ENGLISCHES SEMINAR
RUHR-UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM
SEMINARINTERNES VORLESUNGSVERZEICHNIS
B.A.-STUDIENGANG
FÜR DAS WINTERSEMESTER 2014/15
WichtigeInfosfürErstsemesterstudierende
Die Einführungsveranstaltung für neu immatrikulierte Studierende ist vor‐
gesehenfür
Mittwoch,d.8.Oktober2014,von12:00c.t.bis14:00Uhr
imHörsaalHGB10
BitteachtenSieaufdieAushängeimEnglischenSeminar.
Alle Lehrveranstaltungen des Englischen Seminars beginnen in der 2.
Semesterwoche, d.h. in der Woche ab dem 13. Oktober 2014. Bitte betrachten
SiealleanderslautendenAnkündigungenalsüberholt.DieersteSemesterwoche
ist für die Durchführung und Korrektur von Nachprüfungen sowie für die Stu‐
dienberatungvorgesehen.
In der Zeit vom 1. bis 10. Oktober 2014 finden täglich von 10.00 bis 12.00 Uhr
spezielle Studienberatungen für Erstsemesterstudierende statt (bitte auf
separateAushängenachten).InderWochevom6.bis10.Oktober2014von9:00
bis 13:00 Uhr findet außerdem jeden Vormittag ein Ersti‐Frühstück im
Fachschaftsratstatt(GB6/135),beidemersteInformationenüberdasAnglistik‐
/Amerikanistik‐Studiumeingeholtwerdenkönnen.
InIhremerstenFachsemesterAnglistik/AmerikanistiksolltenSieunbedingtdie
folgendenVeranstaltungenderBasismodulebelegen:
IntroductiontoLiteraryStudies
EnglishSoundsandSoundSystems
GrammarBM
AcademicSkills
(Die verbleibenden Basismodulveranstaltungen Introduction to Cultural Studies
und Introduction to English Linguistics sind von Ihnen im 2. Fachsemester, d.h.
imSommersemester2014,zubelegen.)
AnmeldungzudenLehrveranstaltungenperVSPL
WieindenletztenSemesternwirdauchfürdasWintersemester2014/15füralle
LehrveranstaltungeneinelektronischesAnmeldeverfahrenunizentralüberVSPL‐
Campus durchgeführt. Mit dem Rechenzentrum ist vereinbart, dass wir ein
Verteilverfahrennutzen.Dasbedeutet,dassdieAnmeldunggewissermaßenin2
Etappenerfolgt:zunächstalsodieAnmeldungfürdiegewünschteVeranstaltung,
wobei Sie jeweils auch Ihre 2. und 3. Wahl angeben für den Fall, dass die
Veranstaltung Ihrer 1. Wahl überbelegt wird. Auf elektronischem Wege erfolgt
dann in einem zweiten Schritt die Zuteilung der Plätze auf der Basis Ihrer
Priorisierung. Dies gilt für die Veranstaltungen der Basismodule ebenso wie für
dieVeranstaltungenderAufbaumodule.
Bei dieser Form des Anmeldeverfahrens geht es nicht darum, Studierende aus
Veranstaltungen auszuschließen, sondern im Rahmen des Möglichen für eine
gleichmäßigere Verteilung zu sorgen, damit die Studienbedingungen insgesamt
verbessert werden. Mit geringfügigen Einschränkungen wird dies schon jetzt
erreicht.
Auch für die Vorlesungen sollten Sie sich anmelden. Hier dient die Anmeldung
der Erfassung der Teilnehmernamen bzw. ‐zahlen. Das ist wichtig für die
Erstellung von Skripten (wir kennen frühzeitig die Teilnehmerzahl und können
dieDruckaufträgeentsprechendvergeben).AußerdemkönnenwirmitdenTeil‐
nehmerdaten Teilnehmerlisten erstellen und insbesondere zum Semesterende
dieNotenverwaltungleichterhandhaben.
DieAnmeldungenfürdieVeranstaltungenderBasismodulekönneninderZeit
Vom8.September2014,10.00Uhr,bis3.Oktober2014,14.00Uhr
vorgenommenwerden.
DieAnmeldungenfürdieVeranstaltungenderAufbau‐undMastermodule
könneninderZeit
Vom8.September2014,10.00Uhr,bis9.Oktober2014,14.00Uhr
vorgenommen werden. Wegen des Verteilverfahrens kommt es nicht darauf an,
gleich am Starttag alle Anmeldungen durchzuführen. Nach Abschluss der
AnmeldungenwirddasVerteilverfahrengeneriert,dasdannzudenendgültigen
Teilnehmerlisten führt. Sollten sich nach dem Abschluss des Verteilverfahrens
auf der Basis der von Ihnen vorgegebenen Priorisierung Terminkonflikte mit
Veranstaltungen des 2. Faches oder des Optionalbereichs ergeben, wenden Sie
sichbitteandieDozentenoderDozentinnenderbetroffenenLehrveranstaltung.
StudienberatungundService
Studienfachberater&Servicezimmer
Mit Beginn des Sommersemesters 2008 wurde das Beratungsangebot am
EnglischenSeminarerweitert.DieStudienfachberaterinDr.MonikaMüllerwird
an zwei Tagen in der Woche Sprechstunden anbieten, in denen offene Fragen
geklärt, Informationen eingeholt oder Probleme besprochen werden können.
AuchdasServicezimmerhatanmindestenszweiTagenderWochegeöffnetund
leistet Hilfestellung bei Fragen zum Studienverlauf und zur Notenabbildung in
VSPL.AußerdemwerdendortLeistungs‐undBafög‐Bescheinigungenausgestellt.
SprechzeitenderStudienfachberaterinPDDr.MonikaMüllerimWintersemester
2014/15:
dienstags 9.30‐12.30Uhr GB5/141
mittwochs 10.00‐13.00Uhr GB5/141
undnachVereinbarung
ÖffnungszeitendesServicezimmersimWS2014/15:
An mindestens zwei Tagen in der Woche. Die genauen Sprechzeiten werden zu
gegebenerZeitanderDienstzimmertürGB6/134bekanntgegeben.
ObligatorischeStudienberatung
Allen Studierenden wird ein Mentor / eine Mentorin zugeteilt, der/die als An‐
sprechpartner/inwährenddergesamtenDauerdesStudiumsfürdieBeratungin
Studienbelangen zur Verfügung steht. Damit haben alle Studierenden eine feste
BezugspersonunterdenLehrenden.HierzugibtesfesteBeratungstermineim2.
Studiensemester(vordemÜbergangvondenBasis‐zudenAufbaumodulen)und
im4.Studiensemester(vorBeginnderPrüfungsphase)jeweilsindererstenSe‐
mesterwoche. Die genauen Termine werden auf geeignetem Wege bekannt
gegeben.DieTeilnahmeandiesenBeratungenistPflicht.
Auslandsberatung
Bei Problemen mit der Organisation des obligatorischen Auslandsaufenthaltes
hilft die an das Servicezimmer angegliederte Auslandsberatung. Hier werden
Tippsgegeben,welcheverschiedenenMöglichkeitenderOrganisationsichanbie‐
ten und wie bzw. wann die Planung erfolgen sollte. Bei Bedarf gibt es auch
Hilfestellung bei der Recherche nach möglichen Plätzen sowie Unterstützung
beimBewerbungsprozess.
ÖffnungszeitenderAuslandsberatungimWintersemester2014/15:
An mindestens zwei Tagen in der Woche. Die genauen Sprechzeiten werden zu
gegebenerZeitanderDienstzimmertürGB6/134bekanntgegeben.
Berater:HerrFlaake,GB6/134,E‐Mail:es‐[email protected]
B.A.‐PrüfungsberechtigteimWintersemester2014/15
Prüfungsberechtigtsindzurzeit:
Dr.habil.SebastianBerg
Jun.‐Prof.Dr.SimonDickel
Prof.Dr.KorneliaFreitag
Dr.MaikGoth
Prof.Dr.LuukHouwen
Dr.EvangeliaKindinger
PDDr.UweKlawitter
Prof.Dr.ChristianeMeierkord
Dr.VerenaMinow
PDDr.MonikaMüller
Dr.TorstenMüller
Prof.Dr.BurkhardNiederhoff
Dr.ClaudiaOttlinger
Prof.Dr.AnettePankratz
JohnPoziemski,M.A.
Prof.Dr.MarkusRitter
Dr.RobertSmith
Dr.HeikeSteinhoff
Dr.AngelikaThiele
Dr.HeinrichVersteegen
Dr.Claus‐UlrichViol
Dr.SusanVogel
Dr.EvavonContzen
Prof.Dr.RolandWeidle
(beurlaubt)
DiePrüfungsprotokollewerdenvonBeisitzerInnengeführt,dievonden
jeweiligenPrüferInnenbestelltwerden.
INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
Wichtige Infos für Erstsemesterstudierende
Seite
01
B.A.-Prüfungsberechtigte im Wintersemester 2014/15
04
Feriensprechstunden der Dozenten/Dozentinnen
05
Sprechstunden im Wintersemester 2014/15
07
Raumpläne
09
Öffnungszeiten der Sekretariate des Englischen Seminars
11
Bibliothek
12
B.A.-STUDIUM
BASISPHASE
Basismodul Sprach- und Textproduktion
13
13
13
Basismodul Sprachwissenschaft
16
Basismodul Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft
18
AUFBAUMODULPHASE
Medieval English Literature
20
20
Linguistik
21
Englische Literatur bis 1700
27
Englische Literatur von 1700 bis zur Gegenwart
32
Amerikanische Literatur
36
Cultural Studies (GB)
40
Cultural Studies (USA)
46
Fachsprachen
51
Fremdsprachenausbildung
56
Vorläufiges Vorlesungsverzeichnis für das Sommersemester 2015
61
BIBLIOTHEK
Öffnungszeiten:
Vorlesungszeit:
Mo - Fr
8.30 - 18.30 Uhr
Sa
10-14 Uhr
vorlesungsfreie Zeit:
Mo - Fr
9.30 - 17 Uhr
Sa
10-14 Uhr
(August und September samstags geschlossen)
Detaillierte Informationen einschließlich einer Übersicht über den Aufbau der
Signaturen finden Sie unter: http://www.bibphil.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Ang.htm .
Das
Englische
Seminar
verfügt
über
eine
umfangreiche
Sammlung
an
Videoaufzeichnungen, die in der Bibliothek zur Ausleihe zur Verfügung stehen
(Arbeitsraum im Südkern, Öffnungszeiten: s. Aushang an der Bibliothekstür). Die
Sammlung umfasst ca. 1.200 Bänder und wird laufend ergänzt. Ein Katalog liegt
neben dem Kopierer (in der Nähe des Bibliothekstreppenhauses im Nordkern) aus.
Die Videobänder können zu den angeschlagenen Zeiten auch von Ihnen entliehen
werden (Leihfrist: 1 Woche, Verlängerung um 1 Woche ist möglich).
Auf die umfangreiche Sammlung von Standardtexten der englischsprachigen
Literatur in der Ausleihbibliothek (Etage 5, rote Signaturschilder) wird verwiesen.
