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ANGLISTIK/AMERIKANISTIK
KOMMENTIERTES VORLESUNGSVERZEICHNIS
SOMMERSEMESTER 2011
Inhalt
HINWEISE FÜR STUDIERENDE (Bitte lesen: Diese werden als bekannt vorausgesetzt!) ...2
Struktur der Abteilung Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Sommersemester 2011 .........................2
Reguläre Sprechstundenzeiten der Lehrkräfte: ....................................................................4
Sprechstundenzeiten der Sekretärinnen: ..............................................................................4
Sprechstundenzeit des Studentischen Fachschaftsrates: .......................................................4
Studienberatung in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit ......................................................................4
Erstsemesterwoche: Spezielle Beratung unserer Erstsemester .............................................4
Wichtige Termine ...............................................................................................................5
Einschreibung / Online enrolment ...................................................................................5
Einstufungstest und Einschreibung für Studierende im ersten Semester...........................5
Wichtige Informationen zum Studienbetrieb .......................................................................5
Weitere Informationen ........................................................................................................6
Legende ..............................................................................................................................7
VORLESUNGEN / GRUNDKURSE / ALLGEMEINE VERANSTALTUNGEN ............8
GRUNDSTUDIUM / B.A. .................................................................................................. 10
SPRACHPRAXIS ............................................................................................................ 10
ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT ..................................................................... 13
LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES USA/KANADA ............. 14
ENGLISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES GB ........ 16
HAUPTSTUDIUM / M.A. .................................................................................................. 19
SPRACHPRAXIS ............................................................................................................ 19
ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT ..................................................................... 20
LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES USA/KANADA ............. 21
ENGLISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES GB ........ 22
FACHDIDAKTIK ............................................................................................................ 23
B.A.-MODULE .................................................................................................................... 27
MASTER-MODULE............................................................................................................ 30
Application of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) ............................................... 33
Redaktion: James Fanning
Redaktionsschluss dieser Fassung: 2011-01-24

HINWEISE FÜR STUDIERENDE
(Bitte lesen: Diese werden als bekannt vorausgesetzt!)
Studierende sollten immer regelmäßig nach Aushängen mit wichtigen Informationen im
Gebäude der Anglistik/Amerikanistik Ausschau halten. Aus verschiedenen Gründen kann
es z.B. zu Änderungen des Lehrangebotes gegenüber diesem Verzeichnis kommen.
Geschäftsführende Direktorin der Abteilung Anglistik/Amerikanistik und Stellvertretende
Direktorin des Instituts für Fremdsprachliche Philologien im Sommersemester 2011:
Prof. Dr. Amei Koll-Stobbe
Postanschrift:
Abteilung für Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Steinbecker Str. 15
17487 Greifswald
Fax: (03834) 86-3365 (Lehrstuhl Koll-Stobbe) & 86-3366 (Lehrstuhl N.N.)
Homepage: http://www.phil.uni-greifswald.de/philologien/ifp/anglistik.html
Der Vorlesungsbetrieb beginnt am 04.04.2011 und endet am 16.07.2011
Projekt- und Exkursionswoche: 14.–18.06.2011
Studienberatung
Dr. Margitta Kuty (Tel.: 86-3360)
E-Mail: kuty@uni-greifswald.de
Dr. Anette Brauer (Tel.: 86-3351)
E-Mail: brauer@uni-greifswald.de
Studentischer Fachschaftsrat: E-Mail: fsr-anglo@uni-greifswald.de
Struktur der Abteilung Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Sommersemester 2011
Lehrstuhl für Anglophone Literaturwissenschaften (einschl. „Cultural Studies―):
Inhaber:
N.N.
Sekretariat: Anke Möller (Tel.: 86-3351)
E-Mail: moellera@uni-greifswald.de
Mitarbeiter[innen]: Dr. Anette Brauer (Tel.: 86-3351)
E-Mail: brauer@uni-greifswald.de
Dr. James Fanning (Tel.: 86-3362)
E-Mail: fanning@uni-greifswald.de
Dr. Mascha Hansen (Tel.: 86-3364)
E-Mail: mascha.hansen@uni-greifswald.de
Dr. Martin Holtz (Tel.: 86-3351)
E-Mail: mh010176@yahoo.de
Conny Loder (Tel.: 86-3362)
E-Mail: connyloder@yahoo.de
Privatdozent[inn]en
apl. Prof. Dr. Andrea Beck
E-Mail: amb-beck@t-online.de
apl. Prof. Dr. Michael Szczekalla
E-Mail: Szczekalla-Michael@t-online.de
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Lehrbeauftragte:
Gastdozentin:
Dr. Kerstin Knopf
E-mail: knopf@uni-greifswald.de
Jayne Thompson (Widener University, USA)
E-Mail: jmthompson@mail.widener.edu
Lehrstuhl für Englische Sprachwissenschaft:
Inhaberin: Prof. Dr. Amei Koll-Stobbe (Tel.: 86-3356)
E-Mail: kstobbe@uni-greifswald.de
Sekretariat: N.N. (Tel.: 86-3354)
E-Mail: elingua@uni-greifswald.de
Mitarbeiter[innen]: Melanie Burmeister M.A. (Tel.: 86-3363)
E-Mail: melanie.burmeister@uni-greifswald.de
Sebastian Knospe (Tel. 86-3357)
E-Mail: sebastian.knospe@uni-greifswald.de
Sebastian Muth M.A. (Tel.: 86-3363)
E-Mail: sebastian.muth@uni-greifswald.de
Lehrbeauftragter:
Gastdozent:
Jörg Weber M.A.
E-Mail: j.weber@uni-greifswald.de
Dr Andrew Wilson (Lancaster University, UK)
E-Mail: eiaaw@exchange.lancs.ac.uk
Bereich Fachdidaktik Englisch:
Leiterin: Dr. Margitta Kuty (Tel.: 86-3360)
E-Mail: kuty@uni-greifswald.de
Lehrbeauftragte:
Grit Alter, Universität Mainz
E-Mail: alter@uni-mainz.de
Volker Grap, Institut für Qualitätssicherung M-V
E-Mail: Volker.Grap@t-online.de
Nils Rosenthal, Jahngymnasium Greifswald
E-Mail: nilsrosenthal@hotmail.com
Anja Schaperjahn, Institut für Qualitätssicherung M-V
E-Mail: a.schaperjahn@web.de
Stefanie Schult
E-Mail: kokuyochan@aol.com
Bereich Sprachpraxis:
Leiterin: Dipl.-Lehrerin Heike Gericke (Tel.: 86-3361)
E-Mail: gericke@uni-greifswald.de
Mitarbeiter[innen]: Dr. Anette Brauer (Tel.: 86-3351)
E-Mail: brauer@uni-greifswald.de
Dr. James Fanning (Tel.: 86-3362)
E-Mail: fanning@uni-greifswald.de
Emeriti:
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Klein (Englische Literatur und Cultural Studies GB)
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Lutz (Amerikanistik/Kanadistik)
Prof. Dr. Günter Weise (Englische Sprachwissenschaft)
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Reguläre Sprechstundenzeiten der Lehrkräfte:
(Falls nötig, können andere Zeiten mit der jeweiligen Lehrkraft bzw. mit der zuständigen
Sekretärin abgesprochen werden, ggf. auch telefonisch oder per E-Mail – s. oben!)
Dr. Anette Brauer Dienstag 11.00–12.00 Uhr Raum 25
Melanie Burmeister, M.A. n.V. Raum 38
Dr. James Fanning Dienstag 11.00–12.00 Uhr Raum 37
Dr. Mascha Hansen n.V. Raum 39
Heike Gericke Mittwoch 09.00–10.00 Uhr Raum 36
Dr. Martin Holtz Dienstag 16.00–17.00 Uhr Raum 25
Sebastian Knospe Dienstag 10.00–11.00 Uhr Raum 31
Prof. Dr. Amei Koll-Stobbe Mittwoch 12.30–13.30 Uhr Raum 30
Dr. Margitta Kuty Montag 16.00–17.00 Uhr Raum 35
Donnerstag 14.00–15.00 Uhr
Conny Loder, M.A. Dienstag 14.00–15.00 Uhr Raum 37
Sebastian Muth, M.A. Donnerstag 15.00–16.00 Uhr Raum 38
Sprechstunden während der vorlesungsfreien Zeit werden im jeweiligen Sekretariat bzw.
an den Bürotüren per Aushang bekanntgegeben.
