called common sense" (V. B. Leitch).

Empfohlene Literatur:

A course reader will be made available for download at our VC group once the schedule has been agreed upon.

Literary Dorset

Dozent/in:

Chiara Manghi

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 7.7.2017, 14:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11
ab 4.5.2017

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

• Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

• BSc. BWL

• MA WiPäd

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2017 (10:00) - 01.07.2017 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Please note: This course only starts in week 2

In this class we will read texts which explore very specific locations in Dorset in different times and contexts, with unforgettable female characters that go from Victorian - but at the same time very contemporary- heroine Sarah Woodruff, John Fowles' infamous French lieutenant's woman, to Elise Landau, the protagonist of The Novel in the Viola, who, in order to escape from persecution in Vienna during WWII becomes a parlour maid in Dorset, forced to leave behind her family and a completely different life.
John Fowles The French Lieutenant s Woman is one of the first novels, or maybe even the precursor of the very popular literary phenomenon known as Neo-Victorianism (which includes texts and various forms of art where the Victorian era is seen through the eyes of contemporary authors) as well as a prime example for postmodern literature and historiographic metafiction. The town of Lyme Regis and the Cobb of the Nineteenth Century are crucial to the plot of the novel and the act of walking freely around town is one of the actions that represent Sarah Woodruff s transgression.
Mary Anning, the first woman paleontologist (and the one who sells seashells on the seashore ), whose life story is told in Tracy Chevalier s Remarkable Creatures, also lived in Lyme and found fossils along the Jurassic Coast that have changed history and made it possible for Charles Darwin and Charles Lyell to develop and prove their theories of evolution.
Natasha Solomons' The Novel in the Viola (The House at Tyneford in the American edition) is set in Tyneford, based on the existing ghost town of Tyneham, a village which was requisitioned by the British army during the Second World War and never given back to its inhabitants.
Dorset's landscape, unique atmosphere and inhabitants constitute the common denominator for novels and authors which are otherwise profoundly different from each other.

Trip to Dorset 04.09.2017-10.09.2017

The department of English Literature is planning a trip to Dorset in September.
We will explore the locations of John Fowles The French Lieutenant s Woman (we will stay in Lyme Regis), Tracy Chevalier s Remarkable Creatures (the story of Mary Anning, the 19th Century paleontologist who found very significative fossils along the Jurassic Coast) and Natasha Solomons The Novel in the Viola (we will visit the ghost town of Tyneham) as well as several places of Thomas Hardy s Wessex.
A meeting with all details (open to everyone who is interested) will be held May 4th at 8 pm, room tba. Registration for the trip will be until 6th May.
If you are interested and you already plan to come with us to Dorset please write an email to: chiara.manghi(at)uni-bamberg.de

Empfohlene Literatur:

John Fowles The French Lieutenant s Woman
Tracy Chevalier Remarkable Creatures
Natasha Solomons The Novel in the Viola

The Poetry of WWI

Dozent/in:

Alexander Debney

Angaben:

Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6

Termine:

Mo, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Ergänzungsmodul Englische Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GY (Kombination mit Russisch): Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
MA WiPäd: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
ERASMUS or visiting students: Seminar: max. 6 ECTS

Übung
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

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

BSc. BWL

MA WiPäd

ERASMUS and visiting students: Please contact lecturer if you wish to attend the class.

2. (De)Registration via FlexNow: 01.03.2017 (10:00) - 01.07.2017 (23:59)
guest auditors: Please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

The First World War marks one of the most decisive events in modern history. Initially, it elicited great enthusiasm and even war fervour, with millions enlisting all over Europe. As the early delusions of a quick victory, of being in the enemy capital 'by Christmas', had subsided, the full horror of full-scale industrialised warfare became apparent. The rupture it created within societies profoundly shaped the European psyche, to this very day.

This course tracks the many facets and outlooks on the conflagration in British poetry of the First World War. The list of authors covered includes Robert Service, Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, Wilfred Owen, among others.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Required reading:

Poetry of the First World War: An Anthology. Tim Kendall (ed.).

