kommentiertes vorlesungsverzeichnis institut für … · apl. prof. dr. michael szczekalla e-mail:...

Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität

Greifswald

Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik

Steinbeckerstraße 15

Wintersemester 2012/13

ANGLISTIK/AMERIKANISTIK KOMMENTIERTES VORLESUNGSVERZEICHNIS

WINTERSEMESTER 2012/13

Inhalt HINWEISE FÜR STUDIERENDE (Bitte lesen: Diese werden als bekannt vorausgesetzt!) ...3

Struktur des Institutes für Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Wintersemester 2012/13 ..................4 Reguläre Sprechstundenzeiten der Lehrkräfte: ....................................................................5

Sprechstundenzeiten der Sekretärinnen: ..............................................................................5 Sprechstundenzeit des Studentischen Fachschaftsrates: .......................................................6

Studienberatung in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit ......................................................................6 Erstsemesterwoche: Spezielle Beratung unserer Erstsemester .............................................6

Modularisierung der Lehramtsstudiengänge ........................................................................6 Wichtige Termine ...............................................................................................................6

Einschreibung / Online enrolment .......................................................................................6 Wichtige Informationen zum Studienbetrieb .......................................................................7

Legende ..............................................................................................................................7 VORLESUNGEN / GRUNDKURSE / ALLGEMEINE VERANSTALTUNGEN ............8

GRUNDSTUDIUM / B.A. .................................................................................................. 10 SPRACHPRAXIS ............................................................................................................ 10

ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT ..................................................................... 14 LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES ...................................... 15

HAUPTSTUDIUM / M.A. .................................................................................................. 20 SPRACHPRAXIS ............................................................................................................ 20

ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT ..................................................................... 21 LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES ...................................... 22 FACHDIDAKTIK ............................................................................................................ 24

B.A.-MODULE ................................................................................................................... 26 MASTER-MODULE .......................................................................................................... 30

APPLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN CREDIT TRANSFER SYSTEM (ECTS) .............................. 32

Redaktion: James Fanning

Redaktionsschluss dieser Fassung: 2012-10-16

3

HINWEISE FÜR STUDIERENDE

(Bitte lesen: Diese werden als bekannt vorausgesetzt!)

Studierende sollten immer regelmäßig nach Aushängen mit wichtigen Informationen im

Gebäude der Anglistik/Amerikanistik bzw. im Internet https://his.uni-greifswald.de/

Ausschau halten. Aus verschiedenen Gründen kann es z.B. zu Änderungen des

Lehrangebotes gegenüber diesem Verzeichnis kommen.

Bitte kontrollieren Sie auch regelmäßig Ihr universitäres Webmail-Postfach. Das

Lehrpersonal kommuniziert mit Ihnen ggf. über das Selbstbedienungsportal bzw. die

Groupware per E-Mail. Der Login erfolgt mit den zentralen Authentifikationsdaten

(WLAN, LSF, Webmail, etc.), die Sie mit Ihrem Studentenausweis erhalten haben. Bitte

achten Sie zusätzlich auf aktuelle Änderungen per Aushang im Institut. Sie können auch

Mails von der Uni-Adresse automatisch auf eine andere Adresse umleiten lassen. Das

müssten Sie aber selbst einrichten.

Geschäftsführende Direktor[in] des Instituts für Anglistik/Amerikanistik und

Stellvertretende Direktorin des Instituts für Fremdsprachliche Philologien im Wintersemester

2012/13:

N.N.