Sprechstundenzeiten der Sekretärinnen:
Anke Möller (LS Anglophone Literaturwissenschaften)
Montag–Donnerstag 08.00–11.45 Uhr Raum 25
Freitag
08.00–11.30 Uhr
N.N. (LS Linguistik) s. Aushang Raum 27
Sprechstundenzeit des Studentischen Fachschaftsrates:
Ort & Zeit werden zu Beginn des Semesters per Aushang bekannt gegeben
Studienberatung in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit
Bei Frau Dr. Kuty (Raum 35):
31.01., 14–16
21.02., 14–16
02.03., 14–16
07.03., 14–16
14.03., 14–16
29.03., 14–16
Erstsemesterwoche: Spezielle Beratung unserer Erstsemester
29.03. und 30.03. jeweils um 9 Uhr, 10 Uhr und 11 Uhr im Raum 23 (Frau Dr. Kuty)
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Wichtige Termine
Einschreibung / Online enrolment
Enrolment for the Sommersemester 2011 will take place online
from 28 th Feb. 2011, 12.00 noon until 20 th March 2011, 12.00 noon.
Go to our website
http://www.phil.uni-greifswald.de/philologien/fremdsprachen/anglistik.html
and follow the links under ―Lehre & Studium‖. Instructions will be provided when you have
reached the right page.
There is no need to panic, as the final lists will be produced electronically after the deadline.
The week before teaching starts you can check the lists for your place. It is most important
to attend the first session of the respective course.
If you have any further questions write to fsr-anglo@uni-greifswald.de
Einstufungstest und Einschreibung für Studierende im ersten Semester
Für Studierende des 1. Semesters findet am, Donnerstag, dem 31.3.2011 um 9.00 Uhr und
um 10.00 Uhr im Fremdsprachen- und Medienzentrum der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität,
Bahnhofstr. 50/51, ein sprachpraktischer Einstufungstest statt.
Einschreibelisten für den Einstufungstest liegen in Raum 36 der Abteilung für
Anglistik/Amerikanistik, Steinbeckerstr. 15, aus. Bitte tragen Sie sich in diese Listen ein.
An sprachpraktischen Veranstaltungen im Grundstudium können nur Studierende mit
bestandenem Einstufungstest teilnehmen. Der Beleg/Schein über den bestandenen
Einstufungstest muss in den sprachpraktischen Lehrveranstaltungen vorgelegt werden.
Wichtige Informationen zum Studienbetrieb
Qualifizierte Teilnahme an Proseminaren (Lehramt)
Voraussetzung für eine qualifizierte Teilnahme an Proseminaren ist die bescheinigte
erfolgreiche Teilnahme an der entsprechenden Einführungsveranstaltung bzw. am jeweiligen
Grundlagenseminar. Die Bedingungen der erfolgreichen Teilnahme werden zu Beginn des
Semesters bekannt gegeben.
Leistungsnachweise für das Grundstudium
Für alle Grundkurse (Introduction to Britain/USA, Introduction to Literary Studies,
Introduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Medieval English Studies, English Grammar,
Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology) sowie für alle Sprachpraxiskurse sind nur zwei
Wiederholungen, d.h. insgesamt drei Versuche pro Leistungsnachweis erlaubt.
Bei Seminararbeiten sind Wiederholungen nur in Absprache mit den jeweiligen
Lehrkräften erlaubt.
Teilnahme an Aufbaumodulen (Bachelor)
Die Teilnahme an Aufbaumodulen des Bachelor-Studiums setzt das vorherige erfolgreiche
Absolvieren des entsprechenden Basismoduls voraus.
Bescheinigungen über das Zulassungsgespräch Lehramt
Künftig werden von den jeweiligen Prüfer[inne]n Bescheinigungen über die erfolgreiche
Teilnahme am Zulassungsgespräch für literaturwissenschaftliche Hauptseminare ausgestellt,
die von den Lehramtsstudierenden bei der Abgabe einer Hauptseminararbeit in den
relevanten Bereichen (englische/amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft) vorzulegen sind.
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Erklärung über die selbständige Abfassung von Hausarbeiten
Allen schriftlichen Hausarbeiten ist eine Erklärung über die selbständige Abfassung der
Arbeit beizufügen. Die Formulare sind über eine Webseite der Anglistik/Amerikanistik
abrufbar (www.uni-greifswald.de/~anglam/students/index.htm). Für Studierende, denen ein
Plagiat nachgewiesen wird, besteht keine Möglichkeit zur Revision der Arbeit und damit
zum Erwerb eines Leistungsscheins für diese Lehrveranstaltung. Sie müssen ggf. mit
weiteren gravierenden Konsequenzen rechnen.
Preparation for Examinations
Candidates for all final exams, whether written or oral, (except Practical Language
[Sprachpraxis], but including the BA ‗Fachmodulprüfung‘) must contact the respective
examiner[s] in good time in order to agree on topics (as a rule three months before the date of
the exam).
European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)
Zu den Kriterien der Punktvergabe für Lehramts- und Magisterstudiengänge sowie für
ausländische Studierende siehe die Anmerkungen auf der letzten Seite. B.A.- und M.A.-
Studierende können die Richtlinien der Punktvergabe für die Module den jeweiligen
Prüfungs- bzw. Studienordnungen entnehmen.
Internationale Beziehungen
Die Greifswalder Anglistik/Amerikanistik hat internationale Verbindungen zu Einrichtungen
in Europa und Nordamerika. Wer sich für ein Studium in den USA bzw. Kanada interessiert,
kann sich im Akademischen Auslandsamt bei Frau Dr. Roth informieren; Informationen über
ERASMUS/SOKRATES-Studienaufenthalte innerhalb der EU (speziell: Großbritannien)
erhalten Sie von Frau Gericke
Weitere Informationen
Studienberatung: In allen Fragen der Beratung (Studienorganisation,
Stundenplan, Prüfungsanmeldungen, Urlaubssemester usw.)
wenden Sie sich bitte an Frau Dr. Kuty oder Frau Dr. Brauer
(s. Sprechzeiten).
Fachberatung:
Bei allen fachspezifischen Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an
die MitarbeiterInnen des jeweiligen Lehrstuhls
Auslandsstudien:
In Fragen der Anerkennung von im Ausland erbrachten
Studienleistungen wenden Sie sich bitte an die
Studienberaterinnen oder Frau Gericke.
Für viele Lehrveranstaltungen werden Texte bereits in den Kursbeschreibungen dieses
Verzeichnisses genannt, damit Studierende die Möglichkeit haben, sie vor Beginn des
Semesters zu lesen. Primärtexte für Literaturseminare sollten generell vor
Semesterbeginn gelesen werden.
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Legende
BA
CS
HS
Lit.
LA
LV
M.A.
[u.]n.V.
R
SWS
- Bachelor of Arts
- Cultural Studies
- Hörsaal (Rubenowstraße)
- Literatur[e]
- Lehramt[sanwärter(innen)]
- Lehrveranstaltung
- Magister Artium bzw. Master of Arts
- [und] nach Vereinbarung
- Raum (Steinbeckerstraße)
- Semesterwochenstunden
(2 SWS = 2 Stunden jede Woche über 1 Semester
oder Äquivalent – d.h. insgesamt 28 Stunden –,
z.B. 4 Stunden alle 2 Wochen über 1 Semester
oder 2 Blöcke von je 7 Stunden)
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VORLESUNGEN / GRUNDKURSE / ALLGEMEINE VERANSTALTUNGEN
Introduction to the USA (Vorlesung) 4002010
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 08-10 HS Rubenowstr. 3 Anette Brauer
This basic course will first discuss key historical events that led to the formation of the
U.S.A., then focus on the major developments in the 18 th to 20 th centuries that shaped
American society. In the second half, the lecture will offer a concise look at selected aspects
of contemporary American culture and society such as politics, media, education, religion,
and issues connected with immigration, ethnicity and gender. A NEW course handout will be
made available at the beginning of the semester.
The course is also part of the B.A. General Studies module ―Introduction to Great Britain and
the USA‖ (3 LP)
maximum participants: 180
Introduction to English Grammar (Grundlagenseminar/Übung: Lehramt) 4002002
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 12-14 HS 1 Heike Gericke
This lecture is intended to give a survey of Modern English grammar in order to provide
students with basic theoretical knowledge of word phrases and their constituents, their
syntactic behaviour within simple sentences, and of multiple sentences in English.
Participants are required to attend regularly and actively, and to take a written test (Klausur).
maximum participants: 150
Theorie und Praxis des Fremdsprachenunterrichts I (fremdsprachenübergreifend)
(Vorlesung) 4002012
2 SWS ab 4. Sem. Mo 14-16 HS 3 Margitta Kuty
Dieser Grundkurs bietet die theoretische Einführung in die Fremdsprachendidaktik und
bildet den obligatorischen Einstieg in die fachdidaktische Ausbildung. Die erfolgreiche
Teilnahme an diesem Grundkurs ermöglicht den Zugang zum sprachspezifischen Teil II
(Schulpraktische Übung). Die erfolgreiche Teilnahme an beiden Veranstaltungen (I und II)
ergibt einen von der Lehrerprüfungsverordnung geforderten Leistungsnachweis.