Additional reading will be made available via the VC

Thomas Hardy

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Mi, 18:00 - 20:00, MG1/02.06

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Ergänzungsmodul Englische Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS

BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

LA GY (Kombination mit Russisch): Wahlpflichtmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

1.2 Reading Tutorial (Übung)
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

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2017 (10:00) - 01.07.2017 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

One of the most prolific writers of the Victorian Era, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is still regarded as a major influence on English literature. His novels, set in the fictional county of Wessex in Southern England, explore fundamentally human drives and experiences. At the core of Hardy’s realist fiction, we find people – their relationships, joys and sorrows – any many of his characters are still household names today, such as Tess Durbeyfield, Jude Fawley or Bathsheba Everdene. Hardy’s writing contributed enormously to the development of the realist novel and his books often expose Victorian hypocrisy and meaningless morality or religious conventions. Infidelity, illicit love, illegitimate motherhood, questionable courtship, and social ostracism are set before a backdrop of seemingly pastoral Wessex. The social fabric of his fictional towns and their inhabitants is laid open and the reader can see behind the façade of the Victorian small town.

This course will look at some of Hardy’s novels, a few stories and a few poems by discussing and analysing themes and topics in his works. While most of the novels will have to be read before the beginning of the semester, some additions to the course material will be made during the semester and via the VC course.

Trip to Dorset 04.09.2017-10.09.2017
The department of English Literature is planning a trip to Dorset in September.
We will explore the locations of John Fowles’ The French Lieutenant’s Woman (we will stay in Lyme Regis), Tracy Chevalier’s Remarkable Creatures (the story of Mary Anning, the 19th Century paleontologist who found very significative fossils along the Jurassic Coast) and Natasha Solomons’ The Novel in the Viola (we will visit the ghost town of Tyneham) as well as several places of Thomas Hardy’s Wessex.
A meeting with all details (open to everyone who is interested) will be held May 4th at 8 pm, room U5/00.24. Registration for the trip will be until 6th May.
If you are interested and you already plan to come with us to Dorset please write an email to: chiara.manghi(at)uni-bamberg.de

Empfohlene Literatur:

To read before the semester:

Thomas Hardy. Jude the Obscure (1895)

Thomas Hardy. Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891)

Thomas Hardy. Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)

Thomas Hardy. Under the Greenwood Tree (1872)

Thomas Hardy. Wessex Tales (1888) – excerpts to be announced in class

Exemplary poetry to be announced in class

Tutorial for Students of MA English and American Studies

Dozent/in:

Alexander Debney

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS

Termine:

Mo, 16:00 - 18:00, U9/02.01

Writing Workshop with George Ellenbogen: Personal Writing/Self Revelation

Dozent/in:

George Ellenbogen

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 5.5.2017, 16:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 6.5.2017, 10:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 7.5.2017, 10:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11

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

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

BSc. BWL

MA WiPäd

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2017 (10:00) - 01.07.2017 (23:59)

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Course Description
In PERSONAL WRITING/SELF REVELATION, which will be conducted as a one week compact seminar, students will explore the means by which writers use their own experience—real and imagined—to fashion memoirs, personal essays, and poems that reveal themselves and touch their readers. The course will address, among other topics, the establishing of a persona, the use of place, real and imaginary settlings, the role of detail, and beginnings and endings. Students will also produce their own writing in classes and read to one another in small groups.

Before the first class, students will have read the texts, A Stone in My Shoe: In Search of Neighborhood by George Ellenbogen and Teaching Arabs, Writing Self by Evelyn Shakir. Passages of George Orwell’s essays will be assigned later.

Course Teacher:
The course will be taught by memoirist and poet, George Ellenbogen. A professor of Creative Writing at Bentley University in Massachusetts, he has taught this course previously in Germany, and is awaiting the publication of the German edition of both his and Shakir’s memoir.

Empfohlene Literatur:

The reading (synopses):
A Stone in My Shoe: Poet George Ellenbogen’s memoir is more than a collection of anecdotes of his immigrant family and their journeys from Franz Joseph’s Austro-Hungarian empire and Poland to Montreal in the 1920s. A Stone in My Shoe charts his discovery of how an immigrant Jewish neighborhood—a tight-knit shtetl with extended families that had its own shops, institutions, and daily Yiddish newspapers—sustained him and his family as well as thousands of others. The revelations ripple outward and what surfaces—the markers of his parents’ navigation in a new world and his own youth in the 1940s and 1950s Montreal—extend to all. They become part of the universal map in which readers will recognize their own quirky courses into childhood, adolescence, and adulthood

Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Evelyn Shakir's witty, wise, and beautifully written memoir explores her status as an Arab American woman, from the subtle bigotry she faced in Massachusetts as a second-generation Lebanese whose parents were not only foreign but eccentric, to the equally poignant blend of dislocation and homecoming she felt in Bahrain, Syria, and Lebanon, where she taught American literature to university students. She effortlessly combines personal anecdote with cultural, political, and historical background, and is incapable of stereotyped thinking: one of the book's many pleasures is the diversity she finds among the people she encounters in the Middle East, including not only students, but cab drivers, storekeepers, and the guys who make the spinach pies at the bakery down the street from her apartment. As Shakir explores her own identity, she leads the reader to an appreciation of the richness and complexity of being Arab American (or any mixed heritage) in an increasingly small world.

Betreuungsübung (Konopka/Literatur)

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzungen:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit BA-Arbeit): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Betreuungsübung (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
BA Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die BA-Arbeit in amerikanischer Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Anglistik
alle alten Studiengänge: Übung Literaturwissenschaft (begleitend zur Magister- oder Zulassungsarbeit)

2. Voraussetzungen zur Schein- bzw. Punktevergabe:

• regelmäßige aktive Teilnahme
• Präsentation

3. An- und Abmeldung (FlexNow) / Enrollment:
Via FlexNow

• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung: 28.3.-28.4.
• An-/ Abmeldung zur Prüfung: 14.6.-14.7.

Studierende melden sich bitte zusätzlich per e-mail bei der Dozentin des Kurses an

Inhalt:

This course is addressed at students who are preparing or working at a BA-thesis in American Literature or Culture. It supports students while preparing or writing their theses, and gives them the opportunity to present and discuss their work with other students.

We will 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. For students in the BA programs, 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-program. Depending on the native tongue of the participants, the course will be given in English or German.

The course will take place every two weeks. Our first meeting will take place on May 3d.

Exam Preparation North-American Literature (Repetitorium)

Dozent/in:

Theresa Roth

Angaben:

Repetitorium, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale, angeboten u.a. für European Joint Master's Degree in English and American Studies

Termine:

Mi, 10:00 - 12:00, U2/01.36

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

Alle Module einschließlich einer Examensübung / Übung für Examenskandidaten oder einer verpflichtenden Leseübung in folgenden Studienrichtungen:

• LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
• MA English and American Studies
• MA Berufliche Bildung
• Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
• Studium Generale (NICHT für Studierende im BA Anglistik / Amerikanistik!)
• Joint Degree:

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation and presentation

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the instructor of the course )

• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung: 28.3.-28.4.
• An-/ Abmeldung zur Prüfung: 14.6.-14.7.

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

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Informationen zur Ammeldung in FlexNow: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/englit/news_englische_literaturwissenschaft/anmeldung_zu_lehrveranstaltungen_und_studienbegleitenden_leistungsnachweisen/

Inhalt:

This course is designed specifically for students of all teaching degrees ("Lehrämter") who prepare for the 3-hour written "Staatsexamen" in American Literature according to the new LPO. However, students preparing other final exams - oral or written - are very welcome, too.

The "Repetitorum" is a class designed to assist students in their preparations for the final written exam. The class, however, does NOT substitute each student’s individual study time! During class, students will receive immediate feedback about their level of preparation for the final exam. The most important aim of this class, however, is to provide participants with a platform to discuss complex issues, rather than particular details of one certain topic. Once again: the class aims to assist students in their preparations, but it does NOT replace independent study!

The topics for this semester will be chosen by the class participants themselves during the first session.

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung (Amerik. Literatur)

Dozent/in:

Christine Gerhardt

Angaben:

Übung/Blockseminar, ECTS: 2, angeboten für European Joint Master's Degree in English and American Studies

Termine:

Do, 16:00 - 18:00, U5/01.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzungen:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit BA-Arbeit): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Betreuungsübung (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
BA Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die BA-Arbeit in amerikanischer Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Anglistik
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Erweiterungsmodul I und II: Betreuungsübung Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in amerikanischer Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird
MA Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul Anglistik/Amerikanistik (2 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in amerikanischer Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird; Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Anglistik
alle alten Studiengänge: Übung Literaturwissenschaft (begleitend zur Magister- oder Zulassungsarbeit)
Joint Degree: Free Electives (2 ECTS), wenn die MA-Arbeit in amerikanischer Literaturwissenschaft geschrieben wird

2. Voraussetzungen zur Schein- bzw. Punktevergabe:

• regelmäßige aktive Teilnahme
• Präsentation / mündliche Modulteilprüfung

3. An- und Abmeldung (FlexNow) / Enrollment:
Via FlexNow

• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung: 28.3.-28.4.
• An-/ Abmeldung zur Prüfung: 14.6.-14.7.

