Afropolitanism and Afropolitan Literature: the New Voices of Africa

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mi, 12:00 - 14:00, KR14/00.06

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): 01.03.2022, 10:00 – 07.05.2022, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

In her article “Bye-Bye, Babar” (2005), Taiye Selasi coined the word “Afropolitans.” She argues for a new identity for Africans living in the global north. She defines them as Africans of the world, who are not attached to any specific African language, mother tongue, religion, or culture. So, Afropolitanism is the phenomenon of celebrating Africanness, which Simon Gikandi articulates as “a way of being African in the world.”
In this course, we will discuss the history and ideologies of Afropolitanism and how it has been reflected in Teju Cole, Chimamanda Adichie, Yaa Gyasi, and Taye Selasi’s writings. In addition, this course will provide the space to explore Afropolitanism in relation to African identities, cosmopolitanism, diaspora, migration, and transnationalism. Moreover, we will read and look at the texts of this new generation of writers as a critique of western global power.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory reading:

Students are advised to buy and start reading the following books BEFORE the start of the semester.

Chimamanda Adichie, Americanah (2013)
Teju Cole, Open City (2011)
Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing (2016)
Taiya Selasi, Ghana Must Go (2013)

A list with secondary reading material will be provided during the semester.

Betreuungsübung für Bachelorarbeiten, Masterarbeiten und Zulassungsarbeiten

Dozent/in:

Katrin Röder

Angaben:

Übung

Termine:

Di, 18:30 - 20:00, U9/02.01

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 Thesis (2 ECTS), if the MA thesis is written in the department of English Literature (Prof. Röder)
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!: 01.03.2022, 10:00 – 07.05.2022, 23:59

Inhalt:

This course is addressed at students who are preparing for or working on a final thesis in English or American Literature. 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 individual consultations and occasional plenary sessions. In the plenary sessions, we shall discuss more general topics, how to use theory, how to build an argument and also formal aspects and criteria of a thesis. 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".
Students who signed up for this course will be contacted by Prof. Röder in late April.

Crime Fiction, Femininities and Masculinities III: From the 1960s to Today

Dozent/in:

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mo, 18:00 - 20:00, LU19/00.13
Einzeltermin am 30.6.2022, 6:00 - 8:00, U2/00.25
Einzeltermin am 1.7.2022, 20:00 - 23:30, 6:00 - 8:00, U2/00.25
Einzeltermin am 22.7.2022, 10:00 - 16:00, U5/02.17

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!: 01.03.2022, 10:00 07.05.2022, 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 third of a three-part Übung on crime fiction and gender. It specifically covers the second half of 20th-Century British crime fiction with a focus on the police procedural and the thriller. Besides, the class will also cover more "quirky" forms of contemporary crime fiction, such as animal crime novels. 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.

This course also serves as a preparation for the international conference Captivating Criminality 8: Crime Fiction, Femininities and Masculinities (30 June to 2 July 2022). The conference itself it part of the class and students can choose which (or how many) panels they wish to attend to make up for the full class time. 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. All of this will be explained in detail in the first session of class.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory reading (in reading order throughout the semester):

Ruth Rendell. From Doon with Death. 1964.
Tom Stoppard. The Real Inspector Hound. 1968.
Peter Lovesey. Wobble to Death. 1970.
P.D. James. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman. 1972.
Ian Rankin. Knots and Crosses. 1987.
Val McDermid. The Mermaids Singing. 1995.
Ben Aaronovitch. The Rivers of London. 2011.
A.B. Greenfield. Ra the Mighty: Cat Detective. 2018.
S.J. Bennet. The Windsor Knot. 2020.

Introduction to LGBTQIA+ Literature and Culture, part II

Dozent/in:

Igor Almeida Ferreira Baldoino

Angaben:

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

Termine:

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

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS (NUR Literaturwissenschaft!)
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: 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 Literature (Übung; literature only)
open for Ergänzungsmodule Literaturwissenschaft (literature only)

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2022, 10:00 – 07.05.2022, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

In the early hours of June 28, 1969, New York police raided the Stonewall Inn. The patrons, led by drag queens and trans people, fought back against years of police harassment, igniting several days and nights of pivotal demonstrations. 2019 marked the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and a half-century of LGBTQIA+ liberation. 
Derived from this spirit, this course offers an in-depth look at LGBTQIA+ literature, culture and history from antiquity to present days. With the aid of different media (text, film and television) we will analyse key literary gay, lesbian, trans and non-binary works such as The Picture of Dorian Gray and its homoerotic undertones as well as have a closer look at Oscar Wilde’s trials and homosexual depiction in Victorian times; one of, if not the, first gay love story by E. M. Forster Maurice; with Angels in America we will analyse gay representation in theatre and also the HIV/Aids crisis in the 1980s. 
Finally, we move to the screen as we watch and learn about political activism with Harvey Milk, Drag culture in the 80s with Paris is Burning and move on to the worldwide phenomenon RuPaul’s Drag Race. 