Diese Titel können für einen längeren Zeitraum entliehen werden.
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ENGLISCHES SEMINAR DER RUHR-UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM
FERIENSPRECHSTUNDEN
der Dozenten/Dozentinnen des Englischen Seminars in der Zeit
vom 21.7.-10.10.2014
Name Tag Uhrzeit Raum Bachem, K. Berg Brenzel n.V. per E‐Mail Di 25.7./8.8./22.8./5.9./19.9./ 10.10. Sprechstundentermine und Anmeldung unter simondickel.blogs.rub.de Mi nach Voranmeldung bei Frau Sicking: [email protected] Di 30.7./13.8./10.9./24.9. Termine bitte bei Frau Dornieden in GB 6/32 erfragen und sich dort auch anmelden 21.8./30.9./7.10. Anmeldung unter goo.gl/DSWPme n. V. 29.7./12.8./26.8./9.9./23.9. nach vorh. tel. V. Mi (bitte Aushänge an meiner Bürotür beachten; in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit ist keine Voranmeldung durch Eintrag in Liste erforderlich) n. vorh. V. 13.8. und vorauss. 3.9. und 17.9. Bitte bei Frau Stauch, GB 6/32, anmelden n.V. Di Di/Do (außer Urlaubszeiten und Dienstreisen s. Aushang an meiner Tür) 22.7./5.8./2.9./16.9./30.9. 11:00‐12:00 9:00‐10:00 GB 6/136 GB 5/139 GB 6/37 GB 6/143 10:00‐12:00 GB 5/133 11:00‐12:00 14:00‐16:00 GB 5/29 GB 6/29 GB 6/33 9:00‐10:00 FNO 01/140 10:00‐11:00 12:30‐13:30 GB 6/37 GB 5/134 GB 5/138 GB 5/136 GB 6/139 GB 6/31 14:00‐15:00 9:30‐12:30 GB 6/38 GB 5/136 GB 5/141 11:00‐13:00 GB 5/135 Dickel Freitag Goth Heimann Houwen Jäkel Kaup Kindinger Klähn Klawitter McColl Meierkord Meister Minow Müller, M. Müller, T. Feriensprechstunden Name Niederhoff Osterried Ottlinger Pankratz Poziemski Ritter Schwedmann Smith Ssempuuma Steinhoff Strubel‐Burgdorf Thiele Versteegen Viol Vogel von Contzen de Waal Wagner Walter, M. Weidle Zucker 21.7.‐10.10.2014 Tag 26.8./2.9./9.9./16.9./30.9. 4.9.2014 Di (außer in der Urlaubszeit; s. Aushang an meiner Tür) 23.7./6.8./20.8./27.8. 17.9. 1.10. Bitte bei Frau Ute Pipke, GB 5/33, anmelden. 19.8./26.8./2.9./30.9. 20.8./27.8./8.9./30.9. Bitte bei Frau Ute Pipke, GB 5/33, anmelden. nach vorh. V. per E‐Mail unter [email protected] Feriensprechstunden fallen aus 29.7./26.8./17.9. 24.7./31.7./26.8. (außer während meiner Dienstreise vom 6.9.‐
8.10.2014) n.V. n.V. per E‐Mail Di (außer 16. und 23.9.2014) Mi (beurlaubt) nach Vereinbarung Uhrzeit 11:00‐12:30 13:00‐14:30 10:00‐11:00 Raum GB 5/131 GB 6/136 GB 5/137 ab 11.00 Uhr ab 12.00 Uhr ab 11.00 Uhr GB 5/34 12:00‐13.00 GB 5/31 GB 5/32 GB 6/136 GB 5/140 10:00‐12:00 11:00‐12:00 GB 6/29 GB 5/134 11:00‐12:00 11:00‐13:00 GB 6/136 GB 5/138 GB 5/31 GB 6/131 GB 5/138 GB 6/37 n.V. GB 5/139 siehe Aushang an der Tür Do 14.8./28.8./11.9./18.9. (nach Rücksprache mit Frau Pieper, GB 6/142, [email protected]) Di 12:00‐13:00 14:00‐16:00; (11. Sept.: 10:00‐
12:00 Uhr) GB 5/29 GB 5/136 GB 6/141 11:00‐12:00 GB 5/137 
ENGLISCHES SEMINAR DER RUHR-UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM
SPRECHSTUNDEN
der Dozenten/Dozentinnen des Englischen Seminars
im Wintersemester 2014/15
Name Tag Uhrzeit Raum Berg Dickel Di Sprechstundentermine und Anmeldung unter simondickel.blogs.rub.de Mi nach Voranmeldung bei Frau Sicking: [email protected] Di Mi Mi Bitte bei Frau Dornieden, GB 6/32, anmelden. 11:00‐12:00 GB 5/139 GB 6/143 10:00‐12:00 GB 5/133 11:00‐12:00 14:00‐15:00 11:00‐12:00 GB 5/29 GB 6/29 GB 6/33 Jäkel Mi Anmeldung unter goo.gl/BKWt0 9:00‐10:00 GB 6/144 Kindinger Klähn Klawitter Di nach der Veranstaltung Mi (bitte in die Liste an der Bürotür eintragen) Mi Bitte bei Frau Stauch, GB 6/32, anmelden n.V. Di Di Mi Di Do Di (oder nach Vereinbarung) nach den Veranstaltungen Di Mi Bitte bei Frau Ute Pipke, GB 5/33, anmelden. Di Mi Bitte bei Frau Ute Pipke, GB 5/33, anmelden 12:00‐13:00 12:30‐13:30 GB 5/134 GB 5/138 GB 5/136 11:00‐13:00 GB 6/31 14:00‐15:00 9:30‐12:30 10:00‐13:00 16:00‐17:00 14:00‐15:00 14:30‐16:00 GB 6/38 GB 5/136 GB 5/141 10:00‐11:00 11:00‐13:00 GB 6/136 GB 5/137 GB 5/34 12:00‐13:00 10:30‐12:30 GB 5/31 GB 5/32 Freitag Goth Heimann Houwen Meierkord Meister Minow Müller, M. Müller, T. Niederhoff Osterried Ottlinger Pankratz Poziemski Ritter GB 5/135 GB 5/131 Sprechstunden Name Schielke Smith Ssempuuma Steinhoff Strubel‐Burgdorf Thiele Versteegen Viol Vogel de Waal von Contzen Walter, M. Weidle Zucker Wintersemester 2014/15 Tag Mi s. Aushang an seiner Tür GB 6/139 Mi Do vor oder nach der Veranstaltung Mo Do Mi beurlaubt n. V. mi Do Do (nach Rücksprache mit Frau Pieper, GB 6/142) Di Uhrzeit 14:00‐15:00 Raum GB 6/129 GB 5/140 10:00‐12:00 14:30‐15:30 GB 6/29 GB 5/134 GB 6/136
16:00‐17:00 11:00‐12:00 11:00‐13:00 11:00‐12:00 12:00‐13:00 14:00‐16:00 GB 5/138 GB 5/31 GB 6/131 GB 5/138 GB 6/136 GB 6/37 GB 5/139 GB 6/141 11:00‐12:00 GB 5/137 ÖFFNUNGSZEITEN
DER SEKRETARIATE
DES ENGLISCHEN SEMINARS
______________________________________________________________
Sekretariat
Öffnungszeit
Geschäftszimmer des Englischen
Seminars
Frau Monika Marquart
GB 6/133
montags-freitags 9:00-13:00 Uhr
Lehrstuhl Anglistik I – Prof.
Dr. Roland Weidle
Frau Annette Pieper
GB 6/142
montags-donnerstags 8:00-12:30
Uhr
Lehrstuhl Anglistik II – Prof.
Dr. Christiane Meierkord
Frau Barbara Stauch-Niknejad
GB 6/32
montags 8:00-13:00 Uhr
dienstags 8:00-12:00 Uhr
mittwochs 8:00-14:00 Uhr
donnerstags 8:00-13:00 Uhr
Lehrstuhl Anglistik III – Prof. montags-freitags 8.30-12:30 Uhr
Dr. Burkhard Niederhoff
Frau Hildegard Sicking
GB 5/129
Lehrstuhl Anglistik IV - Prof.
Dr. Kornelia Freitag
Frau Hildegard Sicking
GB 5/129
montags-freitags 8.30-12:30 Uhr
Lehrstuhl Anglistik V - Prof.
Dr. Luuk Houwen
Martina Dornieden
GB 6/32
montags 10:00-13:00 Uhr
dienstags und mittwochs 10:0016:30 Uhr
donnerstags 10:00-15:30 Uhr
Lehrstuhl Anglistik VI – Prof.
Dr. Anette Pankratz
Frau Ute Pipke
GB 5/33
montags-donnerstags 8:00-12:30
Uhr
Prof. Dr. Markus Ritter
Frau Ute Pipke
GB 5/33
montags-donnerstags 8:00-12:30
Uhr
Basismodul «Sprach- und Textproduktion»
Modulnr.
Workload/ Credits
Semester:
Häufigkeit
des Angebots:
Dauer:
120 Std./ 4 CP
1.
jedes Semester
ein Semester
Lehrveranstaltungsart:
Kontaktzeit:
Selbststudium:
Geplante Gruppengröße:
Übung + Übung
2 SWS + 2 SWS
ca. 64 Std.
je Übung ca. 30
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen:
Englisch-Schulkenntnisse (Abitur oder Äquivalent). Ferner ist die regelmäßige und aktive
Teilnahme an der Übung Grammar BM Voraussetzung für die Teilnahme an der der
Veranstaltung zugehörigen Zentralklausur.
Grammar BM (2 CP):
Lernergebnisse:
Die Studierenden konsolidieren ihre englische Sprachkompetenz auf dem Niveau B2 und
erweitern die vorhandene sprachliche Kompetenz durch die Vertiefung von Kenntnissen in
wichtigen Problemgebieten der englischen Grammatik und Erlangung von Kenntnissen über
strukturelle Unterschiede zwischen der deutschen und englischen Sprache (in Richtung Niveau
B2/C1). Ziel ist die Fähigkeit zum grammatikalisch angemessenen Ausdruck sowie die
Vorbereitung erster sprachanalytischer Kompetenzen, welche als Grundlage für den Erfolg des
gesamten weiteren Studiums von zentraler Bedeutung sind.
Inhalte:
Vermittelt werden kognitive Kenntnisse und analytische Fähigkeiten in Bezug auf grammatische
Strukturen der englischen Sprache, die mithilfe von kontextualisierten Aufgaben eingeübt werden.
Neben der grammatikalischen Regelvermittlung steht die Einführung in die wissenschaftliche
Reflexion von Grammatikalität sowie – im Sinne einer kontrastiven Sprachvermittlung – die
Einführung in die Übersetzung ins Englische. Schwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen non-finites,
tense and aspect, modals, relative clauses und word order.
