'Writers from elsewhere' III: Reading Sulaiman Addonia

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mi, 12:00 - 14:00, 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! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

In his essay “‘Commonwealth Literature’ Does Not Exist,” Salman Rushdie devises the idea of ‘writers from elsewhere’ referring to those contemporary novelists, poets and playwrights who, although often not born into the English language, have chosen it as the medium of their expression. This new definition, in general, is a reaction to the idea of ‘Commonwealth Literature’ as formal and at times flattering appreciation of a diverse group of writers writing in English.

Sulaiman Addonia is one of the new millennial immigrant writers who is not only known for his transnational outlook and alternative uses of English but also for him writing about the backwards attitude to immigration and refugees, and the systemic racism that runs through our society to this day. He has so far published two novels and a few essays that extensively deal with memory, racism, discrimination, and displacement.

This course will offer an in-depth look at Sulaiman Addonia’s writing from linguistic, historical and cultural perspectives. We will analyse both his novels and essays in the light of Salman Rushdie’s idea of ‘writers from elsewhere.’ However, the primary objective of this course is to introduce Sulaiman Addonia and his writings to students.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory Reading:
Novels:
The Consequences of Love (2009)
Silence is My Mother Tongue (2018)

Essays:
“In Search of Beauty: Blackness as a Poem in Saudi Arabia” (2019)
“The Wound of Multilingualism: On Surrendering the Languages of Home” (2020)

Betreuungsübung für Bachelorarbeiten

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

(De)Registration via FlexNow: 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59

Crime Fiction, Femininities and Masculinities I: The 19th Century

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

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

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!: 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 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 first of a three-part “Übung” on crime fiction and gender. It specifically covers the beginnings of British crime fiction in the middle of the 19th century and ends with the turn of the century. 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.
In the winter semester 2021/22, part II will cover the early 20th century until roughly the 1950s, laying its focus on the so called “Golden Age” of crime fiction, i.e. the 1920s and 30s. Part III (summer semester 2022) will then conclude this series of Übungen with gender and modern crime fiction from the 1950s/60s to today.

This course also serves as a preparation for the international conference “Captivating Criminality 8: Crime Fiction, Femininities and Masculinities” (25-27 November 2021). 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:
To read before the beginning of the semester:
Edgar Allen Poe. “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” 1841. Short story available online

To read during the semester:
Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White . 1859. (Novel available online via Project Gutenberg Australia)
Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Lady Audley’s Secret. 1862. (Novel available online via Project Gutenberg Australia)
Israel Zangwill. The Big Bow Mystery . 1891. (Novel available online via Project Gutenberg Australia)
Allen Grant. Hilda Wade . 1899. (Novel available online via Project Gutenberg Australia)
Several short stories by Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Arthur Morrison will be published on the VC in the beginning of the semester.

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!: 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 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.

Introduction to Science Fiction

Dozent/in:

Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mi, 10:15 - 11:45, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

1.1 Seminar
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

1.2 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

open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung)
open for Ergänzungsmodule Literaturwissenschaft

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Science Fiction is a worldwide popular and influential genre in not only literature but also film and other media. A genre of speculative fiction, or also known as “literature of ideas”, Sci-Fi captivates readers with stories that stretch one’s sense of wonder and imagination. In addition to its entertainment qualities, the genre also allows for a critique on the relationship between human kind and the environment, society and technology. Therefore, it is no wonder this type of fiction has been used as a form of social protest.
Because of the genre’s vastness, the concepts and themes it addresses are also numerous, making it complex to be defined. Thus, throughout this course we shall be introduced to the Science Fiction genre and its long history, study the common elements which compose it and analyse how issues such as those of gender, identity, race (amongst others) are represented and speculated upon.
We shall start with an overview of Shelley’s Frankenstein, considered a mark in the development of the genre, and progressively make our way through the 19th and 20th centuries, for instance, with the works of H. G. Wells who popularised the genre with ideas of time-travel, people on the moon and war between worlds; or Huxley (and later Piercy) and his take on reproductive technology; and Asimov who wrote, amidst many things, about robots and their place in society among humans.