Postanschrift:

Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik

Steinbecker Str. 15

17487 Greifswald

Fax: (03834) 86-3365 (Lehrstuhl Sprachwissenschaft)

& 86-3366 (Lehrstuhl Literatur/Cultural Studies)

Homepage: http://www.phil.uni-greifswald.de/philologien/ifp/anglistik.html

Der Vorlesungsbetrieb beginnt am 15.10.2012 und endet am 02.02.2013

Vorlesungsfreie Tage: 22.12.2012–05.01.2013

Gesetzlicher Feiertag: 31.10.2012

Studienberatung

Dr. Margitta Kuty (Tel.: 86-3360)

E-Mail: [email protected]

Dr. Anette Brauer (Tel.: 86-3351)


Studentischer Fachschaftsrat: E-Mail: [email protected]

https://his.uni-greifswald.de/

http://www.phil.uni-greifswald.de/philologien/ifp/anglistik.html

4

Struktur des Institutes für Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Wintersemester 2012/13

Lehrstuhl für Anglophone Literaturwissenschaften (einschl. ,Cultural Studies‘):

Inhaber: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Domsch (Tel.: 86-3351)


Sekretariat: Anke Möller (Tel.: 86-3351)


Mitarbeiter[innen]: Dr. Anette Brauer (Tel.: 86-3351)


Dr. James Fanning (Tel.: 86-3362)


Dr. Mascha Hansen (Tel.: 86-3364)


(Im Mutterschutzurlaub)

Dr. Martin Holtz (Tel.: 86-3351)


Conny Loder, M. Litt. (Tel.: 86-3362)


Jörg Weber M.A. (Tel.: 86-3359)


Privatdozent[inn]en apl. Prof. Dr. Andrea Beck


apl. Prof. Dr. Michael Szczekalla


Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft: Sophia Pasternack

Lehrstuhl für Englische Sprachwissenschaft:

Inhaberin: Prof. Dr. Amei Koll-Stobbe (Tel.: 86-3356)


(Forschungsfreisemester)

Sekretariat: Lydia Grothe M.A. (Tel.: 86-3354)


Mitarbeiter[innen]: Melanie Burmeister M.A. (Tel.: 86-3363)


Dr. cand. Sebastian Knospe (Tel. 86-3357)


Caroline Küchler (Tel.: 86-3355)


Sebastian Muth M.A. (Tel.: 86-3363)


Christianna Stavroudis M.Sc. (Tel.: 86-3361)


Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft: Mathias Köhn

Bereich Fachdidaktik Englisch:

Leiterin: Dr. Margitta Kuty (Tel.: 86-3360)


5

Bereich Sprachpraxis:

Leiterin: Dipl.-Lehrerin Heike Gericke (Tel.: 86-3361)


Mitarbeiter[innen]: Dr. Anette Brauer (Tel.: 86-3351)


Dr. James Fanning (Tel.: 86-3362)


Christianna Stavroudis M.Sc. (Tel.: 86-3361


Jörg Weber M.A. (Tel.: 86-3359)


Emeriti:

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Klein (Englische Literatur und Cultural Studies GB)

Prof. Dr. Hartmut Lutz (Amerikanistik/Kanadistik)

Prof. 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 09.00–10.00 Uhr Raum 25

Melanie Burmeister, M.A. Donnerstag 10.00–11.00 Uhr Raum 38

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Domsch Donnerstag 09.00–10.00 Uhr Raum 32

Dr. James Fanning Dienstag 12.00–13.00 Uhr Raum 37

Dr. Mascha Hansen (Im Mutterschutzurlaub)

Dr. Martin Holtz Donnerstag 12.00–13.00 Uhr Raum 25

Heike Gericke Donnerstag 12.00–13.00 Uhr Raum 36

Prof. Dr. Amei Koll-Stobbe (Forschungsfreisemester:

In dringenden Fällen über das Sekretariat zu erreichen)

Dr. cand. Sebastian Knospe Mittwoch 12.00–13.00 Raum 31

Caroline Küchler Dienstag 12.30–13.30 Uhr Raum 28

Dr. Margitta Kuty Montag 16.00–17.00 Uhr Raum 35

Donnerstag 16.00–17.00 Uhr

Conny Loder, M. Litt. Donnerstag 14.00–15.00 Uhr Raum 37

Sebastian Muth, M.A. Donnerstag 15.00–16.00 Uhr Raum 38

Christianna Stavroudis M.A. Dienstag 16.00–17.00 Uhr Raum 36

Jörg Weber M.A. Dienstag 17.00–18.00 Uhr Raum 33

Sprechstunden während der vorlesungsfreien Zeit werden im jeweiligen Sekretariat bzw.

an den Bürotüren per Aushang bekanntgegeben.