In diesem Grundkurs erhalten die Teilnehmer/innen zunächst einen kurzen geschichtlichen
Überblick über die Entwicklung der Fremdsprachendidaktik als wissenschaftliches
Fachgebiet, lernen wichtige Bezugswissenschaften kennen und erfahren mehr über die
aktuellen sprach- und bildungspolitischen Rahmenbedingungen. Anschließend werden
Aspekte der Kompetenzentwicklung unter Einbezug der Kenntnisbereiche und
Sprachtätigkeiten ebenso beleuchtet wie Fragen der Literatur/Kulturdidaktik, des Einsatzes
unterschiedlicher sprachspezifischer Unterrichtsmethoden und Möglichkeiten der Beurteilung
und Evaluation im Fremdsprachenunterricht.
maximum participants: 80
The Road to Present-Day English: From Old English to EWL (Vorlesung/Proseminar)
4002005
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 08-10 HS 1 Sebastian Knospe
In this class, we shall trace decisive stages in the historical development of the English
language, following the road from Old via Middle and Early Modern to Present-Day English.
The course will provide students with essential knowledge in language history and historical
linguistics. This will, for instance, allow you to find an answer to the question of why Present-
Day English is characterised by a mixed vocabulary and by irregular grammatical patterns.
However, the course contents will also provide you with key competences required for the
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linguistic analysis of authentic texts from older language periods. In our ‗tour‘ through the
history of English, we shall illustrate the structural changes on the phonological, grammatical
and lexical levels along with their respective language-internal and external causes. In so
doing, we shall also keep an eye on the gradual emergence of a linguistic standard. Finally,
we shall have a look at the expansion of English, which laid the foundation for its present
position as a World Language (EWL). The B.A. module ‘Linguistics I’ consists of the two
courses ‘The linguistic tool-kit’ and ‘The Road to Present-Day English’
maximum participants: 150
The History of English Literature (Vorlesung) 4002007
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 10-12 HS 1 N.N.
maximum participants: 150
Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology (Grundlagenseminar/Übung: Lehramt) 4002003
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 HS 1 James Fanning
This course aims to give a thorough grounding in the sounds of English and their correct use
from a theoretical point of view, while paying attention to the practical needs of foreign
learners, particularly those of Germans. What is often known as ‗British Received
Pronunciation‘ will be taken as the standard, however attention will be paid to significantly
different features of General American pronunciation and, to a lesser extent, of certain other
varieties.
Coursebook: Paul Skandera & Peter Burleigh. A Manual of English Phonetics and Phonology
(Narr: ISBN 3-8233-6125-2)
maximum participants: 150
The linguistic tool-kit: Descriptive and analytical frameworks for the study of English
(Vorlesung/Übung) 4002001
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 14-16 HS Rubenowstr. 2 Amei Koll-Stobbe
This series of lectures will introduce the scientific study of the English language from the
perspective of language use. The aim of the course is to provide students with a
methodological tool-kit that will enable them to critically analyse the English language and its
uses in real communicative settings.
A reader will be provided to assist first-year students in organizing and mastering the course
contents. Since we constantly update our reader and course material, the lecture series may
also be of interest to students preparing for the final exam.
The B.A. module ‘Linguistics I’ consists of the two courses ‘The linguistic tool-kit’ and
‘The Road to Present-Day English’
maximum participants: 150
BA-Kolloquium (Koll) 4002099
2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Do 14-16 R 34 Margitta Kuty
Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist obligatorisch für B.A.-studierende, die im laufenden Semester das
‚Modul Kolloquium‘ ablegen wollen. Das Ziel besteht darin, Kenntnisse in einem
ausgewählten Fachgebiet methodisch angemessen und wissenschaftlich adäquat darzustellen.
Dazu dient abschließend ein 20-minütiges power-point gestütztes freies Referat in englischer
Sprache zu einem ausgewählten Thema, das Sie als Leistung für das Modul ‚Kolloquium‗
erbringen müssen.
maximum participants: 20
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EWL: Local & Global Identities (Vorlesung) 4002004
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Di 16-18 HS Rubenowstr. 2 Amei Koll-Stobbe
This lecture will provide students with a detailed overview of linguistic aspects relating to
English as the major areal and functional language of our time. To begin with, we will look at
the current use of English as a world language including more traditional topic areas like
regional varieties, national standard vs. vernacular Englishes as well as post-colonial and New
Englishes. Apart from that, we will examine processes and consequences of language contact
and the internationalisation of communication practices and technologies. A reader will be
made available to assist and guide participants through the material and facilitate checking up
on course contents and methodologies.
Readers I Local and Global Identities of English as a World Language: Sociolinguistic and
Contact Linguistic framework and II Local and Global Identities of English as a World
Language: Source book Non-European Englishes available at Digital Print Copy (Kuhstr. 39).
maximum participants: 100
Action! Media Project 2011 (Ü/S) 4002059
4 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mi 18-20 R 34 Anette Brauer & Conny Loder
Can you produce an action movie without a budget? Can an action movie have a meaningful
message? Can it be fair to – and interesting for – both men and women? Would you like to be
a part of our new film team that will strive to creatively answer those questions with YES?
We are looking for talented, enthusiastic, and reliable students who are interested in learning
the practical aspects of film making. Become a script writer, discover your acting talents,
excel in organizing special effects, and direct a team of dedicated fellow students.
For questions and comments, go to www.twitter.com/FlyByImages.
Important: Since we plan to do most of the (probably extensive AND intensive) filming
during the 2011 ‗Project Week‘ (June 14-18), you must be available at that time in addition to
the regular meetings during the semester that will cover the pre- and post-production
processes.
Successful participation will be rewarded with a Medienschein (4 SWS) and a few minutes of
fame.
maximum participants: 25
GRUNDSTUDIUM / B.A.
SPRACHPRAXIS
Zugangsvoraussetzung für alle sprachpraktischen Kurse im Grundstudium:
bestandener Einstufungstest
Listening: American English (Übung) 4002013
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 34 Anette Brauer
This practical language course aims to improve the listening abilities of students by practicing
listening for general understanding, listening for specific information and close listening. The
texts will be diverse in content (fictional, factual, practical as well as theoretical) and will be
read by speakers of American English exclusively.
maximum participants: 30
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Presentations (Übung) 4002014
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 34 Heike Gericke
This course is designed to equip students with the essential communication and language
skills needed for giving a presentation. We will analyse examples shown on video and
practise skills such as structuring information, using an appropriate style of language, using
visual aids and adopting the right body language. This course will culminate with each
student giving a presentation in class.
maximum participants: 20
Advanced Grammar (Übung) 4002015
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Di 10-12 R 23 Heike Gericke
In this course we shall deal with complex sentence structures in English. We shall analyse
sentence structures in texts and practise typical sentence patterns as well as advanced, but
discrete, grammar points.
This course is obligatory for teacher training.
Obligatory textbook: Mark Foley & Diane Hall. Longman Advanced Learner‟s Grammar.
(Pearson Education Limited 2003)
maximum participants: 25
Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002016
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 R 24 Heike Gericke
In this course we will read texts of various styles and forms to be then analysed and discussed
in class. This course will provide practice in specific skills (dealing with unknown vocabulary
and complex structures, reading techniques) and lots of opportunities (group discussions, role
plays) to enhance your range of vocabulary, your fluency and communicative confidence.
maximum participants: 20
Intercultural Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002017
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 R 34 Anette Brauer
Topics and texts for this course will be chosen to advance intercultural competence in the
English language with a background in American cultural studies. Covering a variety of social
issues worldwide (reading), students will be encouraged to analyze and discuss them from
their own (inter-)cultural experiences (speaking). Students will be required to give a
presentation on a selected culture. A reader will be provided by the beginning of the semester.
maximum participants: 20
Reading and Writing (Übung: nur BA) 4002018
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 08-10 R 24 Heike Gericke
This course aims to improve text awareness (reading) and text production (writing). Students
will read short texts in class, practising different reading techniques. Follow-up activities aim
to enlarge students‘ vocabulary and to enhance text comprehension. At home students will
write texts related to the topics discussed in class. These texts will be marked and corrected
during and at the end of the semester.
maximum participants: 20
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In the News: Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002019
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 08-10 R 34 Anette Brauer
As students read current articles from American newspapers and magazines, they will enlarge
their vocabulary in the field of national and international politics. Techniques necessary for
reading non-fiction texts, e.g. inferring and prediction, will be practiced. Additionally,
students are expected to determine and discuss the American perspectives presented in those
texts.
maximum participants: 20
Reading and Writing about Science and Technology (Übung) 4002020
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 10-12 R 24 Anette Brauer
English words have increasingly entered the everyday vocabulary of scientists and engineers
all over the world. Even the average (German) user of appliances like cell phones, computers,
and high-tech gadgets needs to understand specialized vocabulary. The aim of this course is to
practice and further the understanding and usage of these ‗tech-words‘ as well as practicing
the understanding and usage of English in (popular-)scientific texts. This course will also
offer students the chance to apply and practice their writing abilities.