Empfohlene Literatur:

To be read prior to the semester begin:
Wells, H. G. Time Machine.
Wells, H. G. War of the Worlds.

To be read during the semester:
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World.
Asimov, Isaac. I, Robot.
Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Le Guin, Ursula K. The left Hand of Darkness.
Piercy, Marge. Woman on the Edge of Time.

Jews in England: From William the Conqueror to Oliver Cromwell and Beyond

Dozent/in:

Christoph Houswitschka

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Kultur und Bildung, Zentrum für Interreligiöse Studien, Erweiterungsbereich

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, Raum n.V.
Einzeltermin am 9.7.2021, 12:00 - 20:00, Raum n.V.
Einzeltermin am 10.7.2021, Einzeltermin am 11.7.2021, 9:00 - 20:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
all modules including an obligatory/optional lecture (2 or 4 ECTS) in literature and culture
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 and Culture (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 06. April 2021 an kerstin-anja.muenderlein(at)uni-bamberg.de

Modulzuordnung für Judaist/innen:
BA-Hauptfach Jüdische Studien:
V/H-1 (Jüdische Literatur, Kunst und Kultur)
BA-Nebenfach Jüdische Studien und Judaistik 45:
V/N-45 2a+3a (Sprache und Literatur)

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

This lecture will offer you a survey of many centuries of Jewish life in Great Britain. Jews arrived with the Norman conquerors in the 11th century. The emphasis is on Jewish life in the Middle Ages (York Pogrom and blood libel) and Jews in English literature (Chaucer and Shakespeare). Jews were driven out of England under Edward I in the 13th century to return under Puritan rule in the 17th century. Oliver Cromwell championed readmission of Jews from the Continent using a variety of arguments that present England as a rapidly changing, progressive society. Eighteenth-century enlightenment and Victorian middle-class culture brought about the assimilation of many Jews. When hundreds of thousands of Ashkenazi arrived from Eastern Europe around the turn of the 19th century, the London East End and other cities in England became centres of Jewish culture.
The lecture will not only address Jewish immigration and the thriving Jewish communities, its literature and its cultural and scientific achievements, but also antisemitism and ‘the trials of diaspora’. Finally, the lecture informs you about Jewish synagogues, the London Jewish Museum, and forms of Holocaust Memory in the UK.

Key Texts in Literary Theory

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

Übung, 1 SWS, ECTS: 1, Studium Generale

Termine:

jede 2. Woche Mi, 20:00 - 22:00, Raum n.V.
First Session: April 21st!

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)

• alle alten Studiengänge: Übung (1 ECTS)

NOT open for Consolidation Module

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 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.

Preparatory Course for Bavarian State Exam (English Literature)

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module allocation
all modules including an exam preparation (Examensübung/ Übung für Examenskandidaten)

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: 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59

Inhalt:

This course is designed specifically for students of all "Lehrämter" who prepare for the written "Staatsexamen" 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.

Refugees and Forced Migration: Introduction to Refugee Studies

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

Seminar/Proseminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS
LY GY: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS

1.2 Übung
all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature and culture 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 (Übung)
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature (NOT culture)

(De)Registration in FlexNow: 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59

Inhalt:

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, around 80 million people – one in 100 people on the planet – have been forced to leave their homes because of the violent conflict, persecution, famine, or natural disaster. A majority of them are refugees, which is almost 26 million (UNHCR, 2020). These high numbers tell us that the conflict and disaster driven displacement and forced movement of millions of people across the globe is one of the most pressing humanitarian issues of the current century.

Furthermore, this high number of refugees or forced migrants result from a combination of intertwined factors including but not limited to civil war, risk of genocide, internal violence perpetrated by religious extremism, natural disaster due to climate change, and an uneven social and economic development. However, specifically in Europe and the USA, the current political discourse over refugees or forced migration revolves around topics like legal bans, border security, state policies and victimisation of the people, which ignores the humanitarian and human right side of the debate. In our study, we will attempt to analyse these political dimensions as well as the lexicon that differentiates between refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and aliens.