Academic Skills (2 CP):
Lernergebnisse:
Befähigung der Studierenden zur kompetenten Teilnahme an der fachwissenschaftlichen
Kommunikation sowie Schaffung logischer, methodischer und formaler Grundlagen für die
Produktion eigenständiger Forschungsleistungen in den unterschiedlichen fachwissenschaftlichen
Bereichen des Anglistikstudiums.
Inhalte:
Vermittlung grundlegender Zielvorstellungen, Ansätze und Techniken des wissenschaftlichen
Arbeitens innerhalb der anglistischen Philologie; Hilfsmittelkunde, Vermittlung von
Recherchekompetenz, Kompetenz im Bereich der wissenschaftlichen Kommunikation sowie
kompositorischer Kompetenzen insbesondere bezüglich der formalen, stilistischen, strukturellen
und inhaltlichen Gestaltung von schriftlichen Forschungsarbeiten.
Lehrformen:
Seminarvortrag, -arbeit und -diskussion; Gruppenarbeit; zusätzlich E-Learning-Elemente.
Prüfungsformen:
Continuous Assessment in den Veranstaltungen; schriftliche Abschlussklausur im Bereich
Grammar BM.
Voraussetzungen für die Vergabe von Kreditpunkten:
Regelmäßige Teilnahme; Erbringung der obligatorischen Arbeitsaufgaben; zentrale
Abschlussklausur im Bereich Grammar BM.
Das Modul ist erst dann bestanden, wenn alle 3 Komponenten, d.h. die zwei Lehrveranstaltungen
und die zentrale Abschlussklausur, bestanden sind.
Verwendung des Moduls:
Der erfolgreiche Abschluss des Basismoduls Sprach- und Textproduktion ist Voraussetzung für
die Teilnahme an allen Aufbaumodulen.
Stellenwert der Note für die Endnote:
Die Benotungen der Studienleistungen im Basismodul gehen nicht in die Endnote ein.
Modulbeauftragter: Dr. Claudia Ottlinger, Dr. Claus-Ulrich Viol
hauptamtlich Lehrende: Lehrende des Englischen Seminars mit Lehrschwerpunkt in der
Fremdsprachenausbildung.
Termine im Wintersemester 2014/15:
050600 Grammar BM, 2 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. di 14-16, GABF 04/413 Süd
Klawitter
Gruppe B: 2 st. mo 10-12, GABF 04/614 Süd
Minow
Gruppe C: 2 st. fr 12-14, GABF 04/614 Süd
Ottlinger
Gruppe D: 2 st. mi 16-18, GABF 04/614 Süd
Poziemski
Gruppe E: 2 st. di 12-14, GABF 04/614 Süd
Versteegen
Gruppe F: 2 st. do 10-12, GABF 04/413 Süd
Zucker
Gruppe G: 2 st. mo 14-16, GABF 04/413 Süd
Thiele
050601 Academic Skills, 2 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. mi 12-14, GABF 04/613 Süd
Berg
Gruppe B: 2 st. fr 12-14, GABF 04/613 Süd
Berg
Gruppe C: 2 st. di 10-12, GB 02/160
Minow
Gruppe D: 2 st. mi 10-12, GABF 04/613 Süd
Versteegen
Gruppe E: 2 st. do 10-12, GB 03/46
Viol
Gruppe F: Blockseminar: 25.10.2014: 9-17 Uhr, GB 6/137 Nord;
Jäkel
6.11.2014: 14-18 Uhr, UB Foyer;
6.1.2015: 9-17 Uhr; GB 6/137 Nord
Gruppe G: 2 st. do 14-16, GB 02/60
Osterried
Basismodul «Sprachwissenschaft»
Modulnr.
Lehrveranstaltungsart:
Workload/ Credits
Semester:
Häufigkeit
des Angebots:
Dauer:
150 Std./ 5 CP
1.-2.
jedes Semester
zwei Semester
Kontaktzeit:
Selbststudium:
Geplante Gruppengröße:
ca. 94 Std.
je Übung ca. 30
Übung + Übung
2 SWS + 2 SWS
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen:
Englisch-Schulkenntnisse (Abitur oder Äquivalent). Voraussetzung für die Teilnahme an der
Übung Introduction to English Linguistics ist die vorherige erfolgreiche Teilnahme an English
Sounds and Sound Systems.
English Sounds and Sound Systems (2 CP):
Lernergebnisse:
Studierende werden befähigt, die grundsätzlichen artikulatorischen Prozesse bei der Produktion
von Sprachlauten, mit besonderem Schwerpunkt auf der englischen Received Pronunciation (RP),
nachzuvollziehen und adäquat, auch mit Hilfe phonemischer Umschrift, beschreiben zu können.
Zudem werden den Teilnehmern Grundkenntnisse der Englischen Sprachgeschichte vermittelt,
die es den Lernern ermöglicht, allgemeine Sprachwandelprozesse nachzuvollziehen.
Inhalte:
Die Studierenden werden in die Lautsysteme des Englischen und ihre Entwicklung eingeführt. Sie
lernen, einzelne Laute aber auch Wortbetonung und Satzintonation sowie Aspekte des
Redezusammenhangs (connected speech) wahrzunehmen und mit linguistischer Terminologie zu
beschreiben. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf der Beschreibung der britischen Standardvarietät
RP. Gleichzeitig wird die historische Entwicklung hin zum RP, aber auch zum General American
betrachtet. Theoretische Anteile werden durch praktische Übungen ergänzt, in denen Studierende
lernen, wie gesprochene Sprache mittels phonemischer Transkription beschrieben werden kann.
Introduction to English Linguistics (3 CP):
Lernergebnisse:
Studierende erwerben die Fähigkeit, die Funktion von Sprache und die fundamentalen Aspekte
menschlicher Sprache, insbesondere der englischen, auf Wort- und Satzebene zu erkennen und zu
beschreiben. Zudem wird ihnen vermittelt, wie Bedeutung in der Sprachwissenschaft beschrieben
wird, und warum sie zwischen kontextunabhäniger und kontextabhängiger Bedeutung
unterscheidet.
Inhalte:
Die Studierenden werden in die Grundlagen der anglistischen Sprachwissenschaft eingeführt und
mit den Grundbegriffen und Methoden der modernen Linguistik vertraut gemacht, insbesondere
in den Bereichen Morphologie, Syntax, Semantik und Pragmatik. Des Weiteren erwerben die
Studierenden Kenntnisse zu Fragen der Funktion von Sprache und der Geschichte der englischen
Sprache und zu Grundlagen der Zeichen- und Kommunikationstheorie. Ein besonderer
Schwerpunkt liegt auf der praktischen Anwendung der linguistischen Terminologie und
Methoden an authentischen Sprachbeispielen des Englischen.
Lehrformen:
Seminarvortrag, -arbeit und -diskussion; Gruppenarbeit; zusätzlich E-Learning-Elemente.
Prüfungsformen:
Studienbegleitende Aufgaben und Abschlussklausuren.
Voraussetzungen für die Vergabe von Kreditpunkten:
Regelmäßige Teilnahme und Erbringung der obligatorischen Arbeitsaufgaben; kursinterne
Klausur in English Sounds and Sound Systems; zentralisierte Abschlussklausur in Introduction to
English Linguistics.
Verwendung des Moduls:
Der erfolgreiche Abschluss des Basismoduls Sprachwissenschaft ist Voraussetzung für die
Teilnahme am Aufbaumodul Linguistik.
Stellenwert der Note für die Endnote:
Die Benotungen der Studienleistungen im Basismodul gehen nicht in die Endnote ein.
Modulbeauftragter: Dr. Torsten Müller, Dr. Claus-Ulrich Viol
hauptamtlich Lehrende: Lehrende des Englischen Seminars mit Lehrschwerpunkt in der
Linguistik.
Termine im Wintersemester 2014/15:
050 602
050 603
English Sounds and Sound Systems, 2 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. mo 10-12, GB 5/38 Nord
Gruppe B: 2 st. mo 14-16, GB 03/49
Gruppe C: 2 st. mi 12-14, GABF 04/413 Süd
Gruppe D: 2 st. do 12-14, GB 03/49
Gruppe E: 2 st. di 8.30-10, GABF 04/413 Süd
Gruppe F: 2 st. di 12-14, GB 6/137 Nord
Gruppe G: 2 st. mi 10-12, GB 6/137 Nord
Introduction to English Linguistics, 3 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. mi 12-14, GB 6/137 Nord
Gruppe B: 2 st. mo 8.30-10, GABF 04/614 Süd
Gruppe C: 2 st. mo 10-12, GABF 04/252 Nord
Heimann
Minow
Müller, T.
Müller, T.
Minow
Schielke
Schielke
Schielke
Strubel-Burgdorf
Strubel-Burgdorf
Basismodul «Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft»
Modulnr.
Workload/ Credits
Semester:
Häufigkeit
des Angebots:
Dauer:
180 Std./ 6 CP
1.-2.
jedes Semester
zwei Semester
Lehrveranstaltungsart:
Kontaktzeit:
Selbststudium:
Geplante Gruppengröße:
Übung + Übung
2 SWS + 2 SWS
ca. 124 Std.
je Übung ca. 30
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen:
Englisch-Schulkenntnisse (Abitur oder Äquivalent).
Introduction to Literary Studies (3 CP):
Lernergebnisse:
Die Studierenden werden befähigt, Gegenstände der Literaturwissenschaft zu erkennen,
literaturwissenschaftlich relevante Fragen zu diesen Gegenständen stellen zu können sowie die
Fragen mit geläufigen literaturwissenschaftlichen Methoden beantworten bzw. bearbeiten zu
können.
Inhalte:
Behandlung von Aspekten wie Raum/Zeit, Handlung, Figur und Symbolik und ihre Funktionen
in fiktionalen Texten; rhetorische und poetische Mittel und ihre Funktionen in literarischen
Texten; die wichtigsten literarischen Vermittlungsformen und -instanzen; Gattungstypologien,
Periodisierung/Kontextualisierung; Kanonbildung.
Introduction to Cultural Studies (3 CP):
Lernergebnisse:
Die Studierenden erlernen die Grundlagen über Gegenstände, Modelle und Methoden der
Kulturwissenschaft und üben die Techniken kulturwissenschaftlichen Forschens – von der
produktiven kulturwissenschaftlichen Frage, bis zu Argumentationsstruktur und Analyse. Im
Vordergrund steht die Förderung des eigenständigen, interessegeleiteten Umgangs mit kulturellen
Phänomenen (in ihrer ganzen Breite von literarischen Texten bis zu Objekten des Alltags) sowie
das kritische Hinterfragen gängiger nationaler Stereotypen und Alltagsmythen über kulturelle
Differenz.
Inhalte:
Thematisierung des Kulturbegriffs; Einführung in die grundlegenden Methoden, Theorien und
Arbeitsweisen der Cultural Studies; Behandlung von zentralen kulturwissenschaftlichen
Konzepten wie Klasse, Gender, Ethnizität und nationale Identität am Beispiel entweder der USamerikanischen oder britischen Kulturen.
Lehrformen:
Seminarvortrag, -arbeit und -diskussion; Gruppenarbeit; zusätzlich E-Learning-Elemente.