PS: If you are not at least minimally interested in scientific and technological questions, then
this course is NOT for you.
maximum participants: 20
Writing (Übung: nur Lehramt) 4002021
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 10-12 R 21 Heike Gericke
In regular meetings as a class we will discuss basic principles of text production and features
of academic texts. In individual tutorials we will talk about your texts/assignments and work
on better text organisation, style, and grammar and lexis.
Obligatory book: Hodges, John C., et.al., Harbrace College Handbook. Harcourt Brace
College Publishers, 1994 (Twelfth edition) or 1998 (Thirteenth edition).
maximum participants: 15
Translation (Übung) 4002022
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 23 Heike Gericke
In this course we will translate both isolated sentences and texts of various forms and degrees
of difficulty into English or German. Most texts will be set for homework and then discussed
in class. The course is meant to increase language awareness (particularly recognizing and
understanding differences between German and English) and also to give a better
understanding of English sentence structures and to help to extend the range of your
vocabulary.
maximum participants: 20
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English Phonology: past and present (Seminar) 4002034
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 23 Sebastian Knospe & Amei Koll-Stobbe
In this course, building on the ―Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology‖ (which must have
been attended previously), we will look in more detail at the sound inventory of English, from
both a synchronic and a diachronic point of view. We will focus on the distinction between
phonetics and phonology and on the criteria relevant for the description of sounds in general.
This, along with knowledge of the IPA transcription system, will serve as the basis for an
analysis of the phonological system of present English. Then we will analyse the sound
changes that constituted part of the shift from Old to Middle English and from there to Early
Modern English. After that, we will concentrate on the manifestations of sound variation in
varieties of present-day English.
Schein requirements include active and regular participation, a presentation and a term paper.
maximum participants: 30
English in the USA: Phonology, Morphology & Semantics (Proseminar) 4002032
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 23 Sebastian Muth
In this course we will take a closer look at how English is used in the United States. We will
learn about the various dialects and accents heard from coast to coast and explore general
patterns of use as well as distinctive linguistic peculiarities of English in America. A folder
with essential readings will be available at the beginning of the seminar
maximum participants: 30
Pragmatics (Proseminar) 4002033
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 23 Melanie Burmeister
Pragmatics can be defined as the study of meaning in context and thus goes beyond the
analysis of the literal meaning of words and sentences. Pragmatic analyses include the
speaker, the listener and the communicative context of an utterance and thus enable us to
understand the statement ―It‘s really freezing in here!‖ as a request to close the window. In
this seminar we will deal with the core concepts and the elementary theories in pragmatics.
We will start out by defining basic notions such as context, reference and deixis, before
moving on to speech-act theories according to Austin and Searle and the cooperation principle
and the conversational maxims proposed by Grice. Furthermore, we will dip into
conversational analysis and the related concept of politeness, before we finish the semester
with an excursion into cross-cultural pragmatics, in which we will have a closer look at how
humans from different cultures use and understand language. Relevant texts will be provided
as master copies at the beginning of the semester.
maximum participants: 30
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USA/KANADA
The Peculiar Quality of Silence … and Voice: American Women Writers from
Romanticism to the Present (Proseminar) 4002050
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 24 Kerstin Knopf
Edith Wharton has described the lack of women‘s voices in one of her ghost stories as
follows: ―...the peculiar quality of the silence – the silence which had dogged her steps
wherever she went, and was now folded down on her like a pall.‖ This silence must be seen as
a metaphor for the legal and social silence imposed upon women by patriarchal legislation
and social conventions and the consequent lack of equal rights. These conventions and ideas
of women as inferior beings, belonging to the domestic sphere, and/or being less able to fill
positions within the traditional male realms have accompanied women even after they gained
suffrage, have been implanted in women‘s thought, and have inhibited their developments
even to this day. Writing was a profession that allowed women to gain public voice and to
give voice to the concerns and political, social, and economic state of the ‗second sex.‘ In this
class we will read and discuss poems and texts by Emily Dickinson, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Kate
Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Louisa May Alcott, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Edith
Wharton, Sylvia Plath, Hisaye Yamamoto, Tillie Olsen, Bharati Mukherjee, Sandra Cisneros,
Maxine Hong Kingston, Joyce Carol Oates, and Emma Lee Warrior. All texts will be
provided as reader. Please purchase and read the novels: Kate Chopin The Awakening and
Louisa May Alcott Behind a Mask.
maximum participants: 25
Warriors with a Drum: Contemporary Native American Music (Proseminar) 4002039
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 34 Anette Brauer
If you think contemporary Native American music is all about powwows and chill-out music
á là Charlos Nakai, think again. From the 1960s rockers of ―Redbone‖ and ―XIT‖ or the
1970‘s protest singer Floyd Red Crow Westermann to the incredibly talented Buffy Sainte-
Marie, from the disco pop of Tiger Tiger to the political Hip Hop/Rap of Litefoot, Native
American musicians have ventured into all styles of contemporary music. Perhaps not as
commercially successful (or noticeable) as other so-called ―Ethnic Music‖, the creativity and
professionalism is worth listening to and an interpretive look at the texts will tell oral histories
in a way that is both engaging and meaningful.
Note: Only a VERY limited number of term paper topics will be available.
A Reader will be provided by the beginning of the semester.
maximum participants: 25
The City in American Literature and Film (Seminar) 4002038
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 23 Martin Holtz
& Mo 18-21 R 34 (Film sessions)
Founded on ideals of Jeffersonian yeomanry and Jacksonian democracy, America has had a
conflicted relationship to urbanity throughout its history. The Romanticists preferred the
openness of nature to the confining spaces of the city. But the rise of industrialism in the
second half of the 19 th century effected the growth of major metropolitan areas, the dark sides
of which, such as poverty, discrimination, and horrible living conditions, were depicted
unflinchingly in naturalist literature. The 20 th century brought about a turn in the portrayal of
the city, now an effective emblem of modern (American) civilization: restless, dynamic,
chaotic, sprawling and anonymous. In this seminar we will chart the eventful reflection of the
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city in literature, including the novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Stephen Crane),
Manhattan Transfer (John Dos Passos), and The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster), as well as
films such as City Lights (Charles Chaplin), The Naked City (Jules Dassin), and Taxi Driver
(Martin Scorsese).
maximum participants: 25
America’s Wars in Literature and Film (Seminar) 4002040
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Martin Holtz
& Di 18-21 R 23 (Film sessions)
The many wars that America has fought in its history have not only shaped its national
character, but have also had profound global reverberations. This seminar will attempt a
history of America‘s wars as reflected in its literature and films. We will explore in how far
these cultural expressions have rendered shifting attitudes towards wars and in how far the
experience of wars has effected changes in artistic conventions. This approach will include a
thorough exploration of historical backgrounds from the War of Independence to the War in
Iraq. We will discuss texts by Louisa May Alcott, Walt Whitman, Stephen Crane, Ernest
Hemingway and others as well as films by D.W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Howard Hawks,
and Stanley Kubrick.
maximum participants: 25
Modernism: American Literature between the World Wars (Seminar) 4002041
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 12-14 R 24 Martin Holtz
America‘s literary output between the World Wars is characterized by a multifaceted variety
of thematic and stylistic innovation. The First World War seriously disturbed a sense of trust
in established orders, beliefs, and conventions, be they literary, social, or political, which
fostered an experimentalist approach to cultural expression. In poetry, authors like Gertrude
Stein, E.E. Cummings, Ezra Pound, and Hilda Doolittle, and in prose, authors like Ernest
Hemingway, William Faulkner, and John Dos Passos redefined the possibilities of language.
F. Scott Fitzgerald gave the definite portrait of the 1920s Jazz Age in his The Great Gatsby
while John Steinbeck vividly portrayed the Great Depression of the 1930s in his Grapes of
Wrath. The period also saw an unprecedented breakthrough of African American culture into
the mainstream during the Harlem Renaissance. Authors like Langston Hughes, Nella Larsen,
Claude McKay, and Zora Neale Hurston lastingly challenged the marginalized status of
blacks in American culture. In this seminar we will discuss short stories, novels, poems, and
plays of American Modernism‘s representative authors.
maximum participants: 25
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STUDIES GB
Zum Redaktionsschluß war die Professur für ‚British and North American Literatures„ noch
nicht besetzt. Weitere Proseminare auf diesen beiden Gebieten sind jedoch eventuell zu
erwarten.
