ANGLISTIK/AMERIKANISTIK

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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