Studierende melden sich bitte zusätzlich per e-mail bei der Dozentin des Kurses an

Inhalt:

This course is designed for students who are preparing or working on a final thesis in American literature or culture, be it a “Magisterarbeit,” “Zulassungsarbeit,” “BA-Arbeit” or Master’s thesis. It offers continuous support during the process of preparing or writing the thesis, and provides an opportunity to share parts of it with other students. The course consists of plenary and individual sessions; the syllabus and readings will be available on the Virtual Campus.

In the plenary sessions, we will discuss general criteria and formal aspects of a thesis – such as possible topics and research questions, theoretical approaches, and structural issues. Participants will present (parts of) their thesis for discussion and feedback. The individual sessions consist of one-to-one tutorials in which you will discuss the argument and structure of your thesis with me. For students who write their thesis in literary or cultural studies in the BA, MA and new teacher training programs, this course provides the “Betreuungsübung.”

Key Texts in Literary Theory

Dozent/in:

Theresa Roth

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 1, Studium Generale

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 27.4.2017, Einzeltermin am 4.5.2017, Einzeltermin am 11.5.2017, Einzeltermin am 18.5.2017, Einzeltermin am 8.6.2017, Einzeltermin am 13.7.2017, Einzeltermin am 20.7.2017, 10:00 - 12:00, U2/00.26

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:
Modulbelegung:

• BA Anglistik /Amerikanistik ab Studienbeginn zum WS 14/15):

Ergänzungsmodul Methoden und Theorien der Englischen und Amerikanischen Literaturwissenschaft (alle Haupt- und Nebenfächer) (1 ECTS)

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (ab Studienbeginn zum SoSe 2009):

Ergänzungsmodul Methoden und Theorien (1 ECTS, ab Studienbeginn zum SoSe 2012 unbenotet)

• MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

Erweiterungsmodul 1 oder 2: Übung Literaturwissenschaft (1 ECTS)

• alle alten Studiengänge:

Übung (1 ECTS)
2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation and presentation

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:

via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the instructor of this class)

• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung: 28.3.-28.4.
• An-/ Abmeldung zur Prüfung: 14.6.-14.7.

Für Studienortwechsler, Erasmusstudenten sowie Studierende, die den Leistungsnachweis zur baldigen Prüfungsanmeldung benötigen, werden im begrenzten Umfang Plätze freigehalten. Bei Überbuchung des Seminars fällt die Entscheidung über die Teilnahme in Rücksprache mit der Dozentin/dem Dozenten.
Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.
Informationen on how to enrol via FlexNow: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/englit/news_englische_literaturwissenschaft/anmeldung_zu_lehrveranstaltungen_und_studienbegleitenden_leistungsnachweisen/

Inhalt:

In this seminar, we will study theoretical texts that help us to think about issues of race, gender, and class as well as about questions of intersectionality. Our readings will consist of key texts by thinkers associated with critical race theory and Chicana/Latino Studies, feminism and Gender Studies, Marxism and New Materialism, and of texts by thinkers situated at the intersections of these fields.

The course is intended to assist students in both finding their own approaches towards primary texts and in identifying mind-sets and methods applied in the secondary sources they read in their other seminars: "What theory demonstrates [ ] is that there is no position free of theory, not even the one called common sense" (V. B. Leitch).

This class is based not only on the reading, but also the in depth analysis of theoretical writing. Therefore, students are expected to prepare diligently for each session by (1) reading the assigned text(s), (2) studying each text s background/context, and (3) establishing some basic understanding of the theory discussed in the respective text before coming to class! Only then will it be possible for us to engage in critical discussion during our sessions. In sum, it is important for participants to do the assigned reading, attend class regularly and contribute to class discussions. Your input is mandatory and will be welcome!

Empfohlene Literatur:

Reading: A course reader will be made available for students of this class once the schedule has been agreed upon.

