ANGLISTIK/AMERIKANISTIK

ANGLISTIK/AMERIKANISTIK
KOMMENTIERTES VORLESUNGSVERZEICHNIS
SOMMERSEMESTER 2010
INHALT
HINWEISE FÜR STUDIERENDE (Bitte lesen: Diese werden als bekannt vorausgesetzt!) .. 2
Struktur der Abteilung Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Sommersemester 2010......................... 2
Reguläre Sprechstundenzeiten der Lehrkräfte: ...................................................................... 4
Sprechstundenzeiten der Sekretärinnen: ................................................................................ 4
Sprechstundenzeit des Studentischen Fachschaftsrates: ........................................................ 4
Studienberatung in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit ........................................................................ 5
Erstsemesterwoche: Spezielle Beratung unserer Erstsemester .............................................. 5
Studienberatung/Prüfungsanmeldung Lehramt im Sommersemester 2010:.......................... 5
Wichtige Termine................................................................................................................... 5
Einschreibung / Online enrolment...................................................................................... 5
Einstufungstest und Einschreibung für Studierende im ersten Semester........................... 5
Wichtige Informationen zum Studienbetrieb ......................................................................... 6
Weitere Informationen ........................................................................................................... 7
Legende .................................................................................................................................. 7
LEHRANGEBOT IM WINTERSEMESTER 2009/10 ............................................................. 8
VORLESUNGEN / GRUNDKURSE / ALLGEMEINE VERANSTALTUNGEN.............. 8
GRUNDSTUDIUM / B.A.................................................................................................... 10
SPRACHPRAXIS...................................................................................................................... 10
ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT ...................................................................................... 13
LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES USA/KANADA ................................... 13
ENGLISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES GB .................................. 15
HAUPTSTUDIUM / M.A.................................................................................................... 20
SPRACHPRAXIS...................................................................................................................... 20
ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT ...................................................................................... 21
LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES USA/KANADA ................................... 22
ENGLISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES GB .................................. 25
FACHDIDAKTIK ..................................................................................................................... 26
B.A.-MODULE.................................................................................................................... 29
MASTER-MODULE ........................................................................................................... 33
Application of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)................................................. 36
(Redaktionsschluss dieser Fassung: 2010-01-12)

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.
Im Sommersemester 2010 wird Prof. Dr. Amei Koll-Stobbe die Geschäfte der Abteilung
Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Institut für Fremdsprachliche Philologien führen.
Postanschrift:
Abteilung für Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Steinbecker Str. 15
17487 Greifswald
E-Mail: ifaa@uni-greifswald.de
Tel.: (03834) 86-3354
Fax: (03834) 86-3365 & 86-3366
Homepage: http://www.phil.uni-greifswald.de/philologien/fremdsprachen/anglistik.html
Der Vorlesungsbetrieb beginnt am 6. April 2010 und endet am 17. Juli 2010.
Projektwoche: 25.05.–29.05.2010
Struktur der Abteilung Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Sommersemester 2010
Verantwortlich für studentische Belange (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
Lehrstuhl für Amerikanistik/Kanadistik:
Inhaber: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Lutz (Tel.: 86-3353)
E-Mail: lutz@uni-greifswald.de
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. Martin Holtz (Tel.: 86-3351)
E-Mail: mh010176@yahoo.de
Lehrbeauftragte:
Dr. Geneviève Susemihl, Universität Rostock
E-mail: g.susemihl@gmx.de
Gastdozenten
Prof. Peter Kulchyski, Ph.D., University of Manitoba
E-mail: kulchysk@cc.umanitoba.ca
Prof. John Serembus, Ph.D., Widener University
E-mail: jhserembus@widener.edu
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Lehrstuhl für Englische Literatur und Cultural Studies GB:
Inhaber: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Klein (Tel.: 86-3358)
E-Mail: kleinj@uni-greifswald.de
Sekretariat: Claudia Stüpmann (Tel.: 86-3359)
E-Mail: sekretariat.lsklein@uni-greifswald.de
Mitarbeiter[innen]: Dr. James Fanning (Tel.: 86-3362)
E-Mail: fanning@uni-greifswald.de
Dr. Mascha Gemmeke Hansen (Tel.: 86-3364)
E-Mail: gemmeke@uni-greifswald.de
Conny Loder (Tel.: 86-3362)
E-Mail: connyloder@yahoo.de
Andrew Mills, M.A. (Tel.: 86-3361)
E-Mail: mills@uni-greifswald.de
Sonstiger Lehrkörper Hon.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Beck
E-Mail: amb-beck@t-online.de
PD Dr. Michael Szczekalla
E-Mail: Szczekalla-Michael@t-online.de
Lehrstuhl für Englische Sprachwissenschaft:
Inhaberin: Prof. Dr. Amei Koll-Stobbe (Tel.: 86-3354)
E-Mail: kstobbe@uni-greifswald.de
Sekretariat: Claudia Stüpmann (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. 86-3356)
E-Mail: sebastian.knospe@uni-greifswald.de
Sebastian Muth M.A. (Tel.: 86-3363)
E-Mail: sebastian.muth@uni-greifswald.de
Gastdozentin:
Dr. Inesa Šeškauskienė, University of Vilnius, Lithuania
E-Mail: inesa.seskauskiene@flf.vu.lt
Bereich Fachdidaktik Englisch:
Leiterin: Dr. Margitta Kuty (Tel.: 86-3360)
E-Mail: kuty@uni-greifswald.de
Lehrbeauftragte:
Danielle Budzinski
E-Mail: civer050484@animail.net
Volker Grap (Schulamt Greifswald)
E-Mail: Volker.Grap@t-online.de
Stefanie Schult
E-Mail: kokuyochan@aol.com
Anne Wolf, Waldorf-Schule
E-Mail: anne@greifswolf.de
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
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Andrew Mills, M.A. (Tel.: 86-3361)
E-Mail: mills@uni-greifswald.de
Fachbibliothek:
Bibliothekarin Margit Buchholz (Tel.: 86-1618)
E-Mail: fb314@uni-greifswald.de
Emeriti:
Prof. (em.) Dr. Roland Arnold (Englische Sprachwissenschaft)
Prof. (i.R.) Dr. Günter Weise (Englische Sprachwissenschaft)
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 Mittwoch 11.00–12.00 Uhr Raum 25
Melanie Burmeister, M.A. Donnerstag 10.00–11.00 Uhr Raum 38
Dr. James Fanning Donnerstag 15.00–16.00 Uhr Raum 37
Dr. Mascha Gemmeke Hansen n.V. Raum 39
Heike Gerike Dienstag 09.00–10.00 Uhr Raum 36
Dr. Martin Holtz Donnerstag 11.00–12.00 Uhr Raum 25
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Klein n.V. (Anmeldung bei Sekretärin) Raum 32
Sebastian Knospe Dienstag 10.00–11.00 Uhr Raum 28
Prof. Dr. Amei Koll-Stobbe Mittwoch 12.30–13.30 Uhr Raum 30
(Anmeldung bei Sekretärin)
Dr. Margitta Kuty Montag 14.00–15.00 Uhr Raum 35
Donnerstag 16.00–17.00 Uhr
Conny Loder Dienstag 12.00–13.00 Uhr Raum 37
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Lutz Dienstag 12.00–13.00 Uhr Raum 25a
Andrew Mills, M.A. Donnerstag 12.00–13.00 Uhr Raum 36
Sebastian Muth, M.A. Mittwoch 14.00–15.00 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 Amerikanistik)
Montag–Donnerstag 08.00–11.45 Uhr Raum 25
Freitag
08.00–11.30 Uhr
Claudia Stüpmann
(LS Anglistik) Montag–Donnerstag 13.30–14.30 Uhr Raum 33
& Freitag
13.00–14.00 Uhr
(LS Linguistik) Montag–Freitag 09.00–11.00 Uhr Raum 27
Sprechstundenzeit des Studentischen Fachschaftsrates:
Ort & Zeit werden zu Beginn des Semesters per Aushang bekannt gegeben
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Studienberatung in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit
Bei Frau Dr. Kuty (Raum 35):
Do. 04.02. , Do. 11.02., Mo. 15.02., Mo. 22.02., Mo. 01.03., Mo. 22.03.:
jeweils 10.00–12.00 Uhr
Mi., 31.03. 13.00–15.00 Uhr
und n.V.
Erstsemesterwoche: Spezielle Beratung unserer Erstsemester
Mi., 31.03.: 09.00, 10.00 und 11.00 Uhr in Raum 34 (Frau Dr. Kuty)
Studienberatung/Prüfungsanmeldung Lehramt im Sommersemester 2010:
Bei Frau Dr. Kuty (Raum 35):
Mo., 14.00–15.00 Uhr
Do., 16.00–17.00 Uhr
und n.V.