Empfohlene Literatur:

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
Forster, E. M. Maurice (1913-71)
Hall, Radclyffe. The Well of Loneliness (1928)
Woolf, Virginia. Orlando (1928)
Kushner, Tony. Angels in America (1991)
Burroughs, William S. Queer (1985)
Livingston, Jennie. Paris is Burning (1991)
Van Sant, Gus. Milk (2009)
Sharman, Jim. Rocky Horror Picture Show (1973)

More to be added during the course

Narrating Space

Dozent/in:

Susan Brähler

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Do, 14:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 24.6.2022, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
1.1 Seminar
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft/ freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS und Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: 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

NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2022, 10:00 07.05.2022, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

Why should you select a seminar on space in narrative texts when the rise of social media, of transitory, ahistorical places like Starbucks cafés and airports, of globalization and the time-space-compression brought about by modern travel and the internet all point into one direction: the end of space?

Proponents of the so-called Spatial Turn have, since the mid-1980s, insisted on the relevance of space as a theoretical category beyond (postmodern) geography, in the humanities and the social sciences. Instead of giving in to the disappearance of space, they have called for its re-definition: Space is a social construction relevant to [ ] the production of cultural phenomena (Warf/Arias 2009, 1). Spaces are performative, processual and multi-dimensional structures. They are political and ideological: producers of space decide who may belong and not belong; spaces reflect conceptions of self and other.

Up until the Spatial Turn, space had traditionally been a neglected category in narrative theory. Narratologists conceived of it as a mere backdrop to plot, prioritising time over space . If narrative is defined as a sequence of events, where events are changes of states which are brought about or endured by individual existents, then it is indispensable to note, however, that these existents have bodies that both occupy space and are situated in space (Ryan/Foote/Azaryahu 2016, 16). Cognitive narratology grants space an essential part [in] the mental act of narrative world (re)construction, since the imagination can only picture objects that present spatial extension (ibid.) Since the expansion of structuralist narratology into an array of postclassical and especially contextualist narratologies, scholarly interest in the narrativisation of space has been unbroken and has profited from the spatial concepts of, for example, Postcolonial, Refugee, Tourism and Gender Studies.

This seminar offers a survey of narratological approaches to the analysis of narrative space spanning from the work of Jurij Lotman to Marie-Laure Ryan. Students will be introduced to the spatial theories of Michel Foucault, Henry Lefebvre, Edward Soja as well as those developed within Gender, Postcolonial and Tourism Studies. The primary texts we will cover in class span a variety of genres, themes and narrative/narrated spaces: We will be interested in Charles Dickens s as well as post-7/7 London, the Yorkshire moors, the Africa of Mary Kingsley and Henry Morton Stanley, in borders and border-crossings, in houses which spread a feeling of at-homeness and labyrinthine Gothic houses preventing in its inhabitants any such feelings. We will travel to Cold-War Berlin and to the Caribbean, investigate the unnatural, i. e. physically impossible, spaces of postmodern and postcolonial writing and follow refugees through magic doors around the globe.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Mandatory reading:

Students need to read the following texts:
E. M. Forster, Howards End (1910)
Gabriel Josipovici, Second Person Looking Out (1977), Mobius the Stripper (1974; short stories will be made available on VC)
Ian McEwan, The Innocent (1990)
Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching (2009)
Mohsin Hamid, Exit West (2017)

Excerpts from the following texts will be made available on the Virtual Campus:
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist (1837-9)
Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (1847)
Henry Morton Stanley, Through the Dark Continent (1878)
Mary Kingsley, Travels in West Africa (1897)
D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley s Lover (1928)
Jamaica Kincaid, A Small Place (1988)
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone (1997)
John Lanchester, Capital (2012)
Ali Smith, Autumn (2016)

Postcolonial Novels and Novelists from South Asia

Dozent/in:

Touhid Chowdhury

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Di, 18:00 - 20:00, MG1/01.02

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): 01.03.2022, 10:00 – 07.05.2022, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Inhalt:

This course will explore the postcolonial novels by writers of South Asian origin, which have been both written and published in the last two decades. We will examine literary dynamics of postcolonial South Asia and look at them as manifested in selected novels. The course will also discuss and explore themes such as identity, sexuality, nation-building, partition, exile and migration. We will also touch on critical issues relevant to the region and its Diasporas around the world.