This class will offer a survey of different intellectual, analytical and research tools to study the complexities of forced migration and refugeehood. To do so, this class will be incorporating theories and literature from different academic disciplines. The class will begin by mapping the political and theoretical field of refugee studies, which then leads to exploring how refugees have portrayed themselves and have been portrayed in literature, film, and art. Finally, this class will inquire how different formal qualities of each piece of literature or film or art dictate our understanding of the refugees.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory Reading:
Texts:
Refugee Tales (2016)
Refugee Tales II (2017)
Refugee Tales III (2019)
Viet Thanh Nguyen. The Refugees (2017)
Viet Thanh Nguyen. The Displaced (2018)

Films:
Mathew Cassel. The Journey (2016)
Ai Weiwei. Human Flow (2017)
Hassan Fazili. Midnight Traveller (2019)

A more detailed syllabus will be announced in the first session of the class.

The quickest writers off the block: Fictional Responses to Brexit

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, Raum n.V.

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

1.2 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
Open for Consolidation Module Literature (Übung)
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

To elaborate on Theresa May’s now-famous statement, Brexit not only means Brexit, but Brexit also means BrexLit! The label ‘BrexLit’ was coined by the Financial Times in 2016 to account for the substantial – and ongoing – literary output in the years before, during and after the Brexit referendum on 23 June 2016, which settled the separation of the UK from the European Union. The Leave vs. Remain campaigns triggered some of the most polarising debates ever witnessed in the UK, laying bare the profound fissures running through British society as well as the traditionally strained relationship between the UK and ‘the Continent’. That these current events call for investigation and explanation from across all disciplines seems only natural and, of course, British writers have contributed their share by exploring, more or less explicitly, the causes and implications of the Brexit referendum through the medium of fiction.
We will begin our seminar by problematising notions of Englishness and Britishness in the 21st century and investigate why the British have been reluctant Europeans from the beginnings of European unification. In a second step, we will examine the vocabulary of the Leave and Remain Campaigns. With these preliminaries in mind, we will explore the heterogeneous field of BrexLit. The mandatory reading for this class will comprise a variety of genres – satire, poetry, drama, short story, the novel and even music and film – and will allow for a discussion of topics as diverse as post-truth politics and fake news, hate crime, the challenges of ageing, the refugee crisis, queer and regional identities as well as environmental affairs.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Reading List:
Ali Smith, Autumn (2016)
Carol Ann Duffy, My Country: A Work in Progress (2017)
Mohsin Hamid, Exit West (2017)
Zadie Smith, “The Lazy River” (2017; available online)
Lucien Young, Alice in Brexitland (2017)
Ian McEwan, The Cockroach (2019)
John Lanchester, The Wall (2019)
Alexandra Büchler, Alison Evans, eds. Zero Hours on the Boulevard: Tales of Independence and Belonging (2019; short stories will be made available on the VC)
Poems of the 'Shore to Shore' Tour (will be made available on the VC)

War, Migration and Cultural Bereavement in Exit West and The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Dozent/in:

Mahbub Alam

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale

Termine:

Mi, 18:00 - 20:00, Raum n.V.
Room: FL2/01.01

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

all modules including an obligatory/optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literature or culture in
LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
MA English and American Studies
MA WiPäd
Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. (De)Registration: in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

The damage associated with war is not limited to only monetary loss or physical injury. In The Beekeeper of Aleppo the death of Afra’s son leaves her with suicidal despair. Eventually, she loses her eyesight because of psychological trauma. The traumatized victims of war must move on to find a better life in richer countries where they can forget the scars of war and start a new life. However, the journey itself is perilous and only the lucky and strong ones can make it through. Exit West explores narratives of a wide variety of refugees, including the plight of migrant laborers who are separated from their children, and hostile response of locals in European borders. In Exit West Hamid links the voluntary immigration of the members of elite societies to forced migration of people from war torn countries. This connection between forced migration and voluntary immigration encourages an intense debate on globalization and migration.
Considering the unfortunate stories of the characters in Exit West and The Beekeeper of Aleppo, this course will look at how war and cultural bereavement affect mental health. This course will also offer an overview of migration, globalization and multiculturalism.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory Reading:

Hamid, Mohsin. Exit West. Penguin, 2018.
Lefteri, Christy. The Beekeeper of Aleppo. Zaffre, 2020.