Prüfungsformen:
Kursinternes Assessment (Arbeitsaufgaben und/oder Test) in Introduction to Literary Studies;
Continuous Assessment und Portfolio in Introduction to Cultural Studies.
Voraussetzungen für die Vergabe von Kreditpunkten:
Regelmäßige Teilnahme; Erbringung der obligatorischen Arbeitsaufgaben und/oder Test in
Introduction to Literary Studies; Regelmäßige Teilnahme; Erbringung der obligatorischen
Arbeitsaufgaben, Teilnahme an einem persönlichen Feedbackgespräch und Portfolio in
Introduction to Cultural Studies.
Verwendung des Moduls:
Der erfolgreiche Abschluss der Veranstaltung Introduction to Literary Studies ist Voraussetzung
für die Teilnahme an den Aufbaumodulen im Bereich Literatur. Der erfolgreiche Abschluss der
Veranstaltung Introduction to Cultural Studies ist Voraussetzung für die Teilnahme an den
Aufbaumodulen im Bereich Kulturwissenschaft.
Stellenwert der Note für die Endnote:
Die Benotungen der Studienleistungen im Basismodul gehen nicht in die Endnote ein.
Modulbeauftragte: PD Dr. Uwe Klawitter, Dr. habil. Sebastian Berg, Dr. Claus-Ulrich Viol
hauptamtlich Lehrende: Lehrende des Englischen Seminars mit Lehrschwerpunkten in der
Literaturwissenschaft bzw. der Kulturwissenschaft.
Termine im Wintersemester 2014/15:
050 604 Introduction to Literary Studies, 3 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. mo 12-14, GB 03/49
Gruppe B: 2 st. mi 16-18, GABF 04/413 Süd
Gruppe C: 2 st. do 8.30-10, GABF 04/413 Süd
Gruppe D: 2 st. di 16-18, GB 03/46
Gruppe E: 2 st. fr 8.30-10, GABF 04/614 Süd
Gruppe F: 2 st. do 12-14, GB 03/46
Gruppe G: 2 st. fr 10-12, GABF 04/613 Süd
Klawitter
Klawitter
Müller, M.
Niederhoff
Ottlinger
Versteegen
Niederhoff
050 605 Introduction to Cultural Studies, 3 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. do 12-14, GB 02/160 (GB)
Gruppe B: 2 st. do 16-18, GABF 04/413 Süd (GB)
Gruppe C: 2 st. di 14-16, GB 02/160 (US)
Berg
Berg
Zucker
AUFBAUMODULPHASE
_______________________________
050 606
Medieval English Literature, 3 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. mo 14-16
Gruppe B: 2 st. mi 12-14
HGB 40
HGB 40
von Contzen
Houwen
Each MEL group will have a different over-arching theme which may vary from
semester to semester. Some of the themes covered so far are: “Woman Defamed,
Woman Defended”, “Love from the Sacred to the Profane”, or “Of Men, Monsters and
Marvels”. Students must choose a subtopic from within the theme and set up a
research project resulting in an individual research report as well as a slide
presentation based on this report at the end of the course. Several quizzes, a
bibliography and a review are also part of the requirements. The lectures, seminars
and virtual teaching sessions (which can be used to “compare notes” with fellow
students and/or consult on an individual or group basis with the lecturer) introduce
both medieval literature as well as the more practical aspects of doing actual
research: how to formulate an interesting research question, how to structure one’s
research, where to look for secondary information, how to present one’s findings, in
short the methodology behind (successful) research.
The course is intended as a first and carefully guided introduction to research in the
medieval field. It goes without saying that the methods and approaches discussed
will also be of relevance to other areas of studies.
Assessment/requirements: continuous assessment (quizzes, bibliography, review),
research report and poster presentation (in the form of a slide presentation).
LINGUISTIK
Seminare
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Houwen
Beowulf, 4 CP
2 st. di 12-14
GB 03/49
(vgl. Vorl.-Nr. 050 629)
Beowulf is the oldest example of vernacular literature of any substance in Western
Europe and the greatest and most complex heroic poem in Old English literature. In
this great epic poem warriors must back up their mead-hall boasts with heroic actions
in the field, against invading people or monsters and fights are always to the death.
Beowulf provides us with a wonderful insight into (an idealised) Germanic heroic
society, even if it also contains strong Christian overtones.
One part of the seminar will be devoted to a discussion of the language and this will
involve translation of selected passages which will have to be prepared in advance;
the rest of the seminar will consist of a literary-critical and historical discussion of
Beowulf; this will involve the study of secondary material in addition to the primary
texts.
The aim of this class is to investigate and assess Anglo-Saxon heroic culture on the
basis of its greatest epic, as well as placing this epic against the larger cultural and
historical background. Basic knowledge of Old English is useful.
All students MUST be able to show a copy of Beowulf. A Student Edition. Ed. George
Jack. Oxford: OUP, 1997 in the first week of class! Secondary texts will be made
available via Blackboard.
Assessment/requirements: Active participation is one of the basic requirements, and
this is only possible if the set texts have been prepared thoroughly for each week
(reading and translation). The course is rounded off with an essay. The length of the
essay and the severity with which it is evaluated (and hence the number of credit
points) depends on whether this course is taken as part of the BA or the MA. Essay:
BA (4 CP) 6-8 pages, MA/MARS (5 CP) 10-12 pages.
050 611
Minow
Language and Identity in the American South, 4 CP
2 st. fr 10-12
GB 5/37 Nord
The South appears to be the best known dialect region in the United States. In
addition, most people have some associations of the American South; many of which
are probably shaped for the most part by how historical facts are represented in
literature and film. In this course we will approach the South from both the linguistic
as well as the cultural studies angle; attempting to answer questions such as what
does it mean to sound Southern? What does it mean to be a Southerner? How are
Southern accents and Southerners depicted in literature and film? How have notable
people from the South (e.g. recent presidents) influenced the way the South is
regarded today?
All students are expected to participate actively in class by engaging in the
discussions and to do the weekly background reading.
Introductory literature:
Nagle, Stephen J. & Sara L. Sanders. eds. (2003). English in the Southern United
States. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: a contribution to an in-class presentation and final
test. Seminar: a contribution to an in-class presentation and an empirical term paper
or final test.
050 612
Ssempuuma
Word-Formation in English, 4 CP
2 st. mi 14-16
GB 6/137 Süd
In this seminar, we will discuss the structure of words and the various processes of
creating new words in the English language. We will look at the notion of productivity
and see how it can be measured. In addition, we will also discuss the constraints of
productivity. We will then discuss how word-formation process such as affixation,
compounding, conversion, blending and truncation work in the English language.
Lastly, we will explore how these word-formation processes work in first and second
English varieties.
Literature:
Katamba, Francis (2005). English Words, Structure, History, Usage. London:
Routledge.
Plag, Ingo (2003). Word-Formation in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: oral presentation plus final written exam; Seminar:
a term paper.
050 613
Thiele
Second Language Acquisition, 4 CP
2 st. do 14-16
GABF 04/613 Süd
There are a number of popular opinions on how second or foreign languages are
learned and what is needed to become a successful speaker of another language.
Starting from these opinions, we will look at the research findings of recent decades
in the area of second language acquisition and review such popular views in the light
of this research. Topics we will cover include the role of previously learned
languages, non-linguistic factors such as motivation, personality and learning styles.
We will also look at developmental stages in the language learning process and at
suggested explanations of how they come about.
Course book:
VanPatten, B., Benati, A.G. (2010). Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition.
London: Continuum.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: active participation; Seminar: preparation and
presentation of material, final test or term paper.
050 614
von Contzen
An Introduction to Middle English, 4 CP
2 st. mo 10-12
GB 5/37 Nord
This class will introduce students to Middle English, the language spoken and written
roughly between 1100 and 1500. In the first part, we are going to look closely at the
grammar, syntax, morphology, and semantics of Middle English and translate short
passages into Modern English. The second part of the class will be devoted to
reading extracts from a wide variety of texts (works by Chaucer, saints’ legends,
romances, practical texts). We will be looking at the specifics of Middle English in
use, i.e. its social, pragmatic, and generic implications in order to gain wide insight
into a fascinating period of English literature.
All materials will be made available in Blackboard.
Assessment/requirements: active participation, written assignments, final exam or
final term paper.
050 615
Schielke
Pragmatics, 4 CP
2 st. di 10-12
NA 01/99
Pragmatics comprises the study of meaning conveyed by the use of language. This
course will explore the factors that govern our choice of language in social interaction
and the effects of our choice on others when we do things like make requests, ask
questions, apologise, complain, or take part in conversations. Particular topics will
include, meaning and context, deixis, reference, interpretation and understanding of
utterances, the cooperative principle, and speech acts. Further, this course will
introduce students to linguistic politeness and appropriateness in a second language
and explore how learners’ ways differ from those of native speakers of the target
language.
Assessment/requirements: reading tasks, an in-class presentation and a term paper.
050 616
Müller, T.
English in the 18th and 19th Centuries, 4 CP
2 st. di 12-14
GABF 04/613 Süd
The English language of the 18th and 19th centuries, often referred to as Late
Modern English (LME), has until quite recently received relatively little scholarly
attention. Yet, LME is a crucial period for the development of Standard English. In
this class, we will look at the crucial differences between LME and Present-day
English (from phonology to pragmatics) and will also examine the extra-linguistic
factors (e.g. historical events and cultural developments) which had an influence on
English.
Assessment/requirements: regular attendance,
presentation (with hand-out) and term paper.
active
participation,
short
Übungen
050 620
Minow
How to Do Things with Words, 3 CP
2 st. do 10-12
GB 5/37 Nord
This course deals with the field of linguistics that has come to be known as
pragmatics and mainly focuses on speech act theory. The idea behind speech act
theory is that speakers always 'do' something with the words they utter: they request
something, they apologize, they compliment, they insult etc. We will take a closer
look at selected speech acts and discuss how these are realized by speakers of
different varieties of English. We will also devote ample time to methodological
considerations like the value of elicited data in speech act research.
All students are expected to participate actively in class by engaging in the
discussions and to do the weekly background reading.
Introductory reading:
Yule, George. 1996. Pragmatics. Oxford Introductions to Language Study. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. [chapter 5: "Speech acts and events"]
Assessment/requirements for credit points: a contribution to an in-class presentation
and final test.
050 621
Fonkeu
English in Post-Colonial Countries, 3 CP
2 st. do 12-14
GB 5/37 Nord
An ever increasing interest in the field of varieties of English mirrors an ever
increasing attraction of speakers of other languages to English. In this course we
explore linguistic and sociolinguistic issues in the globalization of English. These
include variation in English in post-colonial contexts; varieties that emerged at the
end of colonialism, with many illustrations from India, S. Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria
and Hong Kong varieties. This course traces the origins of these varieties and how
their phonological, lexical and morphosyntactic features differentiate them from the
standard varieties. Since these varieties came about as a result of language contact
aspects of contact linguistics such as hybridity, indigenization and acculturation will
also be examined. Attention will also be paid to concepts of multilingualism, pidgins
and creoles and lingua franca communication.