Each participant is expected to give a short presentation on the major topics of one text and lead us into a discussion. The central part of each session, however, will be devoted to close readings and to situating the text concerning its historical, cultural, and social context.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Obligatory reading:

Students are advised to buy and start reading the following books BEFORE the start of the semester.

Ali, Monica. Brick Lane (2003)
Anam, Tahmima. A Golden Age (2007)
Hamid, Mohsin. Exit West (2017)
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner (2003)
Rahman, Mahmud. Killing the Water (2010)
Roy, Arundhati. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017)
Shamsie, Kamila. Burnt Shadows (2009)

A list with secondary literature will be provided during the semester.

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, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 9.7.2022, 9:00 - 16:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module allocation
all modules including an exam preparation (Examensübung/ Übung für Examenskandidaten) in literature (Focus on English literature)

Übung in "Vertiefungsmodul" or "Master Module" in any of the following courses of study

LA GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik

MA English and American Studies

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

2. FlexNow (de-) registration: 01.03.2022, 10:00 07.05.2022, 23:59

Inhalt:

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

Students will first revise basic terminology for the analysis of poems, narrative and dramatic texts and receive an overview of literary history. After that, each session will be dedicated to one set of "Staatsexamen" questions from previous years. The course will cover all of the "Körbe" used in Staatsexamen (englische Literatur) (e.g. "Thema 1: Dramatische Texte der Renaissance," "Thema 6: Narrative und expositorische Texte des 19. Jahrhunderts" etc.). After the revision sessions, each session will be divided into a revision of the literary history of the respective "Korb" and a detailed analysis of one state exam question from this "Korb". All participants need to prepare a presentation based on these questions and the literary and historical background for each of them.

Supervision tutorial for BA theses in English Literature

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: 01.03.2022, 10:00 – 07.05.2022, 23:59

Inhalt:

This supervision tutorial is specifically designed to prepare students for their Bachelor's thesis in English Literature. The course covers legal requirements (registering the thesis), formal aspects (style sheet, etc.), discusses structural aspects and requirements of a final paper, and gives students the opportuntiy to discuss their individual papers with a lecturer and fellow students.

Examenvorbereitung Staatsexamen Amerikanische Literatur (Repetitorium)

Dozent/in:

Eva-Sabine Zehelein

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mo, 10:00 - 12:00, OK8/02.04
Einzeltermin am 27.6.2022, 10:00 - 12:00, U2/00.26
Sitzung am 27.6.2022: anderer Raum!

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 Participation (de)enrollment: March 15 May 01, 2022
• ECTS/Exam (de)registration: June 01 July 01, 2022

Guest auditors: please contact lecturer via e-mail.

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

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

Inhalt:

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, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 18:00, OK8/02.04
(14tägig)

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)
• 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 Participation (de)enrollment: March 15 – May 01, 2022
• ECTS/Exam (de)registration: June 01 – July 01, 2022

Guest auditors: please contact lecturer via e-mail.

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

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

Inhalt:

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.

Empfohlene Literatur:

All readings will be provided via the VC!

How to Write a Term Paper | Betreuungsübung B.A. Amerikanistik

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 6.5.2022, Einzeltermin am 20.5.2022, Einzeltermin am 3.6.2022, Einzeltermin am 24.6.2022, Einzeltermin am 8.7.2022, 12:00 - 16:00, U5/01.17

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)
• only B.A. candidates: completion of respective advanced level module (Aufbaumodul)
• Only Studium Generale, exchange students, and B.A. candidates: final presentation in English

3. FlexNow-Registration:

• Course Participation (de)enrollment: March 15 – May 01, 2022
• ECTS/Exam (de)registration: June 01 – July 01, 2022

Guest auditors: please contact lecturer via e-mail.

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

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

Inhalt:

This course aims to assist students in the Basismodul 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 in the Vertiefungsmodul who are preparing or working at a BA-thesis in American Literature or Culture. 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 Ms. 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! You are expected to participate in the tasks and discussions.

Key Texts in Literary Theory (Methodenübung für das Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft)

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

Übung, 1 SWS, ECTS: 1, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Mi, 12:00 - 14:00, U9/01.11
Sessions: April 27, May 04, May 18, June 01, June 15, June 22, July 06, July 20

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

• BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Key Texts in Literary Theories Übung 1 ECTS)
• alle alten Studiengänge (Übung literary studies 1 ECTS)
• Studium Generale (Übung1 ECTS)

>> NOT Open for ‘Ergänzungsmodul’ cultural studies!