Wichtige Termine
Einschreibung / Online enrolment
Enrolment for the SommerSemester 2010 will take place online from 01/03/2010, 12.00
noon until 21/03/2010, 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, Dienstag, dem 06.04.2010 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 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.
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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 PrüferInnen 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/Mediävistik)
vorzulegen sind.
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 [micro]module exams and final exams, whether written or oral, except
Practical Language (Sprachpraxis) 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 for all final
exams, at least a month before the end of the relevant semester for [micro]module exams).
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.
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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.
Legende
BA
CS
HS
Lit.
LA
LV
M.A.
[u.]n.V.
R
RSt.
SWS
- Bachelor of Arts
- Cultural Studies
- Hörsaal (Rubenowstraße)
- Literatur[e]
- Lehramt[sanwärterInnen]
- Lehrveranstaltung
- Magister Artium bzw. Master of Arts
- [und] nach Vereinbarung
- Raum (Steinbeckerstraße)
- Rubenowstraße (Hörsäle):
RSt. 1 = ‚Audimax‘-Gebäude;
RSt. 2 = alte Augenklinik (Uni-Hof, parallel zum Wall)
RSt. 3 = Inst. f. Deutsche Philologie
- 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)
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LEHRANGEBOT IM WINTERSEMESTER 2009/10
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.
VORLESUNGEN / GRUNDKURSE / ALLGEMEINE VERANSTALTUNGEN
Introduction to English Grammar (Vorlesung) 4002002
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 12-14 HS 5 RSt. 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
Canadian Literature in English: A Survey (Vorlesung) 4002036
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 14-16 HS 4 RSt. 1 Hartmut Lutz
Starting with examples of Aboriginal Oral Traditions, this lecture will then trace the history of
Anglophone Canadian Literature from the colonial beginnings to contemporary (Post-)
Modernism. Special attention will be given to the development of writings by women, and
how class, race and gender intersect with space and place. Another emphasis will be put on
Canadian multiculturalism and how various immigrant groups from African, Asian,
Caribbean, and European countries assert, reconstruct or indigenize their literary expressions.
For background reading please consult: Kanadische Literaturgeschichte, hgg. Konrad Gross,
Wolfgang Klooss, Reingard M. Nischik (Stuttgart und Weimar: J. B. Metzler, 2005).
(Within the BA syllabus, this lecture may count towards the micromodule “Specialization”: if
you are interested, please consult me.)
maximum participants: 50
The Road to Present-Day English: From Old English to EWL (Vorlesung/Proseminar)
4002005
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 08-10 HS RSt. 2 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
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).
maximum participants: 100
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Survey of English Literature: Renaissance to Modernism (Vorlesung) 4002007
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 10-12 HS RSt. 3 Jürgen Klein
This lecture course will give an introduction into the development of English literature in its
intellectual and historical context from the Renaissance to the modern period.
maximum participants: 200
Introduction to the UK (Vorlesung) 4002009
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 HS 5 RSt. 1 James Fanning
This course of lectures will give an overview of British history and institutions as a basis for
your further studies in British literature and cultural studies. For students enrolled in other
subjects it is also part of the B.A. General Studies module “Introduction to Great Britain and
the USA” (3 LP)
You should buy the following books:
Kenneth O. Morgan. The Oxford History of Britain (OUP)
John Oakland. British Civilization: an introduction (6 th ed., Routledge 2006)
The first of these will help you to extend and deepen your knowledge from the first part of the
course; the second is the textbook on which the second part of the course is based (older
editions of this are not suitable).
A handout will be also available at Digital Print Copy (Loefflerstr./Kuhstr.) by the beginning
of April: you should buy this and bring it to the first session.
maximum participants: 200
EWL: Local & Global Identities (Vorlesung) 4002004
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Di 14-16 HS 3 RSt. 1 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
Media Project (Übung) 4002059
2 SWS ab 4. Sem. Mi 18-20 R 34 Anette Brauer
As future teachers, you will probably be asked to offer your students projects that go beyond
regular English classes. Here is your chance to learn from experience AND become a student
activist. The goal of this semester’s media project is to produce a 15-minute program
compiled of little stories, commentaries, and news flashes à la Onion TV or The Daily Show
with the help of dedicated fellow students, standard camcorders and common editing
programs. Are you creative? Talented in storytelling? Willing to work in front of or behind a
camera? In a team? Then this is for you.
Successful participation will be rewarded with a Medienschein and a few minutes of fame.
maximum participants: 20
(Important: You MUST be flexible AND reliable.)
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Introduction to the USA (Vorlesung) 4002010
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 14-16 HS RSt. 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
Film sessions to accompany seminars
(cf. Nos. 4002042, 4002080/81 below)
Do 18-20 R 34 Peter Kulchyski
GRUNDSTUDIUM / B.A.
SPRACHPRAXIS
Zugangsvoraussetzung für alle sprachpraktischen Kurse im Grundstudium:
bestandener Einstufungstest
Presentations (Übung) 4002013
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 10-12 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
Socializing (Übung) 4002014
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 18-20 R 34 Andrew Mills
The focus of the class will be on improving students oral communication skills, and through
the use of pair work, class discussions and role play games students will gain confidence at
using English in social situations.
maximum participants: 20
In the News: Reading and Writing (Übung) 4002015
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 21 Anette Brauer
As students read various articles from British and American newspapers and magazines, they
will enlarge their vocabulary in fields such as science, politics, and culture. Techniques
necessary for reading non-fiction texts, e.g. inferring and prediction, will be practiced. In
addition, students will write various texts on those contemporary issues themselves (both
academic and journalistic styles).
maximum participants: 20
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Reading and Writing about Science and Technology (Übung) 4002016
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 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.
maximum participants: 20
Writing (Übung) 4002017
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 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.
maximum participants: 15
Listening and Speaking (Übung) 4002018
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 14-16 R 34 Andrew Mills
In this class the focus will be on improving students’ listening comprehension and speaking
ability. We will listen to recorded texts with a variety of general interest topics. The texts will
provide us with the basis for class discussions and will also be accompanied by vocabulary
exercises.
Please buy the course reader, which will be available at Digital Print Copy (Loefflerstrasse/
Kuhstrasse) after March 30th.
maximum participants: 20
Advanced Grammar (Übung) 4002019
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 34 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
Translation (Übung) 4002020
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 21 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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Sound & Meaning: An Introduction to Suprasegmental Phonetics (Übung/Proseminar)
4002021
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 Andrew Mills
This course will combine an introduction to theoretical models of prosody and intonation with
practical exercises intended to improve students’ pronunciation. The emphasis throughout
will be on the communicative value of intonation, which will involve looking at how
information structures are built up within a text.
There will be a reader provided at the beginning of term.
maximum participants: 30
Listening: American English (Übung) 4002022
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 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
Reading and Writing (Übung) 4002023
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 12-14 R 23 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
Grammar & Writing (Übung) 4002024
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 12-14 R 24 Andrew Mills
Through short answer exercises, and longer writing assignments students will have lots of
opportunities to practice and improve their grammar and writing skills. We will focus mainly
on grammar areas used in written English, paragraphing, the intricacies of English sentence
structure and punctuation. Our grammar topics will provide the basis for the writing
assignments.
A reader will be provided at the beginning of term.
maximum participants: 16
In the News: Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002025
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 08-10 R 23 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
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ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT
Visiting Lecturer (ERASMUS), English Linguistics April 11- 16, 2010:
Dr. Inesa Šeškauskienė (University of Vilnius, Lithuania) will teach classes in “Cognitive
Linguistics.”
Dates and rooms: check English Linguistics notice board.
Sound & Meaning: An Introduction to Suprasegmental Phonetics (Übung/Proseminar)
4002032
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 Andrew Mills
Course description: see ‘Sprachpraxis’
maximum participants: 30
Contact linguistics (Proseminar) 4002033
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 08-10 R 23 Melanie Burmeister
The number of languages in today’s world is estimated at about 6,000. Thus most of us live in
multilingual societies where different languages are in contact with each other. The
consequences of such contact situations for societies and for the individuals living in these
societies will be the topic of this seminar. Sessions on societal multilingualism will cover
important aspects of language endangerment and language death and will try to show how
(official) language policy and language planning can influence such scenarios. Moreover, we
will speak about how long-term bilingualism within a community can influence the structures
of languages involved, e.g. processes of borrowing and the emergence of mixed languages.
When focussing on the individuals living in multilingual societies, we will distinguish
between early and late bilingualism and the acquisition of a foreign language, thereby
including aspects of language processing and code-switching.
maximum participants: 30
EWL: English in Asia (Proseminar) 4002034
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 23 Sebastian Muth
Apart from the British Isles and Northern America, English is also spoken in many countries
throughout Asia, mainly as an L2-variety, but also as a very popular foreign language that
many desire to learn. In this course we will look at some Asian varieties of the English
language and familiarize ourselves with their distinct linguistic features and their specific
sociolinguistic context. These include L2-varieties such as Pakistani and Indian English,
English spoken on the Philippines, in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. In addition to that
we will look at the spread and patterns of use of English in countries where it is a foreign
language, namely Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and Thailand.
maximum participants: 30
LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES USA/KANADA
American Drama (Proseminar) 4002038
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
After an introduction to the study of drama, we will read and discuss a range of North
American plays from Eugene O’Neill’s classic The Hairy Ape (1922) to contemporary drama.