At the end of the course students should be able to describe the salient features of
Post-colonial varieties of English and the ways in which they are different.
Suggested text books:
1) Edgar, W. Schneider (2007). Post-Colonial English. Variation around the
World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2) Kachru, B. Braj, Kachru, Yamuna and Nelson, Cecil eds. (2009). The
Handbook of World Englishes. Wiley-Blackwell.
All necessary material will be made available via Blackboard.
Assessment/requirements: regular and active participation (this includes regular
reading of texts, doing take-home exercises, and an in-class presentation (with
handout, data collection and literature review).
ENGLISCHE LITERATUR BIS 1700
_______________________________________
Vorlesungen
050 623
Houwen
Windows on the Medieval and Renaissance World, 2,5 CP
2 st. di 14-16
HGB 50
Despite the fact that many familiar institutions and aspects of modern society (e.g.
the universities) have their roots in the Middle Ages and medieval culture, it would be
a mistake to think that the Middle Ages and medieval life can be understood on the
basis of medieval literature alone. This course aims to place this literature in a much
broader framework and shall pay ample attention to what is generally known as the
“medieval world view”, even if using this concept in the singular is a bit of a
misnomer. This world view is dramatically different from our modern one in that it is a
closed system in which everything was thought to hang together and its impact was
felt until well into the Renaissance. Audio-visual material will form a central element
in the lectures.
No single course can ever hope to do justice to the complexities of this system, but
this series of lectures will touch upon some of the most important aspects of
medieval science, philosophy, theology and culture. It will consider such diverse
issues as the classical heritage, medieval cosmology, philosophy and the seven
liberal arts, the hierarchy of nature, man and his view of history (the ages of man,
universal history, salvation history, myth and legend), and medieval maps and travel.
Some secondary reading is required; this will be made available via Blackboard.
Assessment/requirements: The course will be rounded off with a written essay written
under exam circumstances on a topic of your choice.
050 624
Weidle
Introduction to Renaissance Literature, 2,5 CP
2 st. fr 8.30-10
HGB 10
The lecture intends to offer an overview over the main genres, trends and
developments in Renaissance literature. It will discuss some of the most important
dramatic, narrative and lyrical genres and their representatives and trace the most
important historical, cultural, scientific and political developments within that period. It
will also pose questions about generic and historical terms (history or tragedy?,
Renaissance, Humanism or Early Modern Age?) and try to sketch the most important
discourses that shaped the public and intellectual life of early modern England.
The lectures will be based on my Englische Literatur der Frühen Neuzeit: Eine
Einführung, published in the series "Grundlagen der Anglistik und Amerikanistik" by
Erich Schmidt Verlag (Berlin, 2013). The Powerpoint Presentations will be made
available on Blackboard.
For the primary texts I recommend Greenblatt, Stephen et al. (eds). The Norton
Anthology of English Literature. Vol I. New York: Norton & Company, 2012. Print.
Assessment/requirements: regular attendance; successful completion of test in last
session.
Seminare
050 628
Houwen
Excalibur strikes again: Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur, 4 CP
2 st. do 12-14
GABF 04/413 Süd
This course will concentrate on only one work, namely Le Morte D’Arthur by Thomas
Malory (c. 1408-71). The Morte D’Arthur is generally considered the high point
among Middle English (prose) romances and despite its title, aims to be a
comprehensive and authoritative collection of Arthurian stories, starting with the story
of Merlin and ending with Arthur’s death. It draws liberally on earlier French and
English romances and Caxton’s version set the standard on which later English
writers like Tennyson drew for their Arthurian material.
Students are expected to read the set primary and secondary texts.
Required textbook: Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte D’Arthur, ed. Helen Cooper. Oxford
World’s Classics. Oxford: UP, 2008.
Assessment/requirements: Active participation is one of the basic requirements as
well as the reading of the set texts for each week. The course is rounded off with an
essay. The length of the essay and the severity with which it is evaluated (and hence
the number of credit points) depends on whether this course is taken as part of the
BA or the MA. Essay: BA (4 CP) 6-8 pages, MA/MARS (5 CP) 10-12 pages.
050 629
Houwen
Beowulf, 4 CP
2 st. di 12-14
GB 03/49
Beowulf is the oldest example of vernacular literature of any substance in Western
Europe and the greatest and most complex heroic poem in Old English literature. In
this great epic poem warriors must back up their mead-hall boasts with heroic actions
in the field, against invading people or monsters and fights are always to the death.
Beowulf provides us with a wonderful insight into (an idealised) Germanic heroic
society, even if it also contains strong Christian overtones.
One part of the seminar will be devoted to a discussion of the language and this will
involve translation of selected passages which will have to be prepared in advance;
the rest of the seminar will consist of a literary-critical and historical discussion of
Beowulf; this will involve the study of secondary material in addition to the primary
texts.
The aim of this class is to investigate and assess Anglo-Saxon heroic culture on the
basis of its greatest epic, as well as placing this epic against the larger cultural and
historical background. Basic knowledge of Old English is useful.
All students MUST be able to show a copy of Beowulf. A Student Edition. Ed. George
Jack. Oxford: OUP, 1997 in the first week of class! Secondary texts will be made
available via Blackboard.
Assessment/requirements: Active participation is one of the basic requirements, and
this is only possible if the set texts have been prepared thoroughly for each week
(reading and translation). The course is rounded off with an essay. The length of the
essay and the severity with which it is evaluated (and hence the number of credit
points) depends on whether this course is taken as part of the BA or the MA. Essay:
BA (4 CP) 6-8 pages, MA/MARS (5 CP) 10-12 pages.
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von Contzen
An Introduction to Middle English, 4 CP
2 st. mo 10-12
GB 5/37 Nord
(vgl. Vorl.-Nr. 050 614)
This class will introduce students to Middle English, the language spoken and written
roughly between 1100 and 1500. In the first part, we are going to look closely at the
grammar, syntax, morphology, and semantics of Middle English and translate short
passages into Modern English. The second part of the class will be devoted to
reading extracts from a wide variety of texts (works by Chaucer, saints’ legends,
romances, practical texts). We will be looking at the specifics of Middle English in
use, i.e. its social, pragmatic, and generic implications in order to gain wide insight
into a fascinating period of English literature.
All materials will be made available in Blackboard.
Assessment/requirements: active participation, written assignments, final exam or
final term paper.
Übung
050 630
Weidle
Reading Romeo and Juliet, 3 CP
2 st. fr 12-14
GABF 04/413 Süd
The primary aim of this Übung is to engage in a thorough and close reading of
Romeo and Juliet, which we will attempt on a scene by scene basis. We will start with
the first scene and work our way through the play. Proceeding in this manner we
shall not only be looking at some of the main themes and issues addressed in the
play (love, Petrarchism, melancholy, family, patriarchy, autonomy vs. heteronomy,
etc.) but will also discuss aspects such as genre (comedy vs. tragedy), staging and
language. If time allows we will also look at selected scenes from Zeffirelli's (1968)
and Luhrmann's (1996) cinematic adaptations.
Make sure to have read the play at least once by the first session!
The secondary material will be made available on Blackboard.
I recommend one of the following editions of the play:
̶ Romeo and Juliet. Updated edition. Ed. G. Blakemore Evans. Cambridge:
CUP, 2003. Print. The New Cambridge Shakespeare.
̶ Romeo and Juliet. Ed. René Weis. London: A&C Black, 2012. Print. The Arden
Shakespeare. Third Series.
̶ Romeo and Juliet. Ed. Jill L. Levenson. Oxford: OUP, 2000. Print. The Oxford
Shakespeare.
Assessment/requirements: regular attendance; active participation; thorough
preparation of the individual scenes and the secondary material; writing and
compiling an outline and bibliography for a possible term paper.
ENGLISCHE LITERATUR VON 1700 BIS ZUR GEGENWART
___________________________________________________________________
Vorlesung
050 638
Niederhoff
The Literature of Sensibility, 2,5 CP
2 st. do 8-10
HGB 40
The lecture will deal with sensibility (Empfindsamkeit in German), one of the major
cultural movements of the eighteenth century and beyond. Since its beginnings about
three hundred years ago, sensibility has continued as a major tendency, surfacing in
today’s culture primarily in popular genres such as advertising or film. The lecture will
focus on literary works from the eighteenth century, including masterpieces like
Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy, while also analysing the presence of sensibility
in related cultural fields such as philosophy or painting. Other topics to be dealt with
include the backlash against sensibility (how did such authors as Richard Sheridan or
Jane Austen make fun of sensibility?), the politics of sensibility (is it conservative or
progressive?) and the origin of sensibility (where did it come from?).
Assessment/requirements: written end-of-term test.
Seminare
050 641
Klawitter
Modernist Short Stories, 4 CP
2 st. di 10-12
GB 02/60
In this class we will read a number of well-known modernist short stories (see list
below). Paying particular attention to narrative techniques, we will try to find an
answer to the question of how leading modernist writers developed the genre to
address central concerns of their time.
James Joyce
"Clay"
"A Painful Case"
Virginia Woolf
Katherine Mansfield
D.H. Lawrence
"The Dead"
"Kew Gardens"
"The Mark on the Wall"
"Bliss"
"Sun and Moon"
"At the Bay"
"The Garden Party"
"Odour of Chrysanthemums"
"The Horse Dealer's Daughter"
"Tickets, Please"
Participants should buy the Penguin Classics edition of James Joyce's short story
cycle Dubliners. We will begin with the story "Clay" from this collection.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: presentation in class; Seminar: 12-14-page term
paper (wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit).
050 642
Klawitter
The Commemoration of the First World War in British Poetry and Fiction, 4 CP
2 st. di 16-18
GABF 04/613 Süd
The First World War holds a unique position in the public consciousness in Britain. It
has decisively shaped people’s ideas of war and – as one of the collective traumas of
the twentieth century – it has become a defining factor in the formation and
maintenance of British national identity. Even after the Second World War British
poets and novelists continued to write about the ‘Great War’. We will ask in what
ways they thematise the First World War and how they respond to the official culture
of its commemoration. To this end we will read poems by Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes,
Charles Tomlinson, Douglas Dunn, Seamus Heaney, Vernon Scannell and Liz
Lochhead and Pat Barker’s historical novel Regeneration (1991), the first text in her
much-acclaimed Regeneration trilogy. To gauge the texts’ contribution to the British
culture of remembrance, we will make use of Astrid Erll’s ‘rhetoric of collective
memory’.
The poetic texts will be provided through Blackboard. Participant should acquire the
Penguin edition of Regeneration.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: presentation in class; Seminar: 12-14-page term
paper (wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit).
050 643
Klawitter
Farce in English Drama, 4 CP
2 st. mi 14-16
GABF 04/413 Süd
In this class we will explore the popular and versatile dramatic genre of the farce,
which heavily relies on situation comedy and subversive wit for its effects. As a
historical foil and to get an idea of typical genre features, we will first read Arthur
Wing Pinero’s farce The Magistrate (1885). We will then discuss three outstanding
farces from the 1960s, a time when the genre flourished, namely Peter Shaffer’s
Black Comedy (1965), Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking (1967) and Joe Orton’s
What the Butler Saw (1969).