Sprechstundenzeiten der Sekretärinnen:

Anke Möller (LS Anglophone Literaturwissenschaften)

Montag–Donnerstag 08.00–11.45 Uhr Raum 25

Freitag 08.00–11.30 Uhr

Lydia Grothe (LS Linguistik)

Montag–Donnerstag 10.00–11.00 Uhr Raum 27

6

Sprechstundenzeit des Studentischen Fachschaftsrates:

Ort & Zeit werden zu Beginn des Semesters per Aushang bekannt gegeben

Studienberatung in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit

Bei Frau Dr. Kuty (Raum 35):

Dienstag, 10.07.: 14–15 Uhr

Mittwoch, 18.07.: 10–12 Uhr








Erstsemesterwoche: Spezielle Beratung unserer Erstsemester

Für die Erstsemesterberatung haben wir folgende Termine:

9. & 10. Oktober Dr. Kuty

11. & 12. Oktober Dr. Brauer

jeweils um 9, 10 und 11 Uhr in Raum 23

Modularisierung der Lehramtsstudiengänge

Die Lehramtsstudiengänge werden voraussichtlich ab dem Wintersemester 2012/13

modularisiert. Dies betrifft nur Studienanfänger[innen]. Die Modulstrukturen werden

rechtzeitig bekannt gegeben (u.a. in einer ergänzten Online-Fassung dieses

Vorlesungsverzeichnisses) und das System wird in der Erstsemesterberatung erklärt (s.o.).

Wichtige Termine

Einschreibung / Online enrolment

Enrolment for the Winter Semester 2012/13 will take place online from 1st September 2012

until 23rd September 2012.

Go to https://his.uni-greifswald.de/. You need your university e-mail address and your personal log-in. Instructions will be provided when you have logged in.

It is most important to attend the first session of the respective course.

Note that this enrolment system enables teaching staff to communicate with students by e-

mail using university addresses, so you should regularly check your university mailbox.

If you have any further questions write to [email protected]


mailto:[email protected]

7

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.

Teilnahme an Aufbaumodulen (Bachelor)

Die Teilnahme an Aufbaumodulen des Bachelor-Studiums setzt das vorherige erfolgreiche

Absolvieren des entsprechenden Basismoduls voraus.

Prüfungsvorbereitung

Kandidat[inn]en für alle Abschlußprüfungen außer Sprachpraxis müssen sich rechtzeitig

(i.d.R. drei Monate vor dem jeweiligen Prüfungstermin) bei der/dem jeweiligen Prüfer[in]

melden, um sich mit ihr/ihm über die Gegenstände der Prüfung zu verständigen.

European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Zu den Kriterien der Punktvergabe für Lehramts- und Magisterstudiengänge sowie für

ausländische Studierende siehe die Anmerkungen auf der letzten Seite. B.A.- und M.A.-

Studierende können die Richtlinien der Punktvergabe für die Module den jeweiligen

Prüfungs- bzw. Studienordnungen entnehmen.

Internationale Beziehungen

Die Greifswalder Anglistik/Amerikanistik hat internationale Verbindungen zu Einrichtungen

in Europa und Nordamerika. Wer sich für ein Studium in den USA bzw. Kanada interessiert,

kann sich bei Dr. Anette Brauer (Widener University, University of Manitoba, University of

Saskatchewan, allgemeine Fragen zu Fulbright) oder über die Webseite des Akademischen

Auslandsamts informieren; Informationen über ERASMUS/SOKRATES-Studienaufenthalte

innerhalb der EU (speziell: Großbritannien) erhalten Sie von Frau Gericke

Legende

BA - Bachelor of Arts

CS - Cultural Studies

FMZ - Fremdsprachen- und Medienzentrum, Bahnhofstraße 50

HS - Hörsaal (Rubenowstraße)

Lit. - Literatur[e]

LA - Lehramt[sanwärter(innen)]