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Students need to obtain copies of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, Arthur Miller’s Death of a
Salesman, Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire and Drew Hayden Taylor’s
Toronto at Dreamer’s Rock. Luis Valdez’ and el teatro campesino’s Los Vendidos will be
made available in class. All other plays are included in The Heath Anthology of American
Literature, 5 th ed. vols. D & E [Susan Glaspell’s Trifles, Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape,
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible; Tennessee Williams’ Portrait of a Madonna; Lorraine Vivian
Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, and Edward Albee’s The Sandbox]. Participating students
must be prepared to read at least one play per week and submit a 1-2 page fact sheet in class
(for 4 ECTS points). For a Schein (or 8 ECTS points) they must additionally submit a 10-pp.
term paper.
maximum participants: 25
American Political Values and Ideals (Seminar) 4002039
2 SWS ab 4. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 John Serembus
& Mi 14-16 R 24
(i.e 4 h/week in May & June)
We will examine the values and ideals that drive American politics and culture. This farranging
course will look at the historical and philosophical roots of those values and ideals,
their implementation, and their corruption. We will discuss the current state of politics and
culture and how it relates to those historical and philosophical roots.
maximum participants: 20
Huckleberry Finn and American Realism (Proseminar) 4002040
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 23 Martin Holtz
Samuel Langhorne Clemens’ (Mark Twain’s) classic novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1884) is essential reading for every student of American literature. It continues to be of
eminent significance for the discussion of the nation’s cultural heritage. The various readings
the text has been given in the course of its reception also highlight the changing
preoccupations of American literary criticism. We will take the discussion of Huck Finn as a
starting point for the exploration of late 19 th century realism, regionalism and naturalism, and
additionally read texts by writers Henry James, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
Charles Chesnutt, Stephen Crane, and Frank Norris. Participants need to obtain a copy of
Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: An Authoritative Text, Context, and Sources
Criticism (Norton Critical Edition), edited by Thomas Cooley, and have read the novel before
the beginning of term.
maximum participants: 20
The Future is Now: Contemporary American Sci-Fi Literature (Proseminar) 4002041
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 12-14 R 34 Anette Brauer
With the first decade of the new millennium coming to an end, science fiction has – according
to some – been replaced by fantasy, a popular literature centering on the fight between good
and evil rather than on the indeterminate sci-fi question of “What if?” Yet, recent successful
Hollywood movies have picked up 20 th century sci-fi topics, motifs, and stories in films
(remakes, sequels, prequels) such as Terminator and Star Trek to explore the complex social
issues at the beginning 21 st century.
This seminar will look at a) how societal issues and ethical questions are reflected in
contemporary American Sci-fi literature, especially short narratives, b) how (and why) classic
sci-fi is being revived (e.g. Asimov’s I, Robot) in recent movie productions, and c) it will
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invite interested students to argue whether 21 st -century fantasy literature has indeed potentials
(and meaning) beyond pure entertainment.
Note 1: A reader with sci-fi short stories will be provided by the beginning of the semester.
For the first classes, please read: Crichton, Michael. Next. New York: Harper, 2006.
Note 2: Depending on whether you use this seminar for American Literature OR Cultural
Studies, you are required to have attended the respective introductory course.
Note 3: Participants will be required to attend two or three additionally scheduled film
screenings.
maximum participants: 25
American Renaissance: Literature in the Age of Romanticism (Proseminar) 4002037
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 12-14 R 21 Martin Holtz
In his address “The American Scholar,” held at Harvard University in 1837, Ralph Waldo
Emerson called for the development of a distinctly American cultural identity in the face of a
continuing European influence strongly felt sixty years after the Declaration of Independence.
The early 19 th century is often taken to be the decisive period when America discovered its
inherent potential for shaping a unique (literary) culture, based on the tenets of
transcendentalist philosophy (Emerson, Thoreau), inventive prose narratives rich with
symbolism and Gothic atmosphere (Poe, Hawthorne, Melville), and vibrant cutting-edge
poetry (Whitman, Dickinson). In this seminar we will read and discuss essential texts of the
American Renaissance which established the complex mosaic of the nation’s literary heritage,
tracing their uniquely American qualities and their appropriations of (European) Romanticist
traditions. Students need to obtain a copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlett Letter.
Additional texts are to be found in the Heath Anthology or will be provided as master copies.
maximum participants: 20
Introducing Canada (Proseminar) 4002042
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 23 Peter Kulchyski
This course will offer a broad introduction to Canada. The first half of the course will deal
with history and culture, from the early history and culture of indigenous occupants, through
three centuries of the fur trade, confederation and the political history of Canada in the
twentieth century. The second half of the course will look at a series of issues facing Canada
today: the problem of Canadian identity, globalization, multiculturalism, women's issues,
Aboriginal rights, environmental degradation, and so on.
maximum participants: 25
ENGLISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES GB
The Gentleman and the Angel in the House: Gender and Victorian Literature (Seminar)
4002053
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 16-18 R 23 Andrew Mills
The terms in the title of this course “The Gentleman” and the “the Angel in the House” define
19th century gender ideals. Where did these ideals come from? And have they gone away?
Using a range of original texts, novels, and academic texts, we will investigate the role and
history of gender in British culture from the beginnings of modernity to the present.
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Novels for discussion in class:
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Classics Edition. (ISBN-10: 0141439513)
Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre. Penguin Classics Edition. (ISBN-13: 978 014 144 114 6)
Please be sure to buy the ‘classics’ editions and not the ‘popular classics’ editions.
Helen Fielding. Bridget Jones’s Diary. Macmillan Edition (ISBN-10: 0330332775)
maximum participants: 30
The English Sonnet from the Renaissance to the Present (Proseminar) 4002043
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
Ever since the days of Dante and Petrarch the history of European poetry has been
unthinkable without the sonnet. After a brief consideration of its origins, we shall read and
discuss a selection of works in this ubiquitous form, from its introduction into England by
Wyatt and Surrey in the time of Henry VIII to the present. (Sonnets are less common now, but
they are still being written; and of course the majority are on love, but not all ...)
Primary texts will be provided in a reader available from Digital Print Copy
(Loefflerstr./Kuhstr.) by the middle of March.
Recommended introductory reading:
Spiller, Michael G. The Development of the Sonnet: an introduction. Abingdon: Routledge
1992 (covers early Italian sonnets and English poets up to Milton)
maximum participants: 30
Hamlet on screen (Proseminar) 4002045
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 34 Conny Loder
This seminar will look at various screen adaptations of the play Hamlet. This, being one of the
most often produced Shakespeare plays on stage, inspires film directors worldwide. We will
look at Hamlet adaptations by Lawrence Olivier, Franko Zeffirelli, Kenneth Branagh and
Michael Almereyda. We will also discuss Herbert Fritsch’s ongoing project, Hamlet_X, and
the internationally acclaimed Chinese adaptation, Feng Xiaogang’s The Banquet. How do
those directors approach the character Hamlet? How are the corrupt political affairs of a rotten
Denmark transported into twentieth and twenty-first century society? How are the motifs of
revenge, madness and sexuality presented in these productions? These are only some of the
questions the seminar aims to answer. The productions discussed will be shown in their
entirety outside of class; dates to be confirmed in the first week of class.
maximum participants: 25
Between Fact, Fiction, and Factory: the Victorian Condition of England Novel (Seminar)
4002046
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Di 12-14 R 34 Mascha Gemmeke Hansen
Britain’s industrial age produced not only great technical innovations but also great books: the
so-called social or industrial novels of the nineteenth century, castigating the factories and
their inhuman working conditions, as well as the Condition-of-England novel, exploring and
deploring the rising gap between rich and poor, owners and workers. This class will focus on
some of the most famous ones: Charles Dickens’s Hard Times; Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary
Barton; and Benjamin Disraeli’s Sybil or the Two Nations.