Participants should acquire affordable paperback editions of the 1960s texts.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: presentation in class; Seminar: 12-14-page term
paper (wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit).
050 644
N.N.
Alice Munro, 4 CP
2 st. fr 10-12
GB 6/137 Nord
The Canadian writer Alice Munro, who won the Nobel Prize in 2013, has focused
almost exclusively on one literary genre. “I think the most attractive kind of writing of
all is just the single story”, she writes. “It satisfies me the way nothing else does.” It
also satisfies Munro’s readers, who cherish her short stories for their laconic and
poignant evocation of alienation and suffering, in particular that of female characters.
In the seminar, we will discuss a representative selection of stories from the thirteen
collections that Munro has published to date. Students will have a chance to gain an
in-depth understanding of a major contemporary author, to familiarise themselves
with Canadian culture, and to hone their skill in the close analysis of narrative prose.
Required text: Alice Munro, Selected Stories, Vintage Classics, 2010.
Assessment/requirements: presentation or expert group and short paper for Übung;
presentation or expert group and research paper for Seminar (wissenschaftliche
Hausarbeit).
050 645
Goth
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, 4 CP
2 st. mi 16-18
GABF 04/613 Süd
Gulliver's encounters with Lilliputians, Brobdingnagians, Laputians, Luggnaggians,
Houyhnhnms, and Yahoos are the stuff that great literature is made of. Since its first
publication in 1726, Gulliver's Travels has itself travelled to virtually all cultures and
literatures, and has been turned into children's books, comic books, and films. This seminar
will read Swift's satire against its historico-cultural background, investigate its parodic
approach to contemporary travel literature (e.g. Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe), and
explore key themes such as politics and humanity.
Required edition:
Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. Ed. Albert J. Rivero. Norton Critical Editions. New York:
Norton, 2002.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: active participation and 5-page paper; Seminar: active
participation and 10-page paper.
AMERIKANISCHE LITERATUR
___________________________________
Vorlesung
050 649
Freitag
American Literature and Culture from the Beginnings to the Civil War, 2,5 CP
2 st. mo 14-16
HGB 10
This is the first part of a three-part lecture series that introduces students to important
developments of US-American literature as part and expression of the shaping of USAmerican culture. References to visual and popular art are meant to broaden the
general perspective. While well-established periods and movements like Early
American Literature and the American Renaissance will be covered, the lecture
series will also show how these periods and movements came to be canonized and
what other literary developments were thereby influenced, excluded, and/or
devaluated.
Each part of the lecture cycle can be attended independently of the other parts.
Reading material will be supplied via Blackboard.
Assessment/requirements: regular attendance and written test.
Seminare
050 651
Dickel
American Culture in the 1980s, 4 CP
2 st. fr 8-10
GABF 04/613 Süd
The 1980s are a decade of contradictions. Whereas the impact of the political
movements of the 1970s can be recognized, the conservative political program and
economic policies of the Reagan administration also show their effects on society
and culture. In our seminar, we will first focus on political and economic
developments of the decade and on debates around the categories of race, gender,
sexuality, and class. We will then discuss literature, music, and films. Among them
are Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger than Paradise (1984) John Hughes’s The Breakfast
Club (1985), and Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It (1986). The 1980s also mark the
emergence of the AIDS crisis. Focussing on New York City, we will discuss the
political interventions of the group ACT UP and the visual arts collective Gran Fury.
We will then consider Hip Hop and Hardcore as two politically engaged musical
genres and focus on groups such as Public Enemy and A Tribe Called Quest and
bands that are affiliated with the Straight Edge movement and Washington DC’s
record label Dischord.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: active participation and a written assignment;
Seminar: active participation and a term paper.
050 652
Freitag
“Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore’” – Edgar Allan Poe in Literary and
Cultural History, 4 CP
____________________________________________________
2 st. mo 16-18
GBCF 04/511
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most important and popular US American writers. He
was not only an accomplished poet and short story writer but has also been
instrumental in the development of literary criticism. Yet unlike Nathaniel Hawthorne
Poe has never held a central position in the canon of US American literature but was
always thought to be ‘outside’ the main currents of American thought. In the course
of the seminar we will analyze and discuss Poe’s poetry, prose, and essays in order
to appreciate their artistic and thematic eccentricity as well as to pinpoint their
intimate connection to the culture of 19th-century America.
Texts:
You will need a collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s poems, narratives, and essays. (Very
good, if somewhat costly, are always Norton Critical Editions; in this case The
Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Ed. G.R. Thompson, 2004.)
Background material will be made available on Blackboard.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: regular attendance, active participation, written
assignments; Seminar: the above, plus 10-page paper.
050 653
Müller, M.
Reading Melville’s Moby Dick, 4 CP
2 st. mo 10-12
GB 03/49
In this class we will read Herman Melville’s seminal 19th-century novel Moby-Dick
chapter by chapter, thereby achieving an in-depth analysis of Melville’s novel about
whaling, adventure and philosophy. Students prepared to tackle Melville’s difficult,
immensely rewarding text will form expert groups on individual chapters and topics
and are required to participate actively in dissecting the leviathan.
Assessment/requirements: attendance
comprehensive final test or term paper.
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and
active
participation,
presentation,
N.N.
Alice Munro, 4 CP
2 st. fr 10-12
GB 6/137 Nord
(vgl. Vorl.-Nr. 050 644)
The Canadian writer Alice Munro, who won the Nobel Prize in 2013, has focused
almost exclusively on one literary genre. “I think the most attractive kind of writing of
all is just the single story”, she writes. “It satisfies me the way nothing else does.” It
also satisfies Munro’s readers, who cherish her short stories for their laconic and
poignant evocation of alienation and suffering, in particular that of female characters.
In the seminar, we will discuss a representative selection of stories from the thirteen
collections that Munro has published to date. Students will have a chance to gain an
in-depth understanding of a major contemporary author, to familiarise themselves
with Canadian culture, and to hone their skill in the close analysis of narrative prose.
Required text: Alice Munro, Selected Stories, Vintage Classics, 2010.
Assessment/requirements: presentation or expert group and short paper for Übung;
presentation or expert group and research paper for Seminar (wissenschaftliche
Hausarbeit).
Übung
050 655
Kindinger
Haunting Women: American Supernatural Fiction, 3 CP
2 st. di 10-12
UFO 0/04
Ever since Charles Brockden Brown’s publication of Wieland: or, The Transformation:
an American Tale (1798), the writing of the supernatural, of gothic-like, haunting
occurrences in the 19th century has been assigned to authors such as Washington
Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe. This course intends to widen this
spectrum, and read contributions by women authors to American Gothic writing and
the writing of the supernatural; contributions that shook the patriarchal fundament of
American society as much as they stabilized it. While predominantly based on texts
from the 19th century, the course will also offer an outlook on the genre’s
development in the 20th century. Readings will include authors such as Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Alice Cary, Louisa May Alcott and Edith Wharton. Students who take
this class should be interested in reading and discussing fictional texts and have
basic knowledge of literary theories, periods and genres.
Assessment/requirements: regular attendance, active participation and preparation,
two written assignments to be handed in during the semester.
CULTURAL STUDIES (GB)
Vorlesung
050 660
Pankratz
Nineteenth-Century Culture, 2,5 CP
2 st. di 14-16
HGB 10
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. In the British Empire the sun
(almost) never set; industry and trade flourished; men were real men, women real
angels and Queen Victoria the epitome of respectability and earnestness. Some
people, however, questioned the importance of being earnest. Even more criticised
the price that had to be paid for prosperity and dynamics. As not only Marx and
Engels pointed out, the working conditions in the factories and living conditions in
industrial cities were far from satisfactory. Women, people without property or with
the wrong religion were excluded from political participation. Illicit sexuality was both
immensely popular and severely policed.
The aim of the lecture course is to give a survey of the most important trends in
British 19th-century culture, covering developments in history, politics, society and
literature. The discourses of progress and stability will be juxtaposed with dissenting
voices undermining the norms by pointing out their flaws and paradoxes.
Assessment/requirements: regular attendance, written test at the end of the
semester.
Seminare
050 661
Berg
Orwell and Britain, 4 CP
2 st. di 16-18
GB 6/137 Nord
George Orwell was a political writer, observer, and activist. His writings always
discussed the ethically justifiable and politically adequate behaviour of an individual
within the world in which s/he lived. For himself, Britain featured prominently within
this world and Orwell seemed to have a love-hate relationship with the country and its
people in the turbulent first half of the 20th century. Orwell commented on
imperialism, the omnipresence of ‘class’ in British society, socialism, Nazism,
pacifism, and many other issues. In this course, we analyse some of Orwell’s political
and literary texts in order to discuss the relationship of individual and society,
experience and ideology, ethics and politics, author and text, and social, political and
cultural changes in Britain during Orwell’s lifetime.
Assessment/requirements: active participation, organising and chairing part of a
course session, term paper (wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit).
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Houwen
Excalibur strikes again: Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur, 4 CP
2 st. do 12-14
GABF 04/413 Süd
(vgl. Vorl.-Nr. 050 628)
This course will concentrate on only one work, namely Le Morte D’Arthur by Thomas
Malory (c. 1408-71). The Morte D’Arthur is generally considered the high point
among Middle English (prose) romances and despite its title, aims to be a
comprehensive and authoritative collection of Arthurian stories, starting with the story
of Merlin and ending with Arthur’s death. It draws liberally on earlier French and
English romances and Caxton’s version set the standard on which later English
writers like Tennyson drew for their Arthurian material.
Students are expected to read the set primary and secondary texts.
Required textbook: Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte D’Arthur, ed. Helen Cooper. Oxford
World’s Classics. Oxford: UP, 2008.
Assessment/requirements: Active participation is one of the basic requirements as
well as the reading of the set texts for each week. The course is rounded off with an
essay. The length of the essay and the severity with which it is evaluated (and hence
the number of credit points) depends on whether this course is taken as part of the
BA or the MA. Essay: BA (4 CP) 6-8 pages, MA/MARS (5 CP) 10-12 pages.
050 662
Pankratz
Kilts, Whisky, Heroin: Representations of Scotland in Film, 4 CP
2 st. mo 14-16
GABF 04/614 Süd
Not only in the year of the referendum, Scottishness, Britishness and Englishness
are concepts under scrutiny. Is there something like a genuine Scottish national
identity? And if so, what is it like? Popular movies offer emotionally charged myths
about essential Scottishness: hearty villagers hopping around in kilts, smoking pipes,
drinking whisky and singing about bonnie lasses lingering round lochs. When
provoked (preferably by the English), the Scots shout "freedom", grab their swords
and fight. In kilts, of course. The movies indicate that it has always been like that
from times immemorial and that notions that nations might be “imagined
communities” are wide of the mark.
The aims of the seminar are to introduce students to the basics of film analysis; to
practice contextual interpretations of texts and to have a critical look at the changing
images of Scots and Scottishness as means of forging an imagined community. The
seminar will deal with some classics, from the Hollywood musical Brigadoon (1954)
to Braveheart (1995), which represent popular images of quaintness and
belligerence, with Trainspotting (1996) as an alternative version of contemporary
Scotland.