LV - Lehrveranstaltung

MA - Magister Artium bzw. Master of Arts

[u.]n.V. - [und] nach Vereinbarung

R - Raum (Steinbeckerstraße)

SWS - Semesterwochenstunden

(2 SWS = 2 Stunden jede Woche über 1 Semester

oder Äquivalent – d.h. insgesamt 28 Stunden –,

z.B. 4 Stunden alle 2 Wochen über 1 Semester

oder 2 Blöcke von je 7 Stunden)

8

Studierende sollten immer regelmäßig nach Aushängen mit wichtigen Informationen im

Gebäude der Anglistik/Amerikanistik bzw. im Internet https://his.uni-greifswald.de/

Ausschau halten. Aus verschiedenen Gründen kann es z.B. zu Änderungen des

Lehrangebotes gegenüber diesem Verzeichnis kommen.

VORLESUNGEN / GRUNDKURSE / ALLGEMEINE VERANSTALTUNGEN

Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology (Vorlesung) 4002003

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 12-14 HS 5 James Fanning

This course aims to give a thorough grounding in the sounds of English and their correct use

from a theoretical point of view, while paying attention to the practical needs of foreign

learners, particularly those of Germans. What is often known as ‘British Received

Pronunciation’ will be taken as the standard, however attention will be paid to significantly

different features of General American pronunciation and, to a lesser extent, of certain other

varieties.

Coursebook: Paul Skandera & Peter Burleigh. A Manual of English Phonetics and Phonology,

2nd

ed., Narr (ISBN 978-3-8233-6665-2)

A supplementary reader will be available at the beginning of the semester.

maximum participants: 200

Introduction to English Grammar (Vorlesung) 4002002

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 14-16 HS 5 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).


Theorie und Praxis des Englischunterrichts I

(Vorlesung: fremdsprachenübergreifend) 4002012

2 SWS ab 4. Sem. Mo 14-16 HS 3 Margitta Kuty

Dieser Grundkurs bietet die theoretische Einführung in die Fremdsprachendidaktik und bildet

den obligatorischen Einstieg in die fachdidaktische Ausbildung. Die erfolgreiche Teilnahme

an diesem Grundkurs ermöglicht den Zugang zum sprachspezifischen Teil II (Schulpraktische

Übung). Die erfolgreiche Teilnahme an beiden Veranstaltungen (I und II) ergibt einen von

der Lehrerprüfungsverordnung geforderten Leistungsnachweis.

In diesem Grundkurs erhalten die Teilnehmer/innen zunächst einen kurzen geschichtlichen

Überblick über die Entwicklung der Fremdsprachendidaktik als wissenschaftliches

Fachgebiet, lernen wichtige Bezugswissenschaften kennen und erfahren mehr über die

aktuellen sprach- und bildungspolitischen Rahmenbedingungen. Anschließend werden

Aspekte der Kompetenzentwicklung unter Einbezug der Kenntnisbereiche und

Sprachtätigkeiten ebenso beleuchtet wie Fragen der Literatur/Kulturdidaktik, des Einsatzes

unterschiedlicher sprachspezifischer Unterrichtsmethoden und Möglichkeiten der Beurteilung

und Evaluation im Fremdsprachenunterricht.



9

The linguistic tool-kit (Vorlesung) 4002001

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 14-16 HS Soldmannstr. 15 Sebastian Knospe

This series of lectures will introduce the scientific study of the English language from the

perspective of language use. The aim of the course is to provide students with a

methodological tool-kit that will enable them to critically analyse the English language and its

uses in real communicative settings.

A reader will be provided to assist first-year students in organizing and mastering the course

contents. Since we constantly update our reader and course material, the lecture series may

also be of interest to students preparing for the final exam.

The B.A. module ‘Linguistics I’ consists of the two courses ‘The linguistic tool-kit’ and

‘The Road to Present-Day English’ (summer term).