Of "Great (Wo)Men" & Waste[d] Land[s] : An Overview of American Modernism (Block)

Dozent/in:

Theresa Roth

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 12.5.2017, 12:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 18.5.2017, 18:00 - 21:00, U2/02.04
Einzeltermin am 19.5.2017, 12:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 23.6.2017, 12:00 - 19:00, U11/00.25
Einzeltermin am 30.6.2017, 11:00 - 18:00, U2/01.30

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF ohne BA-Arbeit):

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
• Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft

MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:

• Mastermodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Master-Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft I oder II: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA:

• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft a (4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu RS: Zusatzmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GY:

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

Lehramt neu GY (ab WS 11/12): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Übung
Bachelor BWL, Studienschwerpunkt Wirtschaftspädagogik II: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Studium Generale: NICHT für Studierende im BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation
• presentation (10-15 minutes)

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the teacher of this class.)

• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung: 28.3.-28.4.
• An-/ Abmeldung zur Prüfung: 14.6.-14.7.

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

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Informationen on how to enrol via FlexNow: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/englit/news_englische_literaturwissenschaft/anmeldung_zu_lehrveranstaltungen_und_studienbegleitenden_leistungsnachweisen/

Inhalt:

US American Modernism brought about some of the best-known American authors. The literature of this distinct period is developed in dialogue with other phenomena of modernity, such as new models of perspective from fields like psychology or philosophy, ambivalence towards the innovative mass culture in technology and economy or new discourses that were rapidly changing the social understanding of sex and gender, for example. In this course, we will look at the intersections between American modernist literature and these phenomena through the eyes of its most vocal proponents and practitioners. Among the questions we’ll be asking are: What were modernists trying to accomplish with language and were they successful? How were the concepts of race, gender, and class reflected and transformed in the literature of this period? What is “American” about American modernism? To answer these questions, we will engage in readings of famous texts from men and women of that time, to get a broader understanding of both the historical and literary developments of this era. This class is a reading exercise (Leseübung), designed to assist you in working through the reading list. Therefore, participants are expected to read a lot. It is important for participants to do the assigned reading, attend class regularly and contribute to class discussions.
This class will furthermore be taught in cooperation with an Erasmus Lecturer who will take over two of the 5 sessions (May 18th / 19th).

Empfohlene Literatur:

For the sessions in June, the following three novels will have to be read BEFORE class:

• F.Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby. (1925)
• Zora Neale Hurston. Their Eyes Were Watching God. (1937)
• John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath. (1939)

All of the other readings (including dramas, poems and short stories) will be made available on the VC and in the Semesterapparat at TB4 during the semester break.

Reading the Frontier: Westward Expansion in American Literature and Culture (Literary Studies)

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale

Termine:

Fr, 10:15 - 12:00, U5/02.22

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF ohne BA-Arbeit):

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
• Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft

MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:

• Mastermodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Master-Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft I oder II: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA:

• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft a (4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu RS: Zusatzmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GY:

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

Lehramt neu GY (ab WS 11/12): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Übung
Bachelor BWL, Studienschwerpunkt Wirtschaftspädagogik II: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Studium Generale: NICHT für Studierende im BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation
• presentation (10-15 minutes)

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to the teacher of this

• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung: 28.3.-28.4.
• An-/ Abmeldung zur Prüfung: 14.6.-14.7.

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

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Informationen on how to enrol via FlexNow: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/englit/news_englische_literaturwissenschaft/anmeldung_zu_lehrveranstaltungen_und_studienbegleitenden_leistungsnachweisen/

Inhalt:

The 19th century was a time of exploration, discovery, exploitation, and innovation. Much of what we perceive as “America” and “American” today was formed during this time. Thus, the literary and cultural output of the long nineteenth century merits closer examination, especially concerning the American West. One aim is to understand why the “West” still holds such an allure for citizens of the US and other nations. Through the material discussed in this class, students have the opportunity to experience the westward expansion and will become aware of (1) the difficulties people faced during their travels and (2) how meaning was and still is constructed through texts and images.

Apart from the experiences of explorers, pioneers, settlers and travelers we will also catch a glimpse of the life and struggles and resistance of the native people who already inhabited those lands and for whom the presence of European settlers was almost invariably a continuing catastrophe. We will see how the indigenous voice is present in most literary works, although seldom unfiltered or unprejudiced. The west was to be conquered, either through harsh or gentle means. In this class we will see “how the west was won” and a national identity shaped in the process – with the help of violence and negotiations, out of fear and fascination, through strategic tourism and, last but not least, exoticism.