Texts: there will be copies of the movies in the Mediathek. Further reading will be
made available on Blackboard.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: active participation, expert group; Seminar: the
above, plus term paper (wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit).
050 663
Viol
Fascism and Anti-Fascism in British Culture, 4 CP
Introductory session:
30/10/2014, 14-16, GB 6/131 Nord
Workshop sessions:
19/2/2015, 9-14, GB 5/38 Nord
20/2/2015, 9-14, GB 5/38 Nord
23/2/2015, 9-14, GB 6/137 Nord
24/2/2015, 9-14, GB 6/137 Nord
The history of British fascism is longer, and its political influence stronger, than many
would like to believe. In this seminar we will look at the different forms of British
fascism, analysing the political programmes, methods, and ‘achievements’ of
different movements and parties, from the British Brothers League (1901) and BUF
(1932) to the current BNP. We will study how the individual groups represented
themselves and analyse how British culture and politics constructed and/or
responded to the fascist threat. This will involve a reading of political, literary, filmic,
and musical texts that deal with fascism in one way or another.
Students must read/watch the following texts:
Aldous Huxley: Point Counter Point (1928)
Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day (1989) or Jonathan Coe: The Closed Circle
(2004)
This Is England (D/Sc: Shane Meadows; 2006)
The first part of the course will consist in intensive e-learning work to be completed
before our four-day workshop in February. Throughout the autumn term we will use
the Blackboard platform to communicate: study questions will be posted and will have
to be answered; research and presentation projects will have to be developed and
discussed. Those who wish to obtain the full credits must take part in both the virtual
and the real classroom work and must attend the introductory session in October!
Assessment/requirements: Übung: e-learning assignments, presentation; Seminar:
the above, plus term paper (wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit).
050 664
Walter
A History of Social Movements in Britain, 4 CP
2 st. di 12-14
GABF 04/252 Nord
In the seminar, we will take a look at the current theoretical and empirical issues in
the study of social movements. Starting out with an overview of the early growth of
social movements in the mid-18th century in Britain, we will work our way through the
centuries to describe and understand the key processes that lie behind forms of
collective behaviour, from industrialisation to mass education and the development of
communication strategies. With the growth of transnational movements increasing
and in the midst of discussions about the development of a ‘global civic society’, the
focus will also be on the major trends that have affected social movements in recent
years, ranging from pacifism and environmental issues to questions of global
economic inequality. The seminar will be guided by a number of central questions:
How do people come to decide to challenge authorities and political ordering
systems? How have social movements been culturally framed? Which nonconventional strategies have they used to exercise political influence?
Texts and material will be provided via Blackboard at the beginning of the semester.
Assessment/requirements: active participation, a short presentation/participation in
an expert group and a final term paper.
Übung
050 668
Berg
Scotland after the Referendum, 3 CP
Block: 19., 20.02., 02.-04.03.2015, 13:30-18:00
GB 6/137 Nord
At the moment of writing, most observers think that the referendum on Scottish
independence, scheduled for September 2014, will produce a majority wishing
Scotland to stay in the UK, thus putting an end to the project of an ‘independent
Scotland in Europe’. However, this is not decided yet. Furthermore, even if the
referendum has the expected outcome, it will not stop all debates about the
relationship of Scotland and England, Edinburgh and London, Holyrood and
Westminster. In this course we look into the history of Scotland and England, discuss
the main sources of ‘Scottishness’ (a problematic concept in itself, of course),
analyse the dynamics of Scottish devolution since 1999, and look into likely scenarios
for the future (depending on the actual outcome of the referendum).
Assessment/requirements: active participation, project (to be researched in the week
between the first and the second block and to be presented during the second block).
CULTURAL STUDIES (USA)
Vorlesung
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Freitag
American Literature and Culture from the Beginnings to the Civil War, 2,5 CP
2 st. mo 14-16
HGB 10
(vgl. Vorl.-Nr. 050 649)
This is the first part of a three-part lecture series that introduces students to important
developments of US-American literature as part and expression of the shaping of USAmerican culture. References to visual and popular art are meant to broaden the
general perspective. While well-established periods and movements like Early
American Literature and the American Renaissance will be covered, the lecture
series will also show how these periods and movements came to be canonized and
what other literary developments were thereby influenced, excluded, and/or
devaluated.
Each part of the lecture cycle can be attended independently of the other parts.
Reading material will be supplied via Blackboard.
Assessment/requirements: regular attendance and written test.
Seminare
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Dickel
American Culture in the 1980s, 4 CP
2 st. fr 8-10
GABF 04/613 Süd
(vgl. Vorl.-Nr. 050 651)
The 1980s are a decade of contradictions. Whereas the impact of the political
movements of the 1970s can be recognized, the conservative political program and
economic policies of the Reagan administration also show their effects on society
and culture. In our seminar, we will first focus on political and economic
developments of the decade and on debates around the categories of race, gender,
sexuality, and class. We will then discuss literature, music, and films. Among them
are Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger than Paradise (1984) John Hughes’s The Breakfast
Club (1985), and Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It (1986). The 1980s also mark the
emergence of the AIDS crisis. Focussing on New York City, we will discuss the
political interventions of the group ACT UP and the visual arts collective Gran Fury.
We will then consider Hip Hop and Hardcore as two politically engaged musical
genres and focus on groups such as Public Enemy and A Tribe Called Quest and
bands that are affiliated with the Straight Edge movement and Washington DC’s
record label Dischord.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: active participation and a written assignment;
Seminar: active participation and a term paper.
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Freitag
“Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore’” – Edgar Allan Poe in Literary and
Cultural History, 4 CP
____________________________________________________
2 st. mo 16-18
GBCF 04/511
(vgl. Vorl.-Nr. 050 652)
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most important and popular US American writers. He
was not only an accomplished poet and short story writer but has also been
instrumental in the development of literary criticism. Yet unlike Nathaniel Hawthorne
Poe has never held a central position in the canon of US American literature but was
always thought to be ‘outside’ the main currents of American thought. In the course
of the seminar we will analyze and discuss Poe’s poetry, prose, and essays in order
to appreciate their artistic and thematic eccentricity as well as to pinpoint their
intimate connection to the culture of 19th-century America.
Texts:
You will need a collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s poems, narratives, and essays. (Very
good, if somewhat costly, are always Norton Critical Editions; in this case The
Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Ed. G.R. Thompson, 2004.)
Background material will be made available on Blackboard.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: regular attendance, active participation, written
assignments; Seminar: the above, plus 10-page paper.
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Minow
Language and Identity in the American South, 4 CP
2 st. fr 10-12
GB 5/37 Nord
(vgl. Vorl.-Nr. 050 611)
The South appears to be the best known dialect region in the United States. In
addition, most people have some associations of the American South; many of which
are probably shaped for the most part by how historical facts are represented in
literature and film. In this course we will approach the South from both the linguistic
as well as the cultural studies angle; attempting to answer questions such as what
does it mean to sound Southern? What does it mean to be a Southerner? How are
Southern accents and Southerners depicted in literature and film? How have notable
people from the South (e.g. recent presidents) influenced the way the South is
regarded today?
All students are expected to participate actively in class by engaging in the
discussions and to do the weekly background reading.
Introductory literature:
Nagle, Stephen J. & Sara L. Sanders. eds. (2003). English in the Southern United
States. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Assessment/requirements for credit points: Übung: a contribution to an in-class
presentation and final test. Seminar: a contribution to an in-class presentation and an
empirical term paper or final test.
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Müller, M.
Reading Melville’s Moby Dick, 4 CP
2 st. mo 10-12
GB 03/49
(vgl. Vorl.-Nr. 050 653)
In this class we will read Herman Melville’s seminal 19th-century novel Moby-Dick
chapter by chapter, thereby achieving an in-depth analysis of Melville’s novel about
whaling, adventure and philosophy. Students prepared to tackle Melville’s difficult,
immensely rewarding text will form expert groups on individual chapters and topics
and are required to participate actively in dissecting the leviathan.
Assessment/requirements: attendance
comprehensive final test or term paper.
050 675
and
active
participation,
presentation,
Steinhoff
Corsets, Diets and Cosmetic Surgery: Beauty in American Culture from the 19th to
the 21st Century, 4 CP
___________________________________________________________________
2 st. do 12-14
GB 02/60
What is beauty? How have ideals of beauty in American culture changed over time?
And in how far do these ideals intersect with power relations in American society? In
this seminar students will be introduced to a number of theoretical approaches to
beauty, which will then be applied in the study of the representation of beauty in
American cultural texts from the 19th to the 21st century. Thus, students will be
familiarized with the basic tenets of feminism, gender and queer studies, ethnic
studies, fat studies and disability studies and explore the contributions of these
‘disciplines’ to a critical understanding of beauty. Moreover, students will analyze a
variety of material – from 19th century fashion plates and 20th century cosmetic
advertisements, literary texts and films to 21st century reality television shows and
lifestyle magazines – to see how discourses of beauty convey – often normative –
messages about gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality and ‘(dis)able-bodiedness’ in
American culture.
Note: Students who wish to take this class should be interested in reading and
discussing theoretical texts.
Assessment/requirements: Übung: regular attendance, active participation, short
written assignments; Seminar: the above, plus final paper or exam.
Übung
050 677
Nitzsche
From Rananchqua to All-America City: The Bronx in U.S. History and Culture, 3 CP
2 st. fr 12-14
GB 6/137 Nord
One of the most persistent urban imaginaries of the Bronx borough of New York City
is that it consists largely of abandoned post-apocalyptic landscapes. Although the
Bronx has recovered from the era of decline in the 1970s, those imaginaries still
resonate in contemporary literature and culture. Yet, the northernmost borough of
New York City, home to app. 1.4 million people, has a rich cultural heritage which is
closely intertwined with American history: Native American tribes populated the area
before European explorers settled there. During the 19th century, authors including
Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, and Theodore Dreiser
dealt with different historic aspects of the Bronx. In the early 20th century, Eastern
European immigrants arrived and post-World War II deindustrialization accelerated
the borough’s eventual decline. Today, it experiences a comeback which adds
another fascinating layer to its complex history.
The objective of this course is to provide students with an overview over the
development of the Bronx from Puritanism to Postmodernism and contextualize it
within American history. Students will therefore compare and contrast the
representation of the Bronx in a variety of literary and cultural texts in order to
sharpen their interpretative and critical thinking skills.
Texts: primary and secondary literature will be supplied on Blackboard.
Assessment/requirements:
assignments.
regular
attendance,
active
participation,
written
FACHSPRACHEN
Seminare
050 680
Jäkel
Language in Business, Media and Marketing, 4 CP
2 st. di 8.30-10
GB 6/137 Nord
This seminar will focus on various aspects of English in business, media and
marketing both in written and spoken texts. In the context of the seminar we will
analyze aspects of style, vocabulary, metaphors and communicative functions
covering a wide range of authentic texts and sources from classical print media to
modern forms. Identifying text-typical features and structures will be a central focus.