American Literature I (Colonial Era - Romanticism)

Dozent/in:

Christine Gerhardt

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Mo, 16:00 - 18:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All modules including an obligatory or optional lecture (Vorlesung) for 2 or 4 ECTS in literary studies:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
• Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
• Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
• MA English and American Studies
• MA Berufliche Bildung
• MA WiPäd
• Studium Generale (not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)

>> Open for Consolidation Module literary studies (LECTURE)!

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation
• only Consolidation module: oral exam (see website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/consolidation-module-ma/)
• only Studium Generale: written test on pass/fail basis (options: 2 ECTS=45 minutes; 4 ECTS= 90 minutes)
• only Erasmus/exchange students: graded written test (options: 2 ECTS=45 minutes; 4 ECTS= 90 minutes)

3. FlexNow-Registration:

• Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
• ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Students enrolled for this class will be registered in the VC class by the instructor in the first week of the semester!

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:

This lecture provides an overview of America's literary history, focusing on the colonial era, the enlightenment, and romanticism.

The thematic, formal and stylistic features of a wide range of texts—sermons, travelogues, poems, essays, short stories, and novels—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 religion, race, class, gender, region, and political conviction. We will also explore how texts from different genres have critically engaged with the past and with other cultures, charting new directions for the relationship between literature and culture.

Overall, we will interrogate to which degree processes of modernization and the ideal of democratization can be understood as American literature's driving forces.

The syllabus will be available on the Virtual Campus.

Examenvorbereitung Staatsexamen "Amerikanische Literatur" (Repetitorium)

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All teaching degrees requiring an exam preparation class for their state exam in literary studies (Examensübung Staatsexamen Literaturwissenschaft):

• LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY (Examensübung/Repetitorium 2 ECTS)
• Studium Generale (not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• completion of advanced module (Aufbaumodul)
• active participation (individual tasks and group work)

3. FlexNow-Registration:

• Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
• ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Students enrolled for this class will be registered in the VC class by the instructor in the first week of the semester!

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:

Dieser Kurs richtet sich gezielt an Lehramtsstudierende, die sich auf das erste Staatsexamen in Amerikanischer Literatur vorbereiten. Studierende anderer Abschlüsse sind allerdings auch herzlich willkommen. Da die Staatsexamensprüfung auf Deutsch geschrieben, wird, ist die Unterrichtssprache des Repetitoriums ebenfalls Deutsch.

Das Repetitorium unterstützt Studierende in ihrer Vorbereitung auf die schriftliche Abschlussprüfung im ersten Staatsexamen. Neben allgemeinen Hinweisen zur schriftlichen Prüfung werden zentrale Inhalte der Literaturwissenschaft wiederholt und mithilfe potentieller Themen der schriftlichen Prüfung gemeinsam besprochen. Aktive Mitgestaltung der einzelnen Sitzungen ist absolut unerlässlich und wird gerne auch durch individuelle Konsultation unterstützt. Als Ergänzung zum Repetitorium wird der (ggf. erneute) Besuch der Vorlesung „American Literature“ von Prof. Dr. Christine Gerhardt empfohlen.

Die konkreten Übungen werden gemeinsam mit den Studierenden und somit entsprechend ihrer jeweiligen Schwerpunkte in der ersten Sitzung festgelegt. Sämtliches Material wird über den VC bereitgestellt.

Wichtig: Bitte beachten Sie, dass das Repetitorium für Amerikanische Literatur nur jeweils im Sommersemester angeboten wird.