Before you enrol for this seminar, please check the notice boards to see whether it will
actually take place.
maximum participants: 35
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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Aufklärung und Kritik im England und Deutschland des
18. Jahrhunderts (Seminar) 4002047
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 24 Jürgen Klein & Michael Astroh
Lichtenberg war einer der geistreichsten Autoren des 18. Jahrhunderts. Er wurde berühmt als
Physiker an der Hannoveranisch-englischen Universität Göttingen, aber ebenso als Verfasser
von Aphorismen, Essayist, Briefschreiber (z.B. Korrespondenz mit Lessing und Kant) und
Herausgeber literarischer Almanache. Durch seine Reisen nach England und seine
Reisetagebücher gibt er wesentliche Einblicke in Wissenschaft, Philosophie, Literatur, Sitten
und Kunst des Nachbarlandes. Lichtenberg war nicht nur Fellow of the Royal Society und bei
Hofe angesehen, sondern auch ein Liebhaber der Werke von Sterne und Hogarth, dessen
Kupferstiche er kommentierte, wie er auch die Schauspielkunst David Garricks verehrte.
Werke (in der UB vorhanden oder über FL ausleihbar): Georg Christoph Lichtenberg,
Schriften und Briefe, Hrsg. von Wolfgang Promies, 4 Bände. Carl Hanser Verlag München.
Für das Seminar besonders relevant: Band I und Band II (Sudelbücher und englische
Reisetagebücher), Band III: Aufsätze gelehrten und gemeinnützigen Inhalts.
maximum participants: 20
Marlowe’s Jew of Malta; Tamburlaine; Dr. Faustus (Proseminar) 4002048
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 23 Conny Loder
Marlowe is often considered to be inferior to Shakespeare, although Marlowe’s plays are just
as pleasurable, stimulating and artistic as Shakespeare’s. This seminar seeks to further the
appreciation of Marlowe’s plays, particularly The Jew of Malta, Tamburlaine (1 & 2) and Dr.
Faustus (A-text). Students should use the New Mermaids editions.
maximum participants: 25
Henry Fielding: Tom Jones (Seminar) 4002049
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
Tom Jones (1749) is noted for the vitality of its characters and the complexity of its plot. In
following the vicissitudes of its impetuous but good-hearted hero, the novel also gives a
panorama of English life in the mid-18 th century. However there is more to it than that: in the
introductory chapters to the 18 ‘books’ Fielding provides the first comprehensive theoretical
writing on the novel in English. We shall examine the novel both as a text in itself and as a
document of the Augustan Age; also, towards the end of the semester we shall compare two
film versions with Fielding’s original work.
Ideally, students should buy the Norton Critical Edition (this contains comprehensive notes
which will help you to understand the text, as well as a good selection of secondary material),
and read the whole novel before the beginning of the semester.
Recommended background reading:
Watt, Ian. The Rise of the Novel ( 1 1957 and many later editions)
Eagleton, Terry. The English novel: an introduction. Oxford: Blackwell 2005
maximum participants: 30
Shakespeare London Excursion (Proseminar) 4002050
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 21 Conny Loder
In the first week of August 2010 we will visit London and retrace the tracks of the great Bard,
William Shakespeare. We will visit the Globe Theatre and other theatres (possibly fringe
theatres), participate at educational events and theatre workshops and retrace Shakespeare’s
steps in London. 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, as theatres publish their
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schedules for 2010. Please note that if you want to participate in the excursion you must be a
member of the seminar. The first meeting (mandatory for excursion members) will be
26 January 2010, 14-15h at my office.
maximum participants: 15
Imagining the Nation: From the British Empire to Multicultural Britain (Seminar)
4002051
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Andrew Mills
During the latter part of the 19th Century and especially after 1876, when Queen Victoria was
made Empress of India, the British Empire was fundamental to how British people understood
themselves as a nation. By the end the 1950’s the British Empire was all but gone as an
effective political force. How was Britain to understand itself after the end of the Empire? In
many ways this question has still not been answered fully. The UK is a part of the EU, yet not
always comfortable with understanding itself as European. Multiculturalism is official
government policy and increasingly this has become the model for how the nation
understands itself, yet racial tensions are rife in the country. Using a range of original and
academic texts we will look at these different images of the nation, and how they contribute to
and elucidate current cultural and social tensions in the UK.
Please ask me during the semester break for the reading list if you wish to get started with the
reading.
maximum participants: 30
Victorian Poetry (Proseminar) 4002052
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 18-20 R 23 Conny Loder
In this seminar we will explore Victorian poetry at its best. This exploration will take us to
Alfred Tennyson, Emily Jane Brontë, William Wordsworth, Lewis Carroll and many other
Victorian poets. Against the background of Darwin’s theory of evolution, the Crimean War,
Nietzsche’s nihilism and the awakening of the Pre-Raphaelites, the works of these poets
became mirrors of their society. As a basis for the seminar, we will use Christopher Ricks
(ed.), Victorian Verse, Oxford: Oxford UP, 1990. Seminar participants are requested to have a
copy of this anthology.
maximum participants: 25
Introduction to Postcolonialism (Seminar) 4002044
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 14-16 R 34 Andrew Mills
Although there are many ways of defining the term, in this class we’ll look at postcolonialism
both as a loosely connected set of novels about life in former colonies of Britain, and as a way
of re-reading canonical texts and traditions of British literature and culture. To this end we’ll
look at some of the major novels and theoretical statements by postcolonial writers and
thinkers. If you wish to start reading during the semester break, please buy the following
editions of the novels. For the first class, I will expect you will have and have read Defoe’s
Robinson Crusoe.
Novels:
Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe. Oxford’s World Classics Edition (ISBN-10: 0192833421)
Chinua Achebe. Things Fall Apart. Penguin Red Classics Edition (ISBN-10: 0141023384)
Alice Walker. The Color Purple. Phoenix House Edition (ISBN-10: 0753818922)
Beatrice Culleton Monsionier, In Search of April Raintree: Critical Edition, Portage and Main
Press (ISBN-10: 1894110439)
maximum participants: 30
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The Industrial Revolution and British Culture 1750–1850 (Seminar) 4002054
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
In this seminar we shall first discuss the still controversial question of why the world’s
industrial revolution began in England in the 18 th century. Then we shall consider some of the
prominent inventions and developments, seeing how they interacted with other phenomena of
the period, such as the consolidation of British power in India, the Napoleonic wars,
Parliamentary reform and much more. We shall then look at how the industrial revolution
affected the everyday lives of the people and their culture (e.g. food, fashions, housing and
architecture, health, politics, literature, painting).
You should buy and read Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel North and South (1855). Other texts for
discussion in class will be provided in a reader available from Digital Print Copy
(Loefflerstr./Kuhstr.) by the middle of March.
Recommended introductory reading:
Allen, Robert C. The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, CUP 2009
Hilton, Boyd. A Mad, Bad and Dangerous People? England 1783–1846, Oxford: Clarendon
2006 (general historical background, not specifically on industrialization)
Rolt, L.T.C. Victorian Engineering, Harmondsworth: Penguin 1 1970; Stroud: Sutton 2 2007
Uglow, Jenny. The Lunar Men: The friends who made the future, 1730–1810, London: Faber
2002 (collective biography of inventors and industrialists)
maximum participants: 30
‘Under Western Eyes’: Eastern Europe and Russia in British Fiction (Seminar) 4002055
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Blockseminar 6.-9.4.10, 16-21, R 21 Michael Szczekalla
The implosion of the Soviet Union and its aftermath has attracted a number of British writers
of fiction. The approaching centenary of Joseph Conrad’s Under Western Eyes (1911) affords
the occasion to show how much at least some of these contemporary authors are still indebted
to the Polish émigré. “My eyes, in the Conradian sense, have stopped being Western and
started being Eastern,” the unamiable octogenarian narrator of Martin Amis’s House of
Meetings (2006) tells his readers. Like Julian Barnes’s The Porcupine (1991), Tibor Fischer’s
Under The Frog (1992), Carl Tighe’s Burning Worm (2001), Nicholas Shakespeare’s
Snowleg (2004), or even Ian McEwan’s somewhat earlier The Innocent (1990), it allows us to
study what happens when cultural memory crosses national boundaries. These novels also
exhibit particularly intriguing forms of genre crossing. Their generic affiliations range from
tragedy (Amis and Barnes) via comedy (Fischer) and romance (Shakespeare) to spy fiction
(McEwan) and fictional memoir (Amis, Tighe). The seminar will try to assess their
contribution to the transformation of cultural memory by focussing on the dialectics of
blindness and insight that results from a foreign perspective.
Texts: Students should have read Under Western Eyes (Penguin), House of Meetings
(Vintage), and, if possible, also one of the other novels by the beginning of the first meeting.
maximum participants: 20
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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) 4002063/69
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 for the mark on the Schein performance will be assessed on
the basis of a test in the final week of the semester. It is essential to be present in the first
session of the semester.
maximum participants: each group 25
Translation Workshop (Übung) 4002064
2 SWS Examenssemester. Mo 12-14 R 23 James Fanning
This course is for those students who intend to take their final exam 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: 30
Error Correction (Übung) 4002065/67
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 10-12 R 23 Heike Gericke
or: Do 10-12 R 34
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: each group 25
Advanced Composition (Übung) 4002066
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. n.V. Andrew Mills
Though the emphasis is on improving writing ability, this course also has the more general
aim of improving students English skills and ability to develop ideas clearly and logically.