The History of British Literature (Vorlesung) 4002007

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 16-18 HS Soldmannstr. 15 Sebastian Domsch

This lecture will provide a survey of the development of British literature from the early

modern period until today. We will put a critical focus on the helpfulness and the problems of

periodizations (what ‘is’ Romanticism? Is there ‘the’ Victorian novel?) and concentrate on the

major historical, social, economic and aesthetic shifts that have shaped British literature

throughout its history. The aim is to help students put individual texts into a larger context.

Recommended reading:

Greenblatt, Stephen et al. (eds.). The Norton Anthology of English Literature.


The History of American Literature (Vorlesung) 4002008

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mi 12-14 HS 5 Sebastian Domsch

This lecture will provide a survey of American literature from the colonial period until today.

We will look at the way that the particular history of North America continually shaped its

literature, from the religious writings of the early settlers and the revolutionary writings that

led up to independence through the increasingly successful attempts at finding a genuinely

American literary voice all the way to the ethnic and aesthetic diversifications that particularly

mark the 20th century. The aim is to help students put individual texts into a larger context.

Recommended reading:

Lauter, Paul et al. (eds.). The Heath Anthology of American Literature.


Introduction to Literary Studies (Vorlesung) 4002006

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 14-16 HS 5 Martin Holtz

This course is designed to give students some basic practical as well as theoretical knowledge

of the art of literary analysis. It will cover (or rather, touch upon) the fields of drama, poetry,

and narrative, discuss literary criticism, editorial policies, and canon formation, besides

introducing the key terminology that forms the basis of any kind of literary studies. As all

literature seminars build on this introductory class, students are strongly recommended to

attend it within their first two semesters. You should also purchase, and eventually read:

Michael Meyer. English and American Literatures. 4th ed. Tübingen, Basel: UTB, 2011.


10

Introduction to the UK (Vorlesung) 4002009

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 10-12 HS Soldmannstr. 15 James Fanning

This course of lectures will give an overview of British history and institutions as well as

more general aspects of British culture 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 the UK and the USA’ (alte PO: 4 LP; neue PO: 5 LP)

You should buy the following books:

Kenneth O. Morgan. The Oxford History of Britain (OUP)

John Oakland. British Civilization: an introduction (Routledge, 7th ed. 2011)

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 reader will be also be available at Digital Print Copy (Loefflerstr./Kuhstr.) by the first week

of teaching: you should buy this and bring it to the first session.


GRUNDSTUDIUM / B.A.

SPRACHPRAXIS

Translation (Übung: LA) 4002013

2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mo 12-14 R 23 Heike Gericke

In this course we will translate both isolated sentences and texts of various forms and degrees

of difficulty into English or German. Most texts will be set for homework and then discussed

in class. The course is meant to increase language awareness (particularly recognizing and

understanding differences between German and English) and also to give a better

understanding of English sentence structures and to help to extend the range of your

vocabulary.

maximum participants: 25 (Only for Teacher Training, not BA.)

Speaking/Presentations (ICC) (Übung: LA) 4002014

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 16-18 R 23 Jörg Weber

Following a general introduction and some background information on presentation skills,

students are to hold presentations on book chapters and texts about the topic of intercultural

communication, at the end of which there will be group assignments and oral discussions. We

will touch upon issues such as identity, cultural values, nonverbal communication,

intercultural education, family, power relations and others. Special attention will be paid to

patterns of communication conditioned by German and British/American culture.

Note: Despite the fact that this class is not a seminar, students choosing this course should be

aware that they must acquire basic knowledge of the topic by reading texts in preparation for

each session.

Textbook: Samovar, Porter & McDaniel. Communication between cultures (Wadsworth,

2010).

maximum participants: 25 (Only for Teacher Training, not BA.)

11

Speaking and Writing (Übung: BA) 4002015

2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Di 10-12 FMZ*, Sprachlabor 1 Heike Gericke

Constructing arguments, verbally and in writing, is a core skill at university. In this course we

will practise how to make personal opinion and fact based arguments and how to give global

and selective summaries in English. Be prepared to give short presentations and to hand in

compositions regularly.