Participants will be expected to read a number of primary and secondary texts and
prepare written assignments and oral presentations. Independent research is an
integral part of this seminar.
Reading materials will be made available on Moodle.
Assessment/requirements: presentation, written assignment and a term paper.
050 681
Smith
Varieties of ESP, 4 CP
2 st. mo 10-12
GABF 04/413 Süd
The course will take in a wide variety of ESP texts including articles from information
and computer science, the sciences of physics, astronomy, geology, (evolutionary)
biology, history, anthropology, archaeology, medicine as well as from several fields of
engineering. The study of the characteristics of specialist languages in general and of
each of these specialist languages in particular will be complemented by exercises in
terminology work and glossary management. Student input will be allowed to expand
the range of texts and/or shift the analytical focus of sessions. Having said that, no
detailed analysis of an ESP text or related terminology work is possible without
simultaneously engaging with the ideas conveyed with the help of the ESP language
in question.
050 682
Smith
Translation and Translation Theories, 4 CP
2 st. di 12-14
GABF 04/413 Süd
On the theoretical side the seminar will supply a broad survey of translation theories
and issues from the metaphysical to the mundane, from the historical to a critique of
state-of the-art developments in translation technology - while at the same time
allowing students to try their hand at translating a broad variety of challenging ESP
texts (which focus in the main on the sciences of physics, astronomy, biology,
geology, anthropology and engineering). The interaction of the two facets of the
translation endeavour will hopefully allow students to both apply the absorbed
translation school paradigms to actual problems and conversely develop a feeling for
the roots, intricacies and problems of translation theory.
Recommended reading:
Anthony Pym. Exploring Translation Theories. London: Routledge, 2010.
David Bellos. Is that a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything.
New York: Faber and Faber, 2012.
050 683
Smith
English Law and Legal Theory, 4 CP
2 st. mi 12-14
GABF 04/614 Süd
The course will look in detail at a variety of legal texts ‒ and hence legal concepts ‒
from both a legal theory and a legal practice perspective. While the legal theory part
will cover basic notions and schools of jurisprudence that should permit the analysis
of legal systems and their evolution over large stretches of space and long periods of
time the model chosen for understanding the language of the common law system
will be the legal system of England and Wales. By breaking down the system into its
(historical) components the language and terminology of (and hence the ideas
behind) this intricate system will be brought to light. By the same token the language
of the common law system will be used to elucidate the inner workings of the model.
As a result students should subsequently be in a better position to consider and
appreciate legal English texts with the eye of a linguist, a lawyer and a (moral)
philosopher.
Recommended reading:
Ian McLeod. Legal Theory. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Ian McLeod. Legal Method. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Assessment/requirements for credit: research paper or class test.
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050 685
Poziemski
Business English I, 3 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. di 16-18
GABF 04/413 Süd
This Business English class is intended as an introduction to the language and topics
of business and commerce.
Course materials: Englisch in Wirtschaft und Handel, Cornelsen, 2002. This and
other course materials will be provided online on Moodle at the beginning and
throughout the semester.
Course credits will be awarded to participants who complete the various homework
assignments and pass the end-of-semester test. Normal attendance rules apply.
050 685
Smith
Business English I, 3 CP
Gruppe B: 2 st. mo 12-14
Gruppe C: 2 st. di 10-12
Gruppe D: 2 st. mi 10-12
GABF 04/613 Süd
GABF 04/614 Süd
GABF 04/413 Süd
On the basis of the textbook: Herbert Geisen, Dieter Hamblock, John Poziemski,
Dieter Wessels, Englisch in Wirtschaft und Handel (Berlin: Cornelsen & Oxford
University Press, 2002) and with the help of additional material the course will
introduce some of the basic terminology and concepts of business English.
Assessment/requirements: presentation (limited slots) or written end-of-term test.
050 686
Poziemski
Business English II, 3 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. di 10-12
Gruppe B: 2 st. mi 10-12
GABF 04/257
GABF 04/614 Süd
This class is a continuation of Business English I, and participants should ideally
have completed Business English I before signing up for this class.
Course materials will be provided online on Moodle at the beginning and during the
semester.
Course credits will be awarded to participants who complete the various class and
online assignments. Normal attendance rules apply.
050 686
Smith
Business English II, 3 CP
Gruppe C: 2 st. do 12-14
GB 6/137 Nord
This course is a continuation of Business English I. On the basis of the textbook:
Herbert Geisen, Dieter Hamblock, John Poziemski, Dieter Wessels, Englisch in
Wirtschaft und Handel (Berlin: Cornelsen & Oxford University Press, 2002) and with
the help of additional material the course will introduce further basic terminology and
concepts of business English.
Assessment/requirements: presentation,
assignment at the end of the course.
written
end-of-term
test
or
written
050 687
Smith
Legal English, 3 CP
2 st. do 10-12
GB 6/137 Nord
The course - which will be based on a broad variety of legal texts and other sources is designed to familiarise students with English legal language. By the end of the
course students should be familiar with numerous areas of English law.
Assessment/requirements: written end-of-term test.
050 688
Versteegen
Technical English, 3 CP
2 st. fr 10-12
GABF 04/614 Süd
Topics:
Rather general scientific and technical topics which laypeople can be expected to be
familiar with:
 Current issues in research and technology (e.g. environmental issues, energy)
 Technology in everyday life (e.g. DIY, household equipment, home entertainment)
 Famous classic inventions
 Interesting new inventions
 (Very) basic maths and science
Language skills:
 Basics of scientific language, e.g. verbalising formulas and symbols, describing
technical processes and systems, talking about diagrams, graphs etc.
 Text forms and communication skills required in professional situations, e.g.
 Presentation: Explaining a technical or scientific problem
 Writing a manual
 Editing a given text
 Interlingual communication.
Assessment/requirements: short presentation, end-of-semester test.
FREMDSPRACHENAUSBILDUNG
050 690
Müller, T.
Grammar AM, 3 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. mo 12-14
Gruppe B: 2 st. di 14-16
GB 6/137 Nord
GB 6/137 Nord
This course will build on what you have learned in Grammar BM and will focus on a
number of problem areas of English grammar, e.g. tense and aspect, clause
structure and cohesion.
Assessment/requirements: active participation, homework, final test.
050 691
Klawitter
Communication AM, 3 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. mo 10-12
GABF 04/613 Süd
This course is designed to improve the communication skills which are typically
demanded in academic and occupational situations. Participants are expected to
engage in discussions, give speeches and write various types of texts.
Reading material on various topics will be provided on Blackboard.
Assessment: preparation of homework tasks, one presentation and one written
assignment.
050 691
Osterried
Communication AM, 3 CP
Gruppe B: 2 st. do 12-14
GB 03/42
This course provides intensive training as to what concerns all the capacities that
make successful communication possible. The major quality of efficient speaking and
writing will be practised time and again: namely that any discourse must be
coherently directed towards one’s aim (“zielorientierte Gesprächsführung”). Text
types such as essays, newspaper articles, film reviews, commercial correspondence
etc. will be part of our work as well as speeches, academic talks, conferences, and
other forms of either job-related or also private communication. Last but not least, the
exact choice depends upon the students’ interests and needs.
All students have to participate actively in class. Furthermore, a written comment and
an oral component must be provided by each member of the class (your lecturer
included ).
050 692
Ottlinger
Translation AM, 3 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. do 10-12
GABF 04/613 Süd
Intermediate-level texts from the fields of literature and culture will be translated from
German into English with the focus on recurring grammatical and terminological
problems.
Assessment/requirements: regular attendance, active participation, two written tests.
050 692
Zucker
Translation AM, 3 CP
Gruppe B: 2 st. mo 10-12
GB 6/137 Nord
In this class, we will translate intermediate-level texts of various types (mainly from
the field of cultural studies). We will focus especially on problems of vocabulary and
grammar that arise frequently in German-to-English translations, but also deal with
issues of style and register.
Course requirements include regular attendance and active participation. Grades are
given on the basis of two written tests.
050 685
Poziemski
Business English I, 3 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. di 16-18
GABF 04/413 Süd
This Business English class is intended as an introduction to the language and topics
of business and commerce.
Course credits will be awarded to participants who complete the various homework
assignments and pass the end-of-semester exam. Normal attendance rules apply.
Course materials: Englisch in Wirtschaft und Handel, Cornelsen, 2002. This and
other course materials will be provided online on Moodle at the beginning and
throughout the semester.
050 685
Smith
Business English I, 3 CP
Gruppe B: 2 st. mo 12-14
Gruppe C: 2 st. di 10-12
Gruppe D: 2 st. mi 10-12
GABF 04/613 Süd
GABF 04/614 Süd
GABF 04/413 Süd
On the basis of the textbook: Herbert Geisen, Dieter Hamblock, John Poziemski,
Dieter Wessels, Englisch in Wirtschaft und Handel (Berlin: Cornelsen & Oxford
University Press, 2002) and with the help of additional material the course will
introduce some of the basic terminology and concepts of business English.
Assessment/requirements: presentation (limited slots) or written end-of-term test.
050 686
Poziemski
Business English II, 3 CP
Gruppe A: 2 st. di 10-12
Gruppe B: 2 st. mi 10-12
GABF 04/257
GABF 04/614 Süd
This class is a continuation of Business English I, and participants should ideally
have completed Business English I before signing up for this class.
Course credits will be awarded to participants who complete the various class and
online assignments. Normal attendance rules apply.
Course materials will be provided online on Moodle at the beginning and during the
semester.
050 686
Smith
Business English II, 3 CP
Gruppe C: 2 st. do 12-14
GB 6/137 Nord
This course is a continuation of Business English I. On the basis of the textbook:
Herbert Geisen, Dieter Hamblock, John Poziemski, Dieter Wessels, Englisch in
Wirtschaft und Handel (Berlin: Cornelsen & Oxford University Press, 2002) and with
the help of additional material the course will introduce further basic terminology and
concepts of business English.
Assessment/requirements: presentation,
assignment at the end of the course.
written
end-of-term
test
or
written
050 687
Smith
Legal English, 3 CP
2 st. do 10-12
GB 6/137 Nord
The course - which will be based on a broad variety of legal texts and other sources is designed to familiarise students with English legal language. By the end of the
course students should be familiar with numerous areas of English law.
Assessment/requirements: written end-of-term test.
050 688
Versteegen
Technical English, 3 CP
2 st. fr 10-12
GABF 04/614 Süd
Topics:
Rather general scientific and technical topics which laypeople can be expected to be
familiar with:
 Current issues in research and technology (e.g. environmental issues, energy)
 Technology in everyday life (e.g. DIY, household equipment, home entertainment)
 Famous classic inventions
 Interesting new inventions
 (Very) basic maths and science
Language skills:
 Basics of scientific language, e.g. verbalising formulas and symbols, describing
technical processes and systems, talking about diagrams, graphs etc.
 Text forms and communication skills required in professional situations, e.g.
 Presentation: Explaining a technical or scientific problem
 Writing a manual
 Editing a given text
 Interlingual communication
Assessment/requirements: short presentation, end-of-semester test.

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