Our primary reading will consist of four texts (see below). However, for the completion of the course curriculum students are strongly encouraged to have a look at the reading list of the American Studies section, as well as collections of texts such as the “Heath Anthology” or the “Norton Anthology”. Participants are encouraged to set their own priorities in preparation for this class and suggest further reading before the beginning of the semester.

ATTENTION: This is a READING class! Participants must be able to read and review quite a lot of material between the weekly sessions. The class is also designed to assist you with the reading list of the American Studies Section and aims to contribute to your understanding of key narratives of North American literature and culture. Most of the material will be provided via the Virtual Campus ahead of each session. Students are, however, required to read some texts before the beginning of the semester – either in print or as e-book.

Our first meeting will take place on May 5.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Required Reading: (print or e-book)

• James Fennimore Cooper, The Pioneers (1823)
• Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie (1935)
• Brian Hall, I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of Lewis and Clark (2003)
• Chris Dingess/Matthew Roberts/Owen Gieni, Manifest Destiny Volume 1: Flora & Fauna (2014)

The American (Post-)Apocalypse: From the 'City upon a Hill' to Zombiescape (Ü/Block Literary Studies)

Dozent/in:

Lucie Homann

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 6.5.2017, 9:00 - 17:00, U5/01.17
Einzeltermin am 7.5.2017, 10:00 - 17:00, U5/01.17
Einzeltermin am 20.5.2017, 9:00 - 17:00, U5/01.17
Einzeltermin am 21.5.2017, 10:00 - 17:00, U5/01.17
Vorbesprechung: Dienstag, 25.4.2017, 12:00 - 14:00 Uhr, U5/02.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF ohne BA-Arbeit):

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
• Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung 2 ECTS, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft

MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:

• Mastermodul Literaturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Master-Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft I oder II: Übung (2 ECTS)
• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA:

• Erweiterungsmodul I: Übung (2 ECTS)

Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft a (4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu RS: Zusatzmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GY:

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

Lehramt neu GY (ab WS 11/12): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Übung
Bachelor BWL, Studienschwerpunkt Wirtschaftspädagogik II: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Studium Generale: NICHT für Studierende im BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!

2. Voraussetzungen für Punktevergabe / Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation
• term paper in English (following the Style Sheet)
• Übung "Einführung in die Datenbankrecherche für Anglisten" (one-off event, enrollment via the Virtual Campus, Bereich "Bibliothek")

3. An- und Abmeldung / Enrollment:
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to theresa.roth@uni-bamberg.de

• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung: 28.3.-28.4.
• An-/ Abmeldung zur Prüfung: 14.6.-14.7.

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

Studierende, die an der Lehrveranstaltung als Gäste teilnehmen wollen, melden sich bitte nicht über FlexNow! sondern per Email (an: theresa.roth@uni-bamberg.de) an und erscheinen zur ersten Sitzung; erst dann kann endgültig geklärt werden, ob Gäste aufgenommen werden können.

Informationen on how to enrol via FlexNow: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/englit/news_englische_literaturwissenschaft/anmeldung_zu_lehrveranstaltungen_und_studienbegleitenden_leistungsnachweisen/

Inhalt:

The United States have long evinced a fascination with the imagination of the end. Especially in the 20th century, two world wars, environmental disasters and the threat of nuclear extinction during the cold war and after were developments that raised awareness of the possibility of a global collapse. Yet despite the negative aspects, the idea of global destruction also enables a renewal and the understanding of one s place in the world. In a world where geographical and social borders constantly shift and locality seems to dissolve into globality, people might be looking for a tabula rasa , a new structure in a disordered universe. Interestingly, in American culture the concept of apocalypse has been a powerful force much longer, and has shaped American literature from the very beginning of European settlement. In this seminar, we will focus on the never-ending fascination with the end of the world. We will discuss different apocalyptic narratives from the colonial period to the modern day s The Walking Dead . Our aim is to unveil the characteristic features of the American apocalypse by looking back on the country s unique past to understand the present boom.