Students will be required to write short compositions on a wide variety of topics. The course
is taught individually in a 15 minute weekly tutorial. Please leave time in your schedule
Tuesday mornings from 9–12:00 for your tutorial
All students are required to come to an introductory session at 8:15 in Room. 21 on Tuesday
April 6th.
maximum participants: 12
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Current Affairs (Übung) 4002068
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 24 James Fanning
In this course we shall read about a variety of topics from current affairs (mainly, but not
exclusively, from the Anglophone world) in the Anglophone press, as a basis for discussion.
The overall mark for the course will take continuous assessment of participation in
discussions into account as well as marks for an oral presentation (about 10 mins) and an
essay. It is essential to be present in the first session of the semester.
maximum participants: 22
ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT
Visiting Lecturer (ERASMUS), English Linguistics April 11- 16, 2010:
Dr. Inesa Šeškauskienė (University of Vilnius, Lithuania) will teach classes in “Cognitive
Linguistics.”
Dates and rooms: check English Linguistics notice board.
Lexicology: synchronic and diachronic aspects (Hauptseminar) 4002071
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 23 Sebastian Knospe & Amei Koll-Stobbe
In this seminar, we shall study the structure and evolution of the English lexicon, bringing
together synchronic and historical aspects. As to Present-Day English, we shall cover issues
such as word formation, sense relations, lexical fields and theories of cognitive representation,
but also analyse lexical variation in varieties of World English. From a diachronic point of
view, we shall focus on meaning change, on processes and results of language contact (e.g.
with Latin, French, but also with more ‘exotic’ languages) as well as on factors that lead to
linguistic expressions becoming obsolete. Last but not least, we shall have a look at
dictionaries available for past and present English and at the work of lexicographers.
Schein requirements include regular and active participation, a presentation and a term paper.
maximum participants: 30
English in India: Language and Identity in a multilingual Asian nation (Hauptseminar)
4002072
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 16-18 R 23 Amei Koll-Stobbe
In this Hauptseminar we are going to study the particularities of English in India from
different points of view, bringing together historical, linguistic and sociolinguistic aspects.
Students will thus not only gain knowledge on the specific phonological, grammatical, lexical
and pragmatic characteristics of Indian English, but also follow the road the language has
taken from the times of its ‘transplantation’ by the British colonizers up to the present day.
Here, the focus will be on the status of English as a second language/dialect in a multilingual
country, its relation to autochthonous languages like Hindi and Urdu and various local
varieties as well as on questions of identity and linguistic competence which arise particularly
in the light of code-switching and code-mixing practices that occur both in everyday life and
in postcolonial literature. Work in class will be largely project-based.
maximum participants: 30
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Language performance across the life-span: the age factor (Hauptseminar) 4002073
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 08-10 R 23 Amei Koll-Stobbe
This Hauptseminar will deal with age as a sociolinguistic variable. The focus will be on
changes in language and language use which occur from childhood through adolescence and
mature adulthood up to advanced age. In addressing this topic, we will include findings from
social psychology and sociology, pointing out the shift from a conception of age as a
biologically conditioned factor to a view of age as a flexible and socially negotiable construct.
Additionally, we will take into account results of sociolinguistic research that illustrate
convergent and divergent features of language production of young, grown-up and elderly
language speakers as well as findings from psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics,
confronting notions of age as maturation with conceptions of age as decay in relation to
language use and communicative competence. Finally, we will study the construction of age
in public discourse, e.g. in press language and advertising. Students must be willing to give a
presentation based on a self-study project.
maximum participants: 30
Linguistic semscapes: Written forms of communicative interactions in multicultural city
spaces (Hauptseminar) 4002074
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 23 Amei Koll-Stobbe
In recent years an increasing number of sociolinguists have started to take a closer look at
language around us displayed on shop windows, commercial signs, posters, official notices,
graffiti and other displays of written language visible in the public sphere. In this seminar we
will learn how to analyze the cityscapes of multilingual urban agglomerations, an approach
that gives insights into spread, functional domains and prestige of languages in multicultural
settings and relates to other fields in linguistics such as social semiotics, language policy and
phenomena of language contact and change. Students are expected to embark on self-study
and data-collecting projects and to give presentations in class.
Textbook: Shohamy, E., Gorter, D. (eds.) Linguistic landscapes: Expanding the scenery. New
York: Routledge 2009.ER 930 S559
maximum participants: 30
LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES USA/KANADA
Holocaust Literature (Hauptseminar) 4002077
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
After the end of the Nazi holocaust, survivors felt that there would be “no poetry after
Auschwitz” (T. W. Adorno), or they considered “silence as the deepest form of respect for the
Holocaust victims” (Eli Wiesel and George Steiner), but as time went on, they began to
realize that they had to bear witness to the unspeakable horror they had gone through by
writing down their experiences for the coming generations. Collective traumas are transgenerational.
In this seminar we will read and discuss diaries and memoirs of holocaust
survivors as well as fictional recreations and reflections by contemporaries and later
generations. Students should obtain copies of Eli Wiesel’s Night (1960), Isaac Bashevis
Singer’s Enemies, A Love Story (1972), Walter Abish’s How German Is It? (1979/80), and
Eva Stachniak’s Necessary Lies (Canada, 2000). Additional short texts will be made available
during the term. All participants are expected to submit 4 pp. fact sheets/book reports for our
classroom discussions. Scheine will be based on term papers .
maximum participants: 25
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Un/Covering the North: Canadian Literature (Hauptseminar) 4002078
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo, 14tägig 10-14, R 21 Geneviève Susemihl
The North is Canada – Canada is the North. It is its Northern image that distinguishes Canada
from the United States in the eyes of many people who do not live in North America. But
even to a Canadian the North seems to be more than a geographical region. It is an idea, a
myth, a promise, a destiny, a world of imagination, and as such it has shaped Canadian
identity. Especially the last couple of years have brought an explosion of interest in the North
and a departure from traditional perspectives.
This course aims to explore the North in Canadian Literature, where is has mostly been
configured as a space for the male Western imagination. In recent decades, however, this
rendition of the North has been challenged by women writers. Also, with the foundation of
the territory of Nunavut in 1999, when the Inuit regained control over their land, the North
became increasingly visible as a homeland and more oral literatures of the Inuit were recorded
and translated into written English.
Texts will include Mordecai Richler’s Solomon Gursky Was Here, Margaret Atwood’s
Strange Things. The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature and Tomson Highway’s Kiss
of the Fur Queen. Additional texts will be provided as master copies. Since this course is a
BLOCKSEMINAR you will have to come prepared for the first double session.
maximum participants: 20
An Introduction to (American) Women’s Studies (Hauptseminar) 4002079
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 23 Anette Brauer
When Barack Obama won the nomination of the Democratic Party for presidency over Hillary
Clinton in 2008, critical voices argued that it was easier for the American society to admit and
overcome racism than acknowledge the existence of sexism. True, after more than 200 years
of women’s movements in the USA, American women have made progress towards
sexual/social equality and this seminar will pay tribute to both their fights and their
achievements. However, if we examine the individual, media and social perspectives on
women’s roles in the USA more closely, we will come across surprisingly persisting
conservative cultural values that still guide men’s and women’s behaviour, both consciously
and subconsciously. Grounded in feminist theories, we will analyze American culture from a
women’s studies’ point of view and specifically focus on the deconstruction of gender roles.
Required reading: Wood, Julia T. Gendered Lives. Belmont: Wadsworth/Thomson, 2005
and later. ISBN: 0-534-63615-2
maximum participants: 25
American Political Values and Ideals (Seminar) 4002039
2 SWS ab 4. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 John Serembus
& Mi 14-16 R 24
(i.e 4 h/week in May & June)
Course description: see ‘Grundstudium’
maximum participants:
New Hollywood (Hauptseminar) 4002076
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 34 Martin Holtz
film session: Di 18-20 R 34
1967 proved a watershed year in the history of American cinema. The releases of The
Graduate and Bonnie and Clyde ushered in a new era of filmmaking, quickly dubbed ‘New
Hollywood’ by critics and industry. The break with the traditions of classical Hollywood was
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manifested on various levels, economically by the breakdown of the studio system and the
breakthrough of independent production, aesthetically by the innovative use of the medium
that a new generation of filmmakers (Scorsese, Coppola, Altman, Spielberg) brought to the
screen, ideologically by the committed and occasionally daring critique of American politics
in plenty of films. For all its innovations, ‘New Hollywood’ also paved the way for the
mainstream cinema of today when its creative potential petered out in the late 1970s. We will
watch and analyze some of the most popular and some of the more obscure examples of this
transitional period in American cinema, with respect to the socio-cultural contexts of civil
rights movement, Vietnam War, and counter-culture.