Oscar Wilde (Seminar) 4002042
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 23 Conny Loder
Is art useless as Oscar Wilde suggested? And how are we to understand this attitude in
reference to Wilde‘s own works? To grasp Wilde‘s view of literature we will read and discuss
these works: The Picture of Dorian Gray; The Canterville Ghost; The Importance of Being
Earnest; Lady Windemere‟s Fan; and An Ideal Husband. The discussion of these works will
include various topics from Victorian literature and society, some of which are dandyism,
acting conditions, Wilde‘s own life, Walter Pater and the movement of aestheticism.
The seminar will be accompanied by viewings of some productions of Wilde‘s works and a
biographical film on Oscar Wilde, starring Stephen Fry. These viewings will be held
Tuesdays, 18-21h.
maximum participants: 25
Novels of Thomas Hardy (Seminar) 4002043
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
The novels of Thomas Hardy paint a picture of rural and small-town life in England in the
latter part of the 19 th century. His view of life is ultimately tragic and his last novel shocked
the reading public and critics so much that Hardy wrote only poetry for the rest of his long
life. The very memorable stories and characters prompt us to think about questions of gender,
class, education, social progress and more.
PRIMARY TEXTS: Far From the Madding Crowd (1874) and Tess of the D‟Urbervilles (1891)
[You should buy good annotated editions such as Penguin Classics, Oxford World‘s Classics or,
ideally, Norton Critical Editions – the latter are more expensive but contain a wealth of extra material
which will help you. The two novels add up to a fairly large quantity of text, so you should begin
reading as soon as possible – i.e. in February!]
RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND READING:
The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Hardy, ed. by Dale Kramer. CUP 1999
Wilson, A.N. The Victorians. Hutchinson 2002; pbk. Arrow/Random House 2003
maximum participants: 25
Utopia(s): from Thomas More to Alan Moore (Seminar) 4002044
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 Conny Loder
This seminar aims to trace traces various types of utopia (and dystopias)—from the genre‘s
originator, Thomas More, to the 21 st century. The following works will be read and discussed
in the seminar: Thomas More, Utopia; William Morris, News from Nowhere; Aldous Huxley,
Brave New World; Stephen Fry, Making History; and Alan Moore, V for Vendetta. The first
half of the seminar will serve as an introduction to the topic, with close readings of these
works. The second half of the seminar will be conducted in small group discussions in which
we will analyse and compare specific aspects and questions raised in these works.
We will also watch films of Brave New World and Vendetta to complement our understanding
of these works of literature. These viewings will be held Tuesdays, 18-21h.
maximum participants: 25
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Shakespeare London Excursion (Seminar) 4002045
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 23 Conny Loder
In the first week of August 2011 (possibly already starting 30 July, depending on theatre
schedule and what tickets are available) we shall go to London and retrace the tracks of the
great Bard, William Shakespeare. We will visit the Globe Theatre and other theatres (possibly
fringe theatres), participate in educational events and theatre workshops and retrace
Shakespeare‘s steps in London (catacombs, excavation sites, the Elizabethan red light
district…). The evenings will be filled with theatre performances. Plays to discuss in the
seminar and to watch in London will be announced in due time, when theatres publish their
schedules for 2011. Students are to use Cambridge, Oxford or Arden editions for the plays.
maximum participants: 15
West Indian Slavery in Fiction (Seminar) 4002046
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
In this seminar we shall discuss three 20 th - and 21 st -century novels about slave-owning
society in the West Indies in the early 19 th century to see how it is presented in very different
ways, as well as considering them more generally in their own right as novels.
PRIMARY TEXTS:
de Lisser, Herbert. The White Witch of Rosehall (1928)
Phillips, Caryl. Cambridge (1991)
Levy, Andrea. The Long Song (2010)
RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND READING:
Prince, Mary. The History of Mary Prince (1831), ed. S. Salih. Penguin 2000/2004
Lewis, Matthew Gregory. Journal of a West India Proprietor (1834)
Armitage, David and Michael Braddick. The British Atlantic World, 1500–1800. Palgrave
2002
Heuman, Gad and James Walvin (eds.). The Slavery Reader. Routledge 2003
maximum participants: 25
British TV comedy since the 1960s (Seminar) 4002047
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 34 James Fanning
& Do 18-21 R 34 (Film sessions)
―Humour is the only topic taken seriously in Britain.‖ (Agnès Poirier) These days most people
studying English know American TV comedy shows such as Friends or M*A*S*H, and many
also know British ones such as Monty Python‟s Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers or The Office.
However, do you know Steptoe & Son (1960s), Rising Damp (70s), Yes, Minister (80s) or
Black Books (2000s)? After a brief phase on the theory of comedy since the 17 th century*, we
shall watch selected episodes of these and various other British comedy series (evening
sessions) and then discuss them in class, considering such aspects as verbal and visual
humour, the morality of comedy (what do/may/should we laugh at, and why?), intertextual
and other cultural references, even the film techniques used.
RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND READING:
Medhurst, Andy. A National Joke: Popular comedy and English Cultural Identities.
Routledge 2007
* A READER will be available from Digital Print Copy (Loefflerstr./Kuhstr.) by the beginning
of April
maximum participants: 25
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Jane Austen beyond Pride and Prejudice: from the History of England to Sanditon
(Seminar) 4002048
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. 15.04., 16-18 und 14.-18.06., 09-13.30 R 34 Mascha Hansen
Even Jane-Austen fans – and there are many – often know only her finished novels. Great as
these are, to get to know also her juvenilia and the last, unfinished work, Sanditon, is to
discover a new Austen: much more versatile and yes, even much more fun. I dare say not
even Mark Twain would have objected to Lady Susan in his library! This Blockseminar is
dedicated to finding out more about Jane Austen and her development as a writer, with special
emphasis on the development of her unique style. We will discuss the choice of texts and
presentations in a mandatory first session on Friday, 15 April, 16-18h.
maximum participants: 20
Shakespeare and Modernity: The Criticism of G. Wilson Knight (Seminar) 4002049
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. 18.-21.04., 16-21 R 21 Michael Szczekalla
Knight wielded enormous influence as a Shakespeare critic until well into the 1970s. The
seminar will address the question whether he owed his astonishing success, at least partially,
to his ambivalent attitude towards modernity. The ‗imaginative criticism‘ he practised from
the 1920s onwards shows a close affinity to the literary movement of Modernism, which has
rightly been described as ―a by-product of incomplete modernization‖ (Frederic Jameson).
Thus Knight taught readers and fellow critics to dispense with the ‗ethical criticism‘ of the
Victorians with its undue focus on characters, and read Shakespeare‘s dramas as ‗extended
metaphors‘. In particular, he wanted his readers to focus on the tension between ‗cynicism‘
and ‗affirmation‘ he discovered in the problem plays, the tragedies – where it is suspended –
and also in late plays, which he chose to call ‗myths‘, where, according to him, it is finally
overcome.
PRIMARY TEXTS: Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest (Arden).
A Selection of essays from The Wheel of Fire (1930) The Imperial Theme (1931) The Crown
of Life (1947) will be made available to all participants.
maximum participants: 15
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HAUPTSTUDIUM / M.A.
Das vorliegende Verzeichnis weist alle in der Greifswalder Anglistik und Amerikanistik
angebotenen Lehrveranstaltungen aus, soweit zum Zeitpunkt der Fertigstellung schon
verbindliche Aussagen möglich waren. Z.T. weichen die Angaben bereits von denen in dem
zentralen Vorlesungsverzeichnis der Universität ab.
Grundsätzlich gilt immer: Bitte beachten Sie auch die Aushänge im Gebäude des Faches
über eventuelle weitere Änderungen.
SPRACHPRAXIS
Zugangsvoraussetzung für alle sprachpraktischen Kurse im Hauptstudium: erfolgreicher
Abschluss des Grundstudiums
Translation German-English (Übung) 4002061
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 23 James Fanning
or: Fr 12-14 R 23
This course aims above all to increase your awareness of the similarities and differences
between the two languages and practice techniques for getting around problems of translation.
We shall mainly work orally, but a written test will be offered in the final week of the
semester. It is essential to be present in the first session of the semester.
maximum participants: 25 (each group)
Translation Workshop (Examenskurs) (Übung) 4002062
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 12-14 R 23 James Fanning
This course is for those students who intend to take their final exam (Staatsexamen, Magister
or Master) in Translation immediately following this semester. It will build on the normal
Translation course (cf. above), which all participants must have already taken.
maximum participants: 25
Advanced Composition (Übung: tutorials) 4002064
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. n.V. R 24 James Fanning
This course is for students who have already had considerable writing practice and wish to
improve their ability to write in various styles and forms. In individual weekly tutorials, we
will talk about your texts and your concerns, and work on ways to improve the expression and
development of ideas.