Forschungsseminar und Betreuungsübung BA/MA/LA (Amerikanistik)

Dozent/in:

Eva-Sabine Zehelein

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All degrees including a research seminar (Betreuungsübung) for literary studies or cultural studies:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Betreuungsübung 2 ECTS)
• BA Medieval Studies (Intensivierungsmodul 5 ECTS, wenn die BA-Arbeit in Amerikanischer Literaturwissenschaft oder Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird)
• Lehramt GY (Betreuungsübung begleitend zur Zulassungsarbeit)
• MA English and American Studies (Betreuungsübung 2 ECTS)
• MA Medieval Studies (Intensivierungsmodul 5 ECTS, wenn die MA-Arbeit in Amerikanischer Literaturwissenschaft oder Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird)
• alle alten Studiengänge (Betreuungsübung begleitend zur Magisterarbeit)

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• completion of advanced module (Aufbaumodul)
• active participation (individual tasks and group work)
• presentation in English
• only M.A. supervision: thesis defense (30 minutes)

Please contact the instructor beforehand to discuss your general idea and the possibility of thesis supervision!

3. FlexNow-Registration:

• Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
• ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Students enrolled for this class will be registered in the VC class by the instructor in the first week of the semester!

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:

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."

Please contact PD Dr. Zehelein well in advance to discuss your topic and the requirements for the supervision.

How to Write a Term Paper (inkl. Betreuungsübung BA Amerikanistik)

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Di, 18:00 - 21:00, Raum n.V.
First Session: April 20, 6 p.m. (sharp) via MS Teams

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

How to Write a Term Paper in literary or cultural studies

• B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Übung 2 ECTS im Basismodul oder Aufbaumodul)
• Lehramtsstudiengänge Englisch: (Übung 2 ECTS im Basismodul oder Aufbaumodul)
• Studium Generale (not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)

Thesis supervision in literary or cultural studies

• B.A. Anglistik/Amerikanistik (nur HF mit B.A.-Arbeit) (Betreuungsübung 2 ECTS)
• B.A. Medieval Studies: (Intensivierungsmodul 2 ECTS, wenn die B.A.-Arbeit in Kulturwissenschaft geschrieben wird)

Please contact the instructor beforehand to discuss your general idea and the possibility of thesis supervision!

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation (individual tasks and group work)
• presentation in English (Erasmus/exchange students and B.A. candidates only!)

3. FlexNow-Registration:

• Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
• ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Students enrolled for this class will be registered in the VC class by the instructor in the first week of the semester!

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:

This course aims to assist students in writing their first term paper in literary or cultural studies in Bamberg. We will discuss general formal aspects and content related criteria of an academic paper, such as possible topics, structure, suitable theoretical approaches. Primarily, however, we will practice how to choose a topic, how to develop a coherent structure, how to involve theoretical frameworks, and how to adhere to the MLA citation rules. Finally, we will discuss the different types of source material that are suitable for the list of references of your paper. Students have the chance to present a provisional outline in a closed discussion forum, where they will receive feedback from fellow students and the instructor.

This course is also addressed at students who are writing their BA-thesis with Dr. Konopka (American Studies). Therefore, this course provides the guidance sessions for the BA thesis (Betreuungsübung) for students in the BA programs who write their thesis in literary or cultural studies. It assists students in the preparation of their final paper, and gives them an opportunity to discuss their work with other students. BA-candidates will present parts of their final paper, offering it for discussion and feedback. If you are planning to attend this class, make sure that the instructor will also be your thesis advisor. Please contact Dr. Konopka well in advance to discuss your topic and the requirements for the supervision.

Please note that this is a practical training course and not a lecture! Everyone is expected to participate in the tasks and discussions.

FIRST SESSION: April 20, 6 p.m. (sharp) on MS Teams (teams code will be provided via the VC)

Indigenous America in the 21st Century: A Cultural Examination

Dozent/in:

Johanna Feier

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität, Kultur und Bildung

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

All modules including an obligatory or optional reading tutorial (Übung) for literary studies or cultural studies:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik
• LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY
• MA English and American Studies
• MA WiPäd
• Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies
• Studium Generale (not BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik!)

>> OPEN for Consolidation Module literary studies and cultural studies!