maximum participants: 20
Canadian Northern Development (Hauptseminar) 4002080
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 10-12 R 24 Peter Kulchyski
This course will begin with a look at the arctic and subarctic environments before turning to
description of indigenous cultures of these regions in Canada. The course will then turn to the
history of colonialism and decolonization in northern Canada, and, finally, an examination of
contemporary developments and conflicts. The emphasis will be on the Yukon, Northwest
and Nunavut territories. Particular events that will be discussed include the gold rush in the
Yukon, the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline proposals of the mid seventies and today, and issues
around global warming in Nunavut. Contemporary indigenous community life among Dene
and Inuit will also be a focus of concern in the course.
maximum participants: 25
Aboriginal Cultures and Cultural Politics in Canada (Hauptseminar) 4002081
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 14-16 R 23 Peter Kulchyski
This course will look at the place of Aboriginal peoples in the cultural history of Canada. In
the first hundred years of Canadian history, Aboriginal peoples were culturally ‘excluded’
from the national project, through art practice such as that of the Group of Seven constructing
a notion of empty wilderness, through to the historical and anthropological writings of Harold
Innis and Diamond Jenness in the 1930s. Beginning in the seventies a cultural shift takes
place, in which Aboriginal culture become ‘appropriated’ for the national project, though with
equally problematic results for indigenous communities and artistic practitioners. The course
will draw on examples from visual arts, literature, popular culture, performing arts and film.
maximum participants: 25
Kolloquium für B.A. und Examenskandidat/inn/en (Kolloquium) 4002099
1 SWS letztes Semester Mi 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
Dieses Kolloquium ist obligatorisch für alle B.A.-, M.A.-, Magister- und Lehramts-
Studierenden, die im Sommersemester 2010 bzw. im Herbst 2010 ihren Studienabschluss in
Amerikanistik/Kanadistik anstreben, und die sich bei Prof. Lutz als Erstgutachter von
Abschlussarbeiten, als Klausurthemensteller und/oder als mündlicher Prüfer anmelden
wollen oder bereits in der Sprechstunde angemeldet haben. Ziel der Veranstaltung ist es,
Prüfungsängste abzubauen und Vernetzungen der Kandidat(inn)en untereinander zu
ermöglichen, indem wir uns mittels konkreter Beispiele mit den Prüfungsabläufen vertraut
machen, Thesenblätter diskutieren und sinnvolle Formen der Vorbereitung diskutieren.
Anstatt dies in Einzelgesprächen in Sprechstunden immer wieder abzuspulen, ist es
sinnvoller, dass wir dies gemeinsam tun und allen betroffenen Examenskandidat(inn)en
ermöglichen, sich gegenseitig in Lerngruppen zu stützen.
maximum participants: 20
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Kolloquium für Doktorand/inn/en (Kolloquium)
1 SWS Wochenend-Blockveranstaltung: Ort u. Zeit n.V. Hartmut Lutz
This colloquium is for doctoral candidates writing their dissertations with Prof. Lutz as their
supervisor.
ENGLISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES GB
The Gentleman and the Angel in the House: Gender and Victorian Literature (Seminar)
4002053
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 16-18 R 23 Andrew Mills
Course description: see ‘Grundstudium’
maximum participants: 30
Between Fact, Fiction, and Factory: the Victorian Condition of England Novel (Seminar)
4002046
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Di 12-14 R 34 Mascha Gemmeke Hansen
Course description: see ‘Grundstudium’
maximum participants: 35
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Aufklärung und Kritik im England und Deutschland des
18. Jahrhunderts (Seminar) 4002047
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 24 Jürgen Klein & Michael Astroh
maximum participants: 20
Henry Fielding: Tom Jones (Seminar) 4002049
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
Course description: see ‘Grundstudium’
maximum participants: 30
“We are not safe, Clarence, we are not safe!”: William Shakespeare’s Second Tetralogy
(1-3 Henry VI, Richard III) (Hauptseminar) 4002082
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 18-20 R 21 Jürgen Klein
In his tetralogy Shakespeare gives us a fictional representation of the devastating period of the
English Wars of the Roses. The chaos in the kingdom culminated in Henry VI’s reign, when
the ambitious and Machiavellian Richard of Gloucester’s sequences of crimes and murders
gained the throne for him as King Richard III. Richard’s reign comes to its end in the Battle of
Bosworth (1485), won by his adversary Henry Tudor, the later Henry VII and the first
monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
Texts: Arden Shakespeare. Third Series.
maximum participants: 20
An Indian Dream: Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children (Hauptseminar) 4002083
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 21 Jürgen Klein
Salman Rushdie was born in 1947, the year in which India gained independence after
Gandhi’s and Nehru’s long struggle to liberate the nation from the British Raj. In this novel
he deals with a rising generation of Indians, including a group born during the very night of
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August 15 th , 1947, when Indian independence became reality. The magic-realist chronicle of
an upper-middle-class Muslim family narrated by Rushdie’s hero Saleem Sinai is also a
panorama of 20 th -century Indian society and history, concentrating on postcolonial India and
the problem of a divided country.
Text: Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children, Penguin ISBN-10: 0140 132 708
maximum participants: 20
Imagining the Nation: From the British Empire to Multicultural Britain (Seminar)4002051
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Andrew Mills
Course description: see ‘Grundstudium’
maximum participants: 30
Introduction to Postcolonialism (Seminar) 4002044
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 14-16 R 34 Andrew Mills
Course description: see ‘Grundstudium’
maximum participants: 30
The Industrial Revolution and British Culture 1750–1850 (Seminar) 4002054
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
Course description: see ‘Grundstudium’
maximum participants: 30
‘Under Western Eyes’: Eastern Europe and Russia in British Fiction (Seminar) 4002055
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Blockseminar 6.4. – 9.4.10, 16 – 21, R 21 Michael Szczekalla
Course description: see ‘Grundstudium’
maximum participants: 20
Shakespeare und Intertextualität: Sonnets, King Lear, Hamlet im Vergleich mit neueren
Bearbeitungen (Hauptseminar) 4002084
Blockseminar SWS ab 5. Sem. Di bis Fr: 25.5.bis 28.5. 09-14, R 24 Andrea Beck
Einige Sonette sowie die beiden genannten Dramen Shakespeares werden interpretiert und in
intertextuelle Bezugsrahmen gestellt. Zudem soll das Phänomen der Intertextualität selbst
reflektiert werden. Unbedingte Voraussetzung für eine sinnvolle Diskussion ist neben der
intensiven Lektüre der zwei Shakespearestücke jene von Tom Stoppards Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead und Edward Bonds Lear.
maximum participants: 20
FACHDIDAKTIK
Testat zur Fremdsprachendidaktik
Um allen Studierenden, die bisher das Testat zur Fremdsprachendidaktik nicht bestanden
haben bzw. noch nicht antreten konnten, die Möglichkeit des „Nachholens“ zu bieten, wird
am 20.04.2010 letztmalig eine Zusatzchance eingeräumt.
Beginn des Testats: 18:00 Uhr (Raum wird per Aushang bekanntgegeben!)
Zur Vorbereitung auf dieses Testat bietet PD Dr. Enter folgende Konsultationen an:
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15.04.2010
(Räume werden per Aushang bekanntgegeben)
Beginn jeweils 18:00 Uhr in der Anglistik/Amerikanistik.
Early Englisch language learning and chances of transition (Proseminar/Hauptseminar)
4002093
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 12-14 R 34 Margitta Kuty
In Germany English language learning does not start at the age of 10 or 11 at a Realschule or
Gymnasium. Even in kindergarten children play, sing and dance in English (we do have a
group of successful student teachers of English in one of Greifswald’s kindergartens!) What
does early language learning mean: when does it start, why is it so popular to start earlier?
What are the topics and methods? What kind of material is used? Finally we will turn our
attention to English learning at primary-school level and transition: what do children learn and
what can we as (subsequent) teachers expect in English? How should successful lessons be
planned to activate all learners? How can we keep the motivation of the students high? At the
end of this seminar you will have a collection of ideas and material for different topics and
levels (primary school and transition).
maximum participants: 30
Film in the English Classroom (Proseminar) 4002092
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 34 Stefanie Schult
Nowadays teaching English at school requires more than just knowing how to work with a
blackboard, some CDs and the obligatory schoolbooks. Modern lessons are interdisciplinary,
inventive and enriched with multimedia. In this seminar we will discuss the chances that the
medium film offers to the English classroom. In addition to general theoretical reflections we
will try to get some practical experience with film, so that each of the participants will be able
to acquire a collection of outlines for possible lessons operating with films. You will get the
chance to plan teaching units for different grades on themes like trailers, teasers, soundtracks,
film clips, commercials, internet videos and self-made videos.