Priority will be given to students enrolled for our M.A., who need this course as part of the
module ‗Advanced Language Competence‘, preferably in the semester immediately preceding
their Translation exam.
It is important to attend an introductory session on Monday 4 th April at 16.15 (R 24).
maximum participants: 12
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Tell Me a Story: Narrative Strategies in Creative and Academic Writing (Übung)
4002065
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 14-16 R 24 Jayne Thompson (Widener)
(Mai/Juni) & Mi 14-16
This course investigates the ways in which narrative can be used in creative and academic
writing. Students will read many examples of narrative writing in various forms: poetry, short
story, creative non-fiction, and argument. The assignments for the course will ask students to
practice narrative strategies in a variety of short writings.
maximum participants: 12
Error Correction (Übung) 4002063
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 23 Heike Gericke
This course for prospective teachers aims to improve your ability to spot and correct mistakes
(spelling, lexical, grammatical, idiomatic) in your pupils‘ written papers. At the same time the
course provides a general revision of English grammar for everyone.
maximum participants: 25
ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT
English Phonology: past and present (Seminar) 4002034
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 23 Sebastian Knospe & Amei Koll-Stobbe
In this course, building on the ―Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology‖ (which must have
been attended previously), we will look in more detail at the sound inventory of English, from
both a synchronic and a diachronic point of view. We will focus on the distinction between
phonetics and phonology and on the criteria relevant for the description of sounds in general.
This, along with knowledge of the IPA transcription system, will serve as the basis for an
analysis of the phonological system of present English. Then we will analyse the sound
changes that constituted part of the shift from Old to Middle English and from there to Early
Modern English. After that, we will concentrate on the manifestations of sound variation in
varieties of present-day English.
Schein requirements include active and regular participation, a presentation and a term paper.
maximum participants: 30
Texts and Contexts: Discursive Linguistics (Vorlesung/Hauptseminar) 4002072
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 08-10 R 23 Amei Koll-Stobbe
This seminar deals with the constitution of meaning through interactions in specific contexts,
i. e. in particular oral and literate communicative settings. We shall study theory
(communication theories, conversation analysis, discourse analysis and text linguistics) and
test it with the help of authentic data that students are required to collect and analyse in
independent study groups.
maximum participants: 30
Doktorandenkolloquium (Kolloquium) 40020
2 SWS Mi 16-18 R 21 Amei Koll-Stobbe
This colloquium is open for the presentation and discussion of the dissertation projects of my
doctoral students. Dates will be arranged on invitation in the course of the semester.
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LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES
USA/KANADA
Zum Redaktionsschluß war die Professur für ‚British and North American Literatures„ noch
nicht besetzt. Weitere Hauptseminare auf diesen beiden Gebieten sind jedoch zu erwarten.)
The City in American Literature and Film (Seminar) 4002038
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 14-16 R 23 Martin Holtz
& Mo 18-21 R 34 (Film sessions)
Course description: cf. “Grundstudium /B A.”
maximum participants: 25
Trust No One: The X-Files’ America of the 1990s (Hauptseminar) 4002078
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 34 Anette Brauer
Long-running cult series like The X-Files reflect the zeitgeist of the period they were
produced in. With its unique mix of sci-fi/horror/police-procedural narratives, it is able to
thematize a wide array of issues, both historically and contemporary. To the critical and openminded
viewer, The X-Files thus offers complex insights into the American society and
‗psyche‘ of the 1990s.
This course is designed to use the TV series as a basis for a more thorough approach to the
post-Cold War/pre-End-of-the-Millennium American culture. It will NOT be a typical film
seminar, but rather focus on decoding meanings against the societal backdrop of the show.
Note: Please be prepared to attend a separate bulk screening of selected shows at the
beginning of the semester.
maximum participants: 25
America’s Wars in Literature and Film (Seminar) 4002040
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Martin Holtz
& Di 18-21 R 23 (Film sessions)
Course description: cf. “Grundstudium /B A.”
maximum participants: 25
Modernism: American Literature between the World Wars (Seminar) 4002041
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Fr 12-14 R 24 Martin Holtz
Course description: cf. “Grundstudium /B A.”
maximum participants: 25
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STUDIES GB
Zum Redaktionsschluß war die Professur für ‚British and North American Literatures„ noch
nicht besetzt. Weitere Hauptseminare auf diesen beiden Gebieten sind jedoch zu erwarten.
Oscar Wilde (Seminar) 4002042
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 12-14 R 23 Conny Loder
Course description: cf. “Grundstudium /B A.”
maximum participants: 25
Novels of Thomas Hardy (Seminar) 4002043
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
Course description: cf. “Grundstudium /B A.”
maximum participants: 25
Utopia(s): from Thomas More to Alan Moore (Seminar) 4002044
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 Conny Loder
Course description: cf. “Grundstudium /B A.”
maximum participants: 25
Shakespeare London Exkursion (Seminar) 4002045
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 23 Conny Loder
Course description: cf. “Grundstudium /B A.”
maximum participants: 15
West Indian Slavery in fiction (Seminar) 4002046
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
Course description: cf. “Grundstudium /B A.”
maximum participants: 25
British TV comedy since the 1960s (Seminar) 4002047
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 34 James Fanning
& Do 18-21 R 34 (Film sessions)
Course description: cf. “Grundstudium /B A.”
maximum participants: 25
Jane Austen beyond Pride and Prejudice: from the History of England to Sanditon
(Seminar) 4002048
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. 15.04., 16-18 und 14.-18.06., 09-13.30 R 34 Mascha Hansen
Course description: cf. “Grundstudium /B A.”
maximum participants: 20
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Shakespeare and Modernity: The Criticism of G. Wilson Knight (Seminar) 4002049
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. 18.-21.04., 16-21 R 21 Michael Szczekalla
Course description: cf. “Grundstudium /B A.”
maximum participants: 15
Lesarten moderner short stories vom Modernismus bis zur Gegenwart (Hauptseminar)
4002079
2 SWS ab 5 Sem. 14.-17.06., 09-14 R 21 Andrea Beck
Anhand modernistischer und zeitgenössischer short stories, deren vorherige Lektüre zur
Interpretation unbedingt erforderlich ist, werden unterschiedliche Lesarten bzw.
Deutungsansätze im Zusammenhang mit ausgewählten theoretischen Texten diskutiert.
Folgende leicht zu erwerbende Werke werden als bekannt vorausgesetzt und sind als
Grundlage der Interpretationsarbeit mitzubringen:
- James Joyce, Dubliners (Verlag sekundär)
- Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway‟s Party (günstig in Reclams roter Reihe)
- Katherine Mansfield, The Garden-Party (günstig bei Reclam)
- Lenz/Gratzke (Hg.), Cross-Cultural Encounters. 20 th Century English Short Stories
(Reclam)
- Jonathan Culler, Literaturtheorie (Reclam – grüne Reihe)
- Daniel R.Schwarz (ed.), The Dead. James Joyce (Macmillan Press).
Weitere theoretische Texte werden in kopierter Form bereit gestellt.
Die Bereitschaft zum close reading sowie das Interesse an der Auseinandersetzung mit
Literaturtheorie sind Voraussetzungen zur Teilnahme am Seminar.
maximum participants: 15
FACHDIDAKTIK
Theorie und Praxis des Fremdsprachenunterrichts I (fremdsprachenübergreifend)
(Vorlesung) 4002012
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mo 14-16 HS 3 Margitta Kuty
Dieser Grundkurs bietet die theoretische Einführung in die Fremdsprachendidaktik und
bildet den obligatorischen Einstieg in die fachdidaktische Ausbildung. Die erfolgreiche
Teilnahme an diesem Grundkurs ermöglicht den Zugang zum sprachspezifischen Teil II
(Schulpraktische Übung). Die erfolgreiche Teilnahme an beiden Veranstaltungen (I und II)
ergibt einen von der Lehrerprüfungsverordnung geforderten Leistungsnachweis.
Kursbeschreibung: siehe „Vorlesungen“
maximum participants: 60
Literature in the English Classroom (Proseminar) 4002091
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 14-16 R 24 Nils Rosenthal
Only very few pupils will ever answer in the affirmative if asked whether they like reading.
But reading English literature of any kind can indeed be fun and interesting.
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Based on some theoretical background concerning the use of literature in the classroom, we
will examine how we can make reading literary texts in school more appealing for pupils.