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation (individual tasks and group work)
• presentation in English
• only Consolidation module: oral exam (see website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/consolidation-module-ma/ )

3. FlexNow-Registration:

• Course (de)enrollment: March 1st – May 1st, 2021
• ECTS (de)registration: June 1st – July 1st, 2021

Students enrolled for this class will be registered in the VC class by the instructor in the first week of the semester!

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:

In this course, we will examine how indigenous authors and filmmakers engage with contemporary issues of Native America. How do their stories negotiate the individual and communal situations of indigenous peoples on a continent characterized by over four hundred years of cultural, socio-economic, and political oppression? Recent events have marked historic milestones in recognizing Native Americans on a national stage. The nomination of Deb Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo, to become Secretary of the Interior would make her – if confirmed – the first ever Native American cabinet secretary and head of the fraught Bureau of Indian Affairs. Joy Harjo, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, became the first indigenous American writer to be named the United States Poet Laureate in 2019. While these long overdue steps signify crucial strides in formally acknowledging the cultural, public contributions of Native Americans, they also shed light on the sweeping marginalization that indigenes in the U.S. continue to experience.

Through a study of selected works by Harjo, Natalie Diaz, Luci Tapahonso, Layli Long Soldier, and Stephen Graham Jones, among others, and films such as Sterlin Harjo’s Four Sheets to the Wind and Andrew Okpeaha MacLean’s Sikumi, we will analyze an array of storytellers’ versions of indigenous America in the 21st century.

Empfohlene Literatur:

A digital reader will be made available at the beginning of the course.

Ü The Doppelgänger in Anglo-American Literature and Culture

Dozent/in:

Pascal Fischer

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Do, 10:00 - 12:00, OK8/02.04
Die Lehrveranstaltung findet zunächst online statt und wird im Falle einer deutlich verbesserten Infektionssituation auf Präsenz umgestellt.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

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

LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Aufbaumodul Englische und Amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
Vertiefungsmodul Englische und Amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)

MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:
Master Module English and American Literature: Tutorial (2 ECTS)
Profile Module English and American Literature I + II: Tutorial (2 ECTS)
Consolidation Module English and American Literature I: Tutorial (2 ECTS)

Lehrämter:
RS: Zusatzmodul Englische und Amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft (Wahlpflicht) (2 ECTS)
GY: Aufbau-, Vertiefungs- und Wahlpflichtmodul Englische und Amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

KULTURWISSENSCHAFT
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Basismodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
Aufbaumodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)
Vertiefungsmodul Britische und AmerikanischeKulturwissenschaft: Übung (2 ECTS)

MA English and American Studies/Joint Degree:
Master Module British and American Culture: Tutorial (2 ECTS)
Profile Module British and American Culture I + II: Tutorial (2 ECTS)
Consolidation Module British and American Culture I: Tutorial (2 ECTS)

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies im Rahmen anderer MA:
Master Module oder Profile Module British and American Culture: Tutorial (2 ECTS)

MA WiPäd: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft (Übung 2 ECTS)

B.A./M.A. Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies:
Basismodul, Aufbaumodul: Übung Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

Lehrämter:
RS/BS: Zusatzmodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft (Wahlpflicht) (2 ECTS)
GY: Wahlpflichtmodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
WiPäd: Basismodul Britische und Amerikanische Kulturwissenschaft (Wahlpflicht) (2 ECTS)

An- und Abmeldung Lehrveranstaltung / Enrollment:
March 22 until April 16, 2021

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:

Doppelgänger (also spelled doppelganger) is one of those German expressions that have become established in English. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term as the “apparition of a living person; a double, a wraith.” The literary and psychological concept is now frequently understood as a device to highlight questions of identity, self and other. Apart from studying the theoretical ramifications of the doppelgänger, the seminar will look at concrete examples of doubles in fiction, film and art.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Texts addressed in class include:
• James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824)
• Edgar Allan Poe, “William Wilson” (1839)
• Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1868)
• Joseph Conrad, “The Secret Sharer” (1910)
• Philip Roth, “Eli, the Fanatic” (1959)
• Chuck Palahniuk / David Fincher, Fight Club (movie, 1999)