Der hier erworbene erfolgreiche Teilnahmeschein gilt gleichzeitig auch als Nachweis für die
Anmeldung zur Ersten Staatsprüfung (‚Medienschein‘).
maximum participants: 20
EPOSTL – Formen der Fremd- und Selbsteinschätzung im Unterricht
(fremdsprachenübergreifend) (Proseminar/Hauptseminar) 4002094
2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Di 12-14 R 23 Margitta Kuty
Die Diskussion um ergänzende, zusätzliche Möglichkeiten der individuellen
Lern/Leistungsrückmeldung (neben der Note) führte schon vor einigen Jahren auch im
Fremdsprachenunterricht zur Entwicklung von Portfolios. Welche Formen von Portfolios gibt
es an den Schulen? Welche Ziele verfolgen sie und wie gehe ich als Lehrer[in] damit in
meinem Unterricht um?
Um jedoch nicht nur theoretisch über Vor- und Nachteile von Portfolios zu diskutieren,
beschäftigen wir uns ganz praktisch mit einem international anerkannten und von der
Europäischen Union geförderten Lehramtsportfolio: European Portfolio for Student Teachers
of Languages (EPOSTL), erproben es (an uns und einigen Probanden) und ‚erforschen‘ den
Nutzen. Bei erfolgreicher Anwendung und Erforschung könnte das Portfolio längerfristig
Eingang in die Lehramtsausbildung Englisch finden.
maximum participants: 30
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Shakespeare in the English classroom (Proseminar) 4002091
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 24 Anne Wolf
As reading Shakespeare forms part of the curriculum in the German Gymnasium (and its
equivalent in many other European countries), future English teachers sooner or later will
have to think about how to present Shakespeare and his times to their students. In this course,
we will deal with at least two plays (Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth) and discuss the
profoundly human – and often still very modern – issues they raise. Besides, we will also take
a look at (some of) Shakespeare’s sonnets, watch at least one film, find pictures from
Shakespeare’s times… and use our creativity to elaborate tasks and lesson plans for students
of the higher grades. By the end of the semester, we should all have a nice collection of
material that our students (hopefully) will find interesting!
maximum participants: 25
Media Project (Übung) 4002059
2 SWS ab 4. Sem. Mi 18-20 R 34 Anette Brauer
Course description: see ‘Allgemeine Veranstaltungen’ above.
maximum participants: 20
Lernaufgaben zum Spracherwerb und Unterrichtsmaterialien im Fremdsprachenunterricht
(fremdsprachenübergreifend) (Proseminar/Hauptseminar)
4002089
2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Do 14-16 R 24 Margitta Kuty
In einen kompetenzorientierten Fremdsprachenunterricht gehören kompetenzorientierte
Aufgaben. In diesem Seminar gehen wir den Fragen nach, wie gute Lernaufgaben aussehen,
worin sich Lern- von Standard- und/oder Testaufgaben unterscheiden und wie man mit
intelligenten Aufgaben im Fremdsprachenunterricht differenzieren kann. Dabei analysieren
wir nicht nur die gängigsten Unterrichts- und (zentrale) Prüfungs- bzw.
Vergleichsarbeitsmaterialien, sondern wollen erreichen, dass jeder/jede Teilnehmerin in der
Lage ist, vorgegebenes Unterrichtsmaterial kritisch zu sichten und selbstständig alternative
Aufgabenformen zu entwickeln.
maximum participants: 30
Cultural Studies in ELT – Pictures and Voices of Anglophone Nations (Proseminar)
4002088
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Fr 08-12* R 21 Danielle Budzinski
*7 Termine: 30.4., 14.5., 21.5., 4.6., 11.6., 18.6., 25.6.
This course aims to look into various topics connected with Cultural Studies and their
potential for the English language classroom. We will try to figure out what is meant when we
talk about ‘culture’ in general and how this culture is transmitted and perceived in other
culture groups, with reference to such topics as stereotypes, customs, traditions and taboos.
Following that we will go on trying to find methods of how these topics can be taught in class
through various media such as pictures, texts, auditory and audiovisual means as well as the
World Wide Web. The target will be to establish a collection of tasks which may provide a
basis for interactive and communicative intercultural learning and a wide range of material
which the participants of the course can fall back on when they come to plan and hold their
own lessons in the ‘Sekundarstufe I’.
maximum participants: 20
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English Language Teaching at advanced levels at school (gymnasiale Oberstufe)
(Proseminar) 4002090
2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Fr 12-16* Bahnhofstrasse 33/34** Volker Grap
* 7 Termine: 09.04., 23.04., 30.04., 07.05., 28.05., 04.06., 25.06.
** Institut für Qualitätssicherung MV, Seminarraum, erste Etage
Literary and non-literary texts, listening, films, grammar, enriching the students’ vocabulary
and grading are essential elements in advanced learners’ classes at school. This seminar will
provide some theoretical basics on these topics, but will mainly focus on what can be offered
to students with regard to content and what might be motivating when improving the students’
command of the language. Questions on how to deal with the aforementioned subjects will
lead to various discussions. Additionally we will have a critical look at how student work can
be appropriately graded in the respective contexts. At the end of the seminar you will have a
list of useful material related to each topic that will help you to effectively prepare classes at
school.
maximum participants: 25
Theorie und Praxis des Englischunterrichts (inkl. Schulpraktische Übungen) 4 Gruppen
(Proseminar/Übüng) 4002095
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. n.V. Margitta Kuty
Endlich wird es ernst! Nach all dem Trockentraining geht es nun in die Schule und in den
Unterricht! Gruppen von max. sechs Studierenden gehen mit mir einmal pro Woche in die
Schule und geben ihre ersten Unterrichtsversuche. Die Vor- und Nachbereitungen finden mit
mir bzw. in der Gruppe statt. Die genauen Termine können erst zu Semesterbeginn bekannt
gegeben werden.
Bei uns gilt: Die Schulpraktischen Übungen sind für alle Studierenden des Lehramtes
obligatorisch (Keine Wahl zwischen PS und SPÜ – in Problemfällen bitte Absprachen mit
mir!). Sie sind Voraussetzung für die Absolvierung des Großen Schulpraktikums. Sie dürfen
jedoch erst nach erfolgreicher Teilnahme am Grundkurs Fremdsprachenunterricht belegt
werden.
maximum participants: 24
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
BASISMODUL „LANGUAGE AWARENESS“
In the News: Reading and Writing (Übung) 4002015
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 21 Anette Brauer
Reading and Writing about Science and Technology (Übung) 4002016
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 12-14 R 24 Anette Brauer
Writing (Übung) 4002017
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 R 21 Heike Gericke
Listening and Speaking (Übung) 4002018
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 14-16 R 34 Andrew Mills
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Listening: American English (Übung) 4002022
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 34 Anette Brauer
Reading and Writing (Übung) 4002023
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 12-14 R 23 Heike Gericke
Grammar & Writing (Übung) 4002024
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 12-14 R 24 Andrew Mills
In the News: Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002025
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 8-10 R 23 Anette Brauer
AUFBAUMODUL „LANGUAGE SKILLS“
Presentations (Übung) 4002013
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 34 Heike Gericke
Socializing (Übung) 4002014
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 18-20 R 34 Andrew Mills
In the News: Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002025
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 8-10 R 23 Anette Brauer
Listening: American English (Übung) 4002022
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 34? Anette Brauer
SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT
BASISMODUL „ENGLISH: THE LINGUISTIC TOOL-KIT“
The Road to Present-Day English: From Old English to EWL (Vorlesung/Proseminar)
4002005
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 08-10 HS Rub. 2 Sebastian Knospe
EWL: Local & Global Identities (Vorlesung) 4002004
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Di 14-16 HS 3 Amei Koll-Stobbe
AUFBAUMODUL „VARIETIES AND VARIABILITY OF ENGLISH“
Introduction to English Grammar (Vorlesung) 4002002
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 12-14 HS 5 Heike Gericke
Sound & Meaning: An Introduction to Suprasegmental Phonetics (Übung/Proseminar)
4002032
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 Andrew Mills
Contact linguistics (Proseminar) 4002033
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 08-10 R 23 Melanie Burmeister
EWL: English in Asia (Proseminar) 4002034
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 23 Sebastian Muth
ENGLISCHE UND NORDAMERIKANISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT
BASISMODUL „LITERATUR I“
Survey of English Literature: Renaissance to Modernism (Vorlesung) 4002007
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 10-12 HS IDtPh Jürgen Klein
ZUSÄTZLICHES ANGEBOT FÜR „SPECIALIZATION“:
Canadian Literature in English: A Survey (Vorlesung) 4002036
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 14-16 HS 4 Hartmut Lutz
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AUFBAUMODUL „LITERATUR II“
The English Sonnet from the Renaissance to the Present (Proseminar) 4002043
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
Introduction to Postcolonialism (Seminar) 4002044
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 16-18 R 23 Andrew Mills
American Drama (Proseminar) 4002038
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
Hamlet on screen (Proseminar) 4002045
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 34 Conny Loder
Between Fact, Fiction, and Factory: the Victorian Condition of England Novel (Seminar)
4002046
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Di 12-14 R 34 Mascha Gemmeke Hansen