Please note: There will be a preliminary mandatory meeting on April 25th, 12th o'clock. Further details will be sent to you via email shortly before that meeting.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Novels/Short Stories:

• McCarthy, Cormac: The Road (2006)
• Bradbury, Ray: Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
• Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Young Goodman Brown (1835)

Film/TV:

• Darabont, Frank: The Walking Dead (2010-)
• Lawrence, Francis: I Am Legend (2007)

Vorlesung: American Literature II (Realism - Postmodernism)

Dozent/in:

Christine Gerhardt

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U5/00.24
Einzeltermin am 11.5.2017, 12:00 - 14:00, U2/01.33

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Studienbeginn ab WS 14/15): Ergänzungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft Seminar + Übung (je nach Belegung 7, 5, oder 4 ECTS)

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09): freie Erweiterung (2 oder 4 ECTS)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Studium Generale (2 oder 4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft a (4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu RS: Zusatzmodul Literaturwissenschaft
Lehramt neu GY: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
Lehramt neu GY (ab WS 11/2): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:

• Master Module English and American Literature: Lecture (2 ECTS)
• Profile Modules English and American Literature: Lecture (2 ECTS)
• Consolidation Modules English and American Literature: Lecture (2 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies im Rahmen anderer MA:

• Master Module oder Profile Module I English and American Literature: Lecture (2 ECTS)

LA alt (alle), Magister, Diplom: Vorlesung Bachelor BWL, Studienschwerpunkt Wirtschaftspädagogik II:

• Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

Master Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II:

• Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

2. An- und Abmeldung (FlexNow) / Enrollment:
via FlexNow (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to christine.gerhardt(AT)uni-bamberg.de.)

• An-/Abmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung: 28.3.-28.4.
• An-/ Abmeldung zur Prüfung: 14.6.-14.7.

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Inhalt:

This lecture provides an overview of the United States literary history from the 1880s until today, focusing on the characteristic features of realism, naturalism, modernism and post-modernism. For each of these periods, the thematic, formal and stylistic elements of a wide range of novels, plays, short stories, poems and essays will be discussed in the broader context of America s cultural and intellectual history. In order to understand how different groups of Americans have imagined their culture at specific moments in time, we will analyze texts that address the diversity of American experiences in terms of race, class, gender, region, and political conviction. We will also explore the ways in which literary texts have critically engaged with the past and with other cultures, charting new directions for the relationship between literature and culture. Overall, we will investigate to which degree processes of modernization and the ideal of democratization can be understood as one of American literature s major driving forces.

V History of English Poetry: Romanticism to Modernism

Dozent/in:

Pascal Fischer

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 4, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis

Termine:

Di, 12:00 - 14:00, U5/00.24
Einzeltermin am 4.7.2017, 12:00 - 14:00, U5/02.18

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Modulzuordnung und Zugangsvoraussetzung / Part of modules resp. courses of study:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung:
Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Studienbeginn ab WS 14/15):
Ergänzungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft Seminar + Übung (je nach Belegung 7, 5, oder 4 ECTS)

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09):
freie Erweiterung (2 oder 4 ECTS)

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Studium Generale (2 oder 4 ECTS)

Lehramt neu GHS: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft a (4 ECTS)
Lehramt neu RS: Zusatzmodul Literaturwissenschaft
Lehramt neu GY: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Lehramt neu GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Basismodul Literaturwissenschaft
Lehramt neu GY (ab WS 11/2): Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
LA alt (alle), Magister, Diplom: Vorlesung

MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:
Master Module English and American Literature: Lecture (2 ECTS)
Profile Modules English and American Literature: Lecture (2 ECTS)
Consolidation Modules English and American Literature: Lecture (2 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies im Rahmen anderer MA:
Master Module oder Profile Module I English and American Literature: Lecture (2 ECTS)

An- und Abmeldung Lehrveranstaltung / Enrollment:
April 10 until April 28, 2017

via FlexNow "Professur für Anglistische und Amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft" (Students without access to FlexNow (Erasmus or Joint Degree) please send an email to pascal.fischer(at)uni-bamberg.de or carmen.zink(at)uni-bamberg.de.)

Inhalt:

This lecture course gives an overview of the development of English poetry from early Romanticism in the second half of the eighteenth century to the age of Modernism at the beginning of the twentieth century. Introducing the most important periods, literary schools and movements, the lecture also tries to challenge established systems of periodization and categorization. Close readings of individual poems will provide students with some tools for their own interpretations. Even though this is the second part of a two-semester course on the history of English poetry, having attended the first part is no prerequisite for the second.