*Bahnhofstraße 50

maximum participants: 20 (Only for BA)

Reading/Listening: Current topics UK IRE AUS NZ (Übung) 4002016

2 SWS nur 1. Sem. Di 10-12 R 34 Jörg Weber

We will be dealing with current topics in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New

Zealand in the form of reports from television and newspapers. This multi-medial course aims

to improve your reading and listening skills as well as your understanding of regional

historical and cultural contexts. Furthermore, dealing with news stories from these countries

will familiarise students with regional vocabulary, style, and grammatical/orthographical

conventions and enrich their vocabulary.


Presentations (Übung) 4002017

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 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.


Presentations (Übung: BA) 4002028

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 R 23 Jörg Weber

This course is specifically designed for B.A. students, as most of them will inevitably need to

hold presentations at some point in their future careers. An introduction to basic presentation

skills—including but not limited to verbal and nonverbal aspects, the use of visual aids and

facts/data, structuring techniques, and time management—and a set of felicitous (as well as

less felicitous…) examples will then be followed by a number of practice sessions. In the

second half of the semester, students are to hold a presentation. Participants will be asked to

provide useful feedback to the presenter. The topic of the presentation must be related to

either business, academia, or politics (e.g. a new product being introduced, buying / selling /

restructuring a company, a conference talk or political speech, etc).

maximum participants: 25 (BA only)

Listening: American English (Übung) 4002018

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mi 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

12

texts will be diverse in content (fictional, factual, practical as well as theoretical) and will be

read by speakers of American English exclusively.


Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002019

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 24 Heike Gericke

In this course we will read texts of various styles and forms to be then analysed and discussed

in class. This course will provide practice in specific skills (dealing with unknown vocabulary

and complex structures, reading techniques) and lots of opportunities (group discussions, role

plays) to enhance your range of vocabulary, your fluency and communicative confidence.


Writing: One-word essays (Übung: LA) 4002020

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mi 12-14 R 8 Jörg Weber

Students will get the chance to improve their writing skills in this course. We will read a short

text or watch a short video at the beginning of the writing process to get you started and to

provide you with some ideas. Students will then be given the ‘one word’ (e.g. “love” or

“music”), about which they are to compose a text, i.e. a piece of writing showing both

originality and intellectual depth, for instance a short story, a position paper (pro/con), a witty

dialogue/play, etc. We will discuss stylistic and formal aspects of your work in group sessions

and individual tutorials. ‘One-word’ essay writing will not only improve your scholarly

abilities, e.g. the capacity to write coherently and cohesively about a given topic, but is also

meant to boost students’ spontaneity and creativity. Students are to hand in a minimum of five

texts.

NB! If you do not enjoy creative writing and if you do not feel comfortable sharing your

inspiration(s) with others, then this course is not for you.

maximum participants: 12 (for teacher training only)

Advanced Grammar (Übung) 4002021

2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Do 10-12 R 23 Heike Gericke

In this course we shall deal with complex sentence structures in English. We shall analyse

sentence structures in texts and practise typical sentence patterns as well as advanced, but

discrete, grammar points. This course is obligatory for teacher training.

Obligatory textbook: Mark Foley & Diane Hall. Longman Advanced Learner’s Grammar.

(Pearson Education Limited 2003)


Reading/Speaking: Science and Technology (Übung) 4002022

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 10-12 R 24 Anette Brauer

Rather than reading about abstract scientific processes, participants of this course will read

and analyze (popular-) scientific texts for the positions they take on questions of everyday

relevance. Students will then learn to present their opinions in well-structured and convincing

presentations and to hold their ground in discussions about scientific phenomena and related

issues.


13

Reading/Writing: In the News (Übung) 4002023


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).


Speaking and Writing (Übung: LA) 4002024

2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Do 14-16 FMZ*, Sprachlabor 1 Heike Gericke

Constructing arguments, verbally and in writing, is a core skill at university. In this course we

will practise how to make personal opinion and fact based arguments and how to give global

and selective summaries in English. Be prepared to give short presentations and to hand in

compositions regularly.

*Bahnhofstraße 50

maximum participants: 20 (