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Aufklärung und Kritik im England und Deutschland des
18. Jahrhunderts (Seminar) 4002047
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 24 Jürgen Klein & Michael Astroh
Marlowe’s Jew of Malta; Tamburlaine; Dr. Faustus (Proseminar) 4002048
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 23 Conny Loder
Henry Fielding: Tom Jones (Seminar) 4002049
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
Huckleberry Finn and American Realism (Proseminar) 4002040
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 23 Martin Holtz
Shakespeare London Excursion (Proseminar) 4002050
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 21 Conny Loder
Victorian Poetry (Proseminar) 4002052
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 18-20 R 23 Conny Loder
American Renaissance: Literature in the Age of Romanticism (Proseminar) 4002037
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 12-14 R 21 Martin Holtz
The Gentleman and the Angel in the House: Gender and Victorian Literature (Seminar)
4002053
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 14-16 R 34 Andrew Mills
The Industrial Revolution and British Culture 1750–1850 (Seminar) 4002054
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
The Future is Now: Contemporary American Sci-Fi Literature (Proseminar) 4002041
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 12-14 R 34 Anette Brauer
‘Under Western Eyes’: Eastern Europe and Russia in British Fiction (Seminar) 4002055
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Blockseminar 6.-9.4.10, 16-21, R 21 Michael Szczekalla
ZUSÄTZLICHES FAKULTATIVES ANGEBOT FÜR „SPECIALIZATION“:
Canadian Literature in English: A Survey (Vorlesung) 4002036
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 14-16 HS 4 Hartmut Lutz
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CULTURAL STUDIES GB/USA
Introduction to the UK (Vorlesung) 4002009
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 HS 5 James Fanning
Introduction to the USA (Vorlesung) 4002010
2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 14-16 HS IDtPh Anette Brauer
Introduction to Postcolonialism (Seminar) 4002044
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 16-18 R 23 Andrew Mills
Hamlet on screen (Proseminar) 4002045
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 34 Conny Loder
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Aufklärung und Kritik im England und Deutschland des
18. Jahrhunderts (Seminar) 4002047
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 24 Jürgen Klein & Michael Astroh
American Political Values and Ideals (Seminar) 4002039
2 SWS ab 4. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 John Serembus
& Mi 14-16 R 24 (d.h. 4 Std./Woche im Mai & Juni)
Imagining the Nation: From the British Empire to Multicultural Britain (Seminar)
4002051
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Andrew Mills
The Gentleman and the Angel in the House: Gender and Victorian Literature (Seminar)
4002053
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 14-16 R 34 Andrew Mills
The Industrial Revolution and British Culture 1750–1850 (Seminar) 4002054
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
Introducing Canada (Proseminar) 4002042
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 23 Peter Kulchyski
HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS AND MEDIEVAL ENGLISH STUDIES
The Road to Present-Day English: From Old English to EWL (Vorlesung/Proseminar)
4002005
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 08-10 HS Rub. 2 Sebastian Knospe
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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)
1. MODULE IM KERNBEREICH
Bereich: English Linguistics
‘Linguistic Variation and Language Change’
Language performance across the life-span: the age factor (Hauptseminar) 4002073
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 08-10 R 23 Amei Koll-Stobbe
‘English Worldwide: Local and Global Identities’
English in India: Language and Identity in a multilingual Asian nation (Hauptseminar)
4002072
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 16-18 R 23 Amei Koll-Stobbe
‘Discursive Linguistics’
Linguistic semscapes: Written forms of communicative interactions in multicultural city
spaces (Hauptseminar) 4002074
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 23 Amei Koll-Stobbe
‘Lexicology’
Lexicology: synchronic and diachronic aspects (Hauptseminar) 4002071
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 14-16 R 23 Sebastian Knospe& Amei Koll-Stobbe
ODER: Bereich: English Literature and British Cultural Studies
‘English Literature up to the Age of Shakespeare’
“We are not safe, Clarence, we are not safe!”: William Shakespeare’s Second Tetralogy
(1-3 Henry VI, Richard III) (Hauptseminar) 4002082
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 18-20 R 21 Jürgen Klein
Shakespeare und Intertextualität: Sonnets, King Lear, Hamlet im Vergleich mit neueren
Bearbeitungen (Hauptseminar) 4002084
Blockseminar SWS ab 5. Sem. Di bis Fr: 25.5.bis 28.5. 09-14, R 24 Andrea Beck
‘English/British Literature: 1600 to 1900’
The Gentleman and the Angel in the House: Gender and Victorian Literature (Seminar)
4002053
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 14-16 R 34 Andrew Mills
Between Fact, Fiction, and Factory: the Victorian Condition of England Novel (Seminar)
4002046
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Di 12-14 R 34 Mascha Gemmeke Hansen
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Aufklärung und Kritik im England und Deutschland des
18. Jahrhunderts (Seminar) 4002047
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 14-16 R 24 Jürgen Klein & Michael Astroh
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Henry Fielding: Tom Jones (Seminar) 4002049
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
‘British Literature from Modernism to the Present’
‘Under Western Eyes’: Eastern Europe and Russia in British Fiction (Seminar) 4002055
2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Blockseminar 6.4. – 9.4.10, 16 – 21, R 21 Michael Szczekalla
Shakespeare und Intertextualität: Sonnets, King Lear, Hamlet im Vergleich mit neueren
Bearbeitungen (Hauptseminar) 4002084
‘British Empire and Commonwealth’
Introduction to Postcolonialism (Seminar) 4002044
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mo 16-18 R 23 Andrew Mills
An Indian Dream: Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children (Hauptseminar) 4002083
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 21 Jürgen Klein
ODER: Bereich: North American Studies
‘U.S. American Literature’
Holocaust Literature (Hauptseminar) 4002077
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
‘Anglophone Literatures in Canada’
Holocaust Literature (Hauptseminar) 4002077
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
Un/Covering the North: Canadian Literature (Hauptseminar) 4002078
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo, 14tägig 10-14, R 21 Geneviève Susemihl
‘Cultural and Media Studies USA/Canada’
An Introduction to (American) Women’s Studies (Hauptseminar) 4002079
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 23 Anette Brauer
New Hollywood (Hauptseminar) 4002076
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 34 Martin Holtz
film session: Di 18-20 R 34
American Political Values and Ideals (Seminar) 4002039
2 SWS ab 4. Sem. Di 16-18 R 24 John Serembus
& Mi 14-16 R 24 (d.h. 4 Std./Woche im Mai & Juni)
Canadian Northern Development (Hauptseminar) 4002080
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 10-12 R 24 Peter Kulchyski
‘Native American/Canadian First Nations Studies’
Canadian Northern Development (Hauptseminar) 4002080
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 10-12 R 24 Peter Kulchyski
Aboriginal Cultures and Cultural Politics in Canada (Hauptseminar) 4002081
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 14-16 R 23 Peter Kulchyski
‘Gender Studies’
An Introduction to (American) Women’s Studies (Hauptseminar) 4002079
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 23 Anette Brauer
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2. MODULE IM ERGÄNZUNGSBEREICH
‘Advanced Language Competence’
Translation German-English (Übung) 4002063/69
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mo 10-12 R 23 James Fanning
or: Fr 12-14 R 23
Advanced Composition (Übung) 4002066
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. n.V. Andrew Mills
Alternative for students from abroad without sufficient knowledge of German for Translation:
Error Correction (Übung) 4002065
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 10-12 R 23 Heike Gericke
Current Affairs (Übung) 4002068
2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 24 James Fanning
‘Medienorientierte interkulturelle Kommunikation’
Media Project (Übung) 4002059
2 SWS ab 4. Sem. Mi 18-20 R 34 Anette Brauer
‘British Society and Culture’
Imagining the Nation: From the British Empire to Multicultural Britain (Seminar)
4002051
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Andrew Mills
The Industrial Revolution and British Culture 1750–1850 (Seminar) 4002054
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 34 James Fanning
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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
Senior Seminar (Hauptseminar) with oral
and written performance (term paper 15-25
pages or equivalent):
Senior Seminar (Hauptseminar) with oral
performance (presentation in class, oral
exam etc.):
Junior Seminar (Proseminar) with oral and
written performance (term paper 10-15
pages or written exam):
Junior Seminar (Proseminar) with oral
performance (presentation in class, oral
exam etc.):
Lecture (with test or examination):
Basic Seminar (Grundlagenseminar) with
assessment:
Practical Class (Übung) with assessment:
Special practical class: Successful
participation in a German Language course
(maximum 2 courses per semester to be
counted):
ECTS Points (for courses of 2 periods/week)
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.
10
5
8
4
3
2
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