2. Prerequisites for obtaining credit points:

• active participation (individual tasks and group work)
• oral exam (see website for details: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/ergaenzungsmodul-ba/ )

3. FlexNow-Registration:

• Course Participation (de)enrollment: March 15 – May 01, 2022
• ECTS/Exam (de)registration: June 01 – July 01, 2022

Guest auditors: please contact lecturer via e-mail.

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

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

Inhalt:

In this seminar, we will study trends and schools in literary theory since the 1950s. Our reading includes key texts by thinkers identified with formalism and structuralism, deconstruction and post-structuralism, gender studies and queer theory, psychoanalytical criticism, (Neo-)Marxism and Cultural Materialism, New Historicism, postcolonial criticism, and reader-response theory.

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 all sessions and contribute to class discussions. Your input is mandatory and will be welcome!

Empfohlene Literatur:

A course reader will be available for students of this class one week BEFORE the first session.

The American West:ern: Exploring the Myth, the Place, the Genre

Dozent/in:

Nicole K. Konopka

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Mo, 12:00 - 14:00, SP17/00.13

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)
• only Consolidation module: oral exam (see website for more information: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/amerikanistik/studium/consolidation-module-ma/ )

3. FlexNow-Registration:

• Course Participation (de)enrollment: March 15 – May 01, 2022
• ECTS/Exam (de)registration: June 01 – July 01, 2022

Guest auditors: please contact lecturer via e-mail.

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

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

Inhalt:

In this class, we will explore the ongoing fascination with the American Old West – in the US and abroad. Based on a wide range of source material, we will critically discuss cultural narratives such as the western frontier, manifest destiny, westward expansion, and American exceptionalism – as well as their corresponding counter-narratives.

To gain a deeper understanding of the complexity of cultural production and its socio-political, as well as artistic implications, we will work with literary text and, of course, Western movies, but also paintings, photography, music, episodes from TV series, and even life-style expressions such as architecture, fashion, and food. We will explore how all of those cultural expressions shaped and still shape our image of the American West and – by extension – our image of the United States of America.

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 aspects 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 purchase three novels (print or e-book) and finish reading the first one before the beginning of the semester (see below)!

Empfohlene Literatur:

Required Reading:

• Owen Wister, The Virginian (1902) – read before the first session!
• Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie (1935)
• Rikke Villadsen, Cowboy (2020, graphic novel)

Make sure to order all of the books (print or e-book) well before the start of class, as some texts might take some time to be delivered!

In connection to this class, this term’s weekly media session will show classic examples of and modern takes on the Western movie. The Media Session takes place Wednesdays, 8-10 p.m. (sharp), in lecture hall U5/00.24. Attendance is optional, but highly recommended.

Ü 9/11 in American Literature and Culture

Dozent/in:

Simone Linz

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 28.5.2022, Einzeltermin am 4.6.2022, 10:30 - 17:30, U5/02.17
Einzeltermin am 18.6.2022, Einzeltermin am 2.7.2022, 10:30 - 17:30, MG1/02.06

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 15 until April 29, 2022

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:

The events of September 11, 2001, changed the world forever. The aftermath of the 9/11 attacks led to immediate responses to the event, including national and international reactions, hate crimes, and military responses to the events. In this seminar, we will look at what led up to the attacks, what happened on that fateful day, and how the press covered the attacks. We will look at how 9/11 is portrayed in literature, movies, and songs, and how the events have changed American popular culture to this day.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Please read the following books before the start of the seminar:
Don DeLillo: Falling Man Jonathan Safran Foer: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

V Early Modern Poetry

Dozent/in:

Pascal Fischer

Angaben:

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

Termine:

Di, 16:00 - 17:30, U5/01.22

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:

all modules including an obligatory/optional lecture (2 or 4 ECTS) in literature in Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS/GY

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik incl. Studium Generale

MA English and American Studies

MA Berufliche Bildung

Erweiterungsbereich English and American Studies

Open for Consolidation Module Literature (Vorlesung) NOT open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature

guest auditors: please contact lecturer

Kulturelle Bildung:
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 29. April 2022 an pascal.fischer(at)uni-bamberg.de

2. (De)Registration:

in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 15.03.2022, 10:00 29.04.2022, 23:59

Inhalt:

This lecture course traces the development of English poetry from the early sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Introducing the most important poets, periods, literary schools and movements, it also tries to challenge established systems of periodization and categorization. Close readings of individual poems will provide students with tools for their own interpretations.