This will include establishing a list of characteristics to make the ―right‖ choice of text to
begin with. Subsequently, we will read a great amount of school-relevant literature (of
different genres) and gauge the diverse opportunities that the texts offer for their use in the
classroom. Active student participation will be required as we aim to collect creative ideas
turning into potential teaching materials for you to take home.
maximum participants: 25
Alternative Unterrichtsformen im Fremdsprachenunterricht (fremdsprachenübergreifend)
(Hauptseminar) 4002088
2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Di 16-18 R 23 Margitta Kuty
Ausgehend von Überlegungen zu einer veränderten Schule und verändertem Unterricht als
Resultat u.A. der PISA-Studien beschäftigen wir uns mit unterschiedlichen alternativen
Unterrichtskonzepten. Wir suchen z.B. in verschiedenen reformpädagogischen Ansätzen nach
Möglichkeiten, den Fremdsprachenunterricht auch an staatlichen Schulen weiter zu
verbessern. Wir besuchen verschiedene, auch alternative Schulen der Stadt und erarbeiten
Unterrichtsmaterialien für den Fremdsprachenunterricht an diesen Schulen. Dabei wird der
Fokus schwerpunktmäßig auf geöffnete Unterrichtsformen gelegt. (Werkstattlernen,
Wochenplanarbeit, Freiarbeit etc.).
maximum participants: 30
New ways of assessment in the English classroom (grades 5-10) (Proseminar) 4002092
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 24 Anja Schaperjahn
As a teacher you always have to assess the achievements and results of your pupils. There are
lots of ways to assess your pupils: verbal, non-verbal, written or oral tests, with or without a
mark – but when and how to choose which form?
In this course you will learn about different kinds of assessment and testing techniques.
Theoretical aspects will be combined with practical exercises, for example how to design
simple classroom tests and how to use them to give useful information which might be helpful
for your work as a teacher.
maximum participants: 25
Learning arrangements in English classes at advanced levels (Sekundarstufe II)
(Proseminar) 4002093
2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Do 16-18 IQS Volker Grap
Modern, successful and efficient teaching in any subject at school focuses on the learners‘
development of skills with regard to a variety of different competences which this seminar
will provide some theoretical background on. For the most part we will, however, focus on
how different competences can be improved and developed within the context of teaching
essential elements (e.g. working with literary and non-literary texts, computers, films and
music) to students at advanced levels. Additionally we will take a critical look at how student
work can be graded appropriately in the respective contexts.
At the end of the seminar you will have some useful material that will help you to prepare
classes effectively at school.
maximum participants: 20
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Teaching English with children’s and youth literature (Proseminar) 4002094
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. 28.03.-01.04 09-17 R 23 Grit Alter
Have you heard of Mothball, the cute and cheeky wombat that loves carrots, the kid who lives
out of a suitcase when going back and forth between her parents‘ places, or the Absolutely
True Diary of a Part-time Indian? Ever thought about teaching these books to pupils?
‗Intensive‘ and ‗extensive reading‘ are concepts which follow different objectives and require
different skills and competences. One aim of reading in the classroom is to learn language ‗by
the way‘, but more than this, reading should be experienced as an enjoyable pastime that
motivates students to use language as a daily tool of communication. Especially children‘s
literature from the U.S., Canada, Australia and other English-speaking countries offers a
lively contribution to intercultural and transcultural learning. In this seminar we will look at
different ways of storytelling and books for children and young adult readers and use various
theoretical approaches to discuss how these could be used to develop language skills and
competences. Most importantly, active storytelling and reading (out loud) will be one
essential part of this block seminar. Let‘s move back in time and look at children‘s literature
from two different perspectives: child and teacher.
Für dieses Seminar gibt es noch freie Plätze. Melden Sie sich dazu (neben der Online
einschreibung) auch per Mail bei mir an: kuty@uni-greifswald.de, In Vorbereitung auf das
Seminar sollten Sie Bücher/Artikel lesen, die entsprechende Liste und die Bücher/Artikel
finden Sie im Handapparat in der Anglistik (Achten Sie auf den Hefter, der dort ausliegt!)
maximum participants: 20
Creative Media in the English Classroom (Proseminar) 4002095
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. 14.-17.06. 09-17 R 23 Stefanie Schult
The modern English classroom consists of more than just books and blackboards. Future
teachers will encounter interactive whiteboards, wireless Internet access and the demand to
stimulate all their students‘ senses. To be able to do all this one needs to know how to work
with the various media that teaching English offers and requires. In this seminar we will begin
with an overview on the classical and new media, but the focus of the seminar will be on
creative media. We will discuss how to work with audiobooks, radioplays, TV series and
films and, of course, participants will get a chance to try their hands at making them. Through
this, we will gather some useful ideas and plans for future lessons.
Die Teilnehmer dieses Seminars erhalten bereits im Vorfeld zur Vorbereitung Materialien
und eine Leseliste per E-mail. Dazu bitte nach Bekanntgabe der Auswertung der
Onlineeinschreibung eine Mail an kokuyochan@aol.com mit dem Betreff Medienseminar
schicken.
Der hier erworbene erfolgreiche Teilnahmeschein gilt gleichzeitig auch als Nachweis für die
Anmeldung zur Ersten Staatsprüfung (‚Medienschein„).
maximum participants: 25
Theorie und Praxis des Englischunterrichts II (inkl. SPÜ) 4 Gruppen (Seminar/Übung)
4002090
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. n.V. Margitta Kuty
Diese Übung/Seminar bildet den zweiten obligatorischen Teil des ersten von der
Lehrerprüfungsverordnung geforderten Leistungsnachweises. Zugangsvoraussetzung ist die
erfolgreiche Teilnahme am Grundkurs Theorie und Praxis des FSU I. Die konkreten Klassen
und Zeiten (Unterrichtsstunden) können aus schulorganisatorischen Gründen erst zu Beginn
des neuen Semesters bekannt gegeben werden. In der ersten Semesterwoche findet eine
detaillierte Einschreibung/Einweisung in die einzelnen Gruppen statt, an der alle
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Studierenden, die sich vorher bereits online generell für die Veranstaltung einschreiben,
teilnehmen müssen. Bitte auf entsprechende Aushänge zu Beginn des neuen Semesters achten.
Nun wird es ernst: Die im Grundkurs theoretisch erworbenen Kenntnisse gilt es, in der Praxis
anzuwenden und zu reflektieren. Gruppen von max. sieben Studierenden unterrichten in einer
Klasse Englisch. Jeder/jede Studierende wird die Möglichkeit erhalten, zwei
Unterrichtsstunden eigenverantwortlich zu planen, durchzuführen und zu evaluieren. Dabei
werden sie durch die entsprechende Lehrkraft und die gesamte Gruppe intensiv betreut.
maximum participants: 28
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B.A.-MODULE
Bitte beachten Sie auch die Aushänge im Gebäude des Faches über eventuelle weitere
Änderungen.
Die Kursbeschreibungen stehen im Hauptteil dieses Verzeichnisses unter den gleichen
Nummern.
SPRACHPRAXIS
ORAL SKILLS
Listening: American English (Übung) 4002013
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 34 Anette Brauer
Presentations (Übung) 4002014
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 34 Heike Gericke
Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002016
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 R 24 Heike Gericke
Intercultural Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002017
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 R 34 Anette Brauer
In the News: Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002019
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 08-10 R 34 Anette Brauer
WRITTEN SKILLS
Intercultural Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002017
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 R 34 Anette Brauer
Reading and Writing (Übung) 4002018
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 08-10 R 24 Heike Gericke
In the News: Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002019
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 08-10 R 34 Anette Brauer
Reading and Writing about Science and Technology (Übung) 4002020
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 10-12 R 24 Anette Brauer
PRACTICAL LINGUISTICS
Introduction to English Grammar (Grundlagenseminar/Übung) 4002002
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 12-14 HS 1 Heike Gericke
Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology (LA) (V) 4002003
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 HS 1 James Fanning
SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT
LINGUISTICS I
The Road to Present-Day English: From Old English to EWL (Vorlesung/Proseminar)
4002005
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 08-10 HS 1 Sebastian Knospe
The linguistic tool-kit: Descriptive and analytical frameworks for the study of English
(Vorlesung/Übung) 4002001
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 14-16 HS Rubenowstr. 2 Amei Koll-Stobbe
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LINGUISTICS II
English Phonology: past and present (Seminar) 4002034
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 23 Sebastian Knospe & Amei Koll-Stobbe
English in the USA: Phonology, Morphology & Semantics (Proseminar) 4002032
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 23 Sebastian Muth
Pragmatics (Proseminar) 4002033
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 23 Melanie Burmeister
ENGLISCHE UND NORDAMERIKANISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT
LITERATUR I
The History of English Literature (Vorlesung) 4002007
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 10-12 HS 1 N.N.
Zu diesem Mikromodul gehören auch die Lehrveranstaltungen ‚The History of American
Literature„ und ‚Introduction to Literary Studies„, die beide im Sommersemester angeboten
werden.
LITERATUR II
The Peculiar Quality of Silence … and Voice: American Women Writers from
Romanticism to the Present (Proseminar) 4002050
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 24 Kerstin Knopf
Warriors with a Drum: Contemporary Native American Music (Proseminar) 4002039
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 34 Anette Brauer
The City in American Literature and Film (Seminar) 4002038
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 23 Martin Holtz
& Mo 18-21 R 34 (Film sessions)
America’s Wars in Literature and Film (Seminar) 4002040
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Martin Holtz
& Di 18-21 R 23 (Film sessions)
Modernism: American Literature between the World Wars (Seminar) 4002041
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 12-14 R 24 Martin Holtz
Oscar Wilde (Seminar) 4002042
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 23 Conny Loder
Novels of Thomas Hardy (Seminar) 4002043
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
Utopia(s): from Thomas More to Alan Moore (Seminar) 4002044
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 Conny Loder
Shakespeare London Excursion (Seminar) 4002045
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 23 Conny Loder
West Indian Slavery in fiction (Seminar) 4002046
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
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Jane Austen beyond Pride and Prejudice: from the History of England to Sanditon
(Seminar) 4002048
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. 15.04., 16-18 und 14.-18.06., 09-13.30 R 34 Mascha Hansen
Shakespeare and Modernity: The Criticism of G. Wilson Knight (Seminar) 4002049
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. 18.-21.04., 16-21 R 21 Michael Szczekalla
CULTURAL STUDIES GB/USA
Warriors with a Drum: Contemporary Native American Music (Proseminar) 4002039
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 34 Anette Brauer
America’s Wars in Literature and Film (Seminar) 4002040
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Martin Holtz
& Di 18-21 R 23 (Film sessions)
British TV comedy since the 1960s (Seminar) 4002047
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 34 James Fanning
& Do 18-21 R 34 (Film sessions)
KOLLOQUIUM
BA-Kolloquium 4002099
2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Do 14-16 R 34 Margitta Kuty
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MASTER-MODULE
(Hier wird nur die Modulstruktur nach der Studienordnung von 2006 angegeben.
Studierende, für die eine ältere Studienordnung noch gilt, sollten sich ggf. bei den
zuständigen Lehrkräften nach der Zuordnung der Lehrveranstaltungen zu den Modulen
erkundigen. Wie die Module ausgewählt werden können, wird in der jeweiligen
Studienordnung erläutert. Dabei sollte beachtet werden, dass z.T. Module aus dem
Kernbereich eines Profilbereichs im Ergänzungsbereich eines anderen Profilbereichs gelten.
Zum Redaktionsschluß war die Professur für ‚British and North American Literatures„ noch
nicht besetzt. Weitere Hauptseminare auf diesen beiden Gebieten sind jedoch zu erwarten.)
1. MODULE IM KERNBEREICH
Bereich: English Linguistics
‘Linguistic Variation and Language Change’
English Phonology: past and present (Seminar) 4002034
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 23 Sebastian Knospe & Amei Koll-Stobbe
‘English Worldwide: Local and Global Identities’
EWL: Local & Global Identities (Vorlesung) 4002004
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Di 16-18 HS Rubenowstr. 2 Amei Koll-Stobbe
‘Discursive Linguistics’
Texts and Contexts: Discursive Linguistics (Vorlesung/Hauptseminar) 4002072
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 08-10 R 23 Amei Koll-Stobbe
ODER: Bereich: English Literature and British Cultural Studies
‘Theory and Methods in the Study of English Literature’
Shakespeare and Modernity: The Criticism of G. Wilson Knight (Seminar) 4002049
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. 18.-21.04., 16-21 R 21 Michael Szczekalla
Lesarten moderner short stories vom Modernismus bis zur Gegenwart (Hauptseminar)
4002079
2 SWS ab 5 Sem. 14.-17.06., 09-14 R 21 Andrea Beck
‘English Literature up to the Age of Shakespeare’
Utopia(s): from Thomas More to Alan Moore (Seminar) 4002044
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 Conny Loder
Shakespeare London Excursion (Seminar) 4002045
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 23 Conny Loder
Shakespeare and Modernity: The Criticism of G. Wilson Knight (Seminar) 4002049
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. 18.-21.04., 16-21 R 21 Michael Szczekalla
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‘English/British Literature: 1600 to 1900’
Oscar Wilde (Seminar) 4002042
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 12-14 R 23 Conny Loder
Novels of Thomas Hardy (Seminar) 4002043
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
Utopia(s): from Thomas More to Alan Moore (Seminar) 4002044
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 Conny Loder
Shakespeare London Excursion (Seminar) 4002045
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 23 Conny Loder
Jane Austen beyond Pride and Prejudice: from the History of England to Sanditon
(Seminar) 4002048
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. 15.04., 16-18 und 14.-18.06., 09-13.30 R 34 Mascha Hansen
‘British Literature from Modernism to the Present’
Utopia(s): from Thomas More to Alan Moore (Seminar) 4002044
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 Conny Loder
West Indian Slavery in Fiction (Seminar) 4002046
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
Lesarten moderner short stories vom Modernismus bis zur Gegenwart (Hauptseminar)
4002079
2 SWS ab 5 Sem. 14.-17.06., 09-14 R 21 Andrea Beck
‘British Empire and Commonwealth’
West Indian Slavery in fiction (Seminar) 4002046
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
ODER: Bereich: North American Studies
‘U.S. American Literature’
The City in American Literature and Film (Seminar) 4002038
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 14-16 R 23 Martin Holtz
& Mo 18-21 R 34 (Film sessions)
America’s Wars in Literature and Film (Seminar) 4002040
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Martin Holtz
& Di 18-21 R 23 (Film sessions)
‘Cultural and Media Studies USA/Canada’
The City in American Literature and Film (Seminar) 4002038
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 14-16 R 23 Martin Holtz
& Mo 18-21 R 34 (Film sessions)
Trust No One: The X-Files’ America of the 1990s (Hauptseminar) 4002078
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 34 Anette Brauer
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America’s Wars in Literature and Film (Seminar) 4002040
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Martin Holtz
& Di 18-21 R 23 (Film sessions)
2. MODULE IM ERGÄNZUNGSBEREICH
‘Advanced Language Competence’
Translation German-English (Übung) 4002061
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 23 James Fanning
or: Fr 12-14 R 23
Translation Workshop (Examenskurs) (Übung) 4002062
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 12-14 R 23 James Fanning
Advanced Composition (Übung: tutorials) 4002064
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. n.V. R 24 James Fanning
Tell Me a Story: Narrative Strategies in Creative and Academic Writing (Übung)
4002065
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 14-16 R 24 Jayne Thompson (Widener)
(Mai/Juni) & Mi 14-16
Alternative for students from abroad without sufficient knowledge of German for „Translation
German–English‟:
Error Correction (Übung) 4002063
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 23 Heike Gericke
‘British Society and Culture’
British TV comedy since the 1960s (Seminar) 4002047
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 34 James Fanning
& Do 18-21 R 34 (Film sessions)
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Application of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)
in British and American Studies (Anglistik/Amerikanistik) at the University of Greifswald,
Basic Principles:
1. Each semester, 30 ECTS points must be collected for the subject chosen within the
SOCRATES exchange.
2. ECTS points and marks (grades) are separate entities.
3. Each semester, courses amounting to a minimum total of 14 periods (14 x 45 min.) per
week must be taken. (valid for SOCRATES exchange)
4. Each semester, at least one Senior Seminar (HAUPTSEMINAR) must be taken.
5. No ECTS points are given for mere attendance (i.e. passive presence); points can be given
for lectures only if there is some form of test or examination (which the lecturer has to
guarantee).
ECTS Point System (for courses of 2 periods per week):
Type of course
ECTS Points (for courses of 2 periods/week)
Senior Seminar (Hauptseminar) with oral
and written performance (term paper 15-25 10
pages or equivalent):
Senior Seminar (Hauptseminar) with oral
performance (presentation in class, oral 5
exam etc.):
Junior Seminar (Proseminar) with oral and
written performance (term paper 10-15 8
pages or written exam):
Junior Seminar (Proseminar) with oral
performance (presentation in class, oral 4
exam etc.):
Lecture (with test or examination):
Basic Seminar (Grundlagenseminar) with
3
assessment:
Practical Class (Übung) with assessment:
Special practical class: Successful
participation in a German Language course
2
(maximum 2 courses per semester to be
counted):
N.B.: For any other forms of class or assessment not mentioned: ECTS points should be
allocated by analogy with this system.
The category ―Seminar‖ corresponds to either Hauptseminar or Proseminar, depending on the
length and level of the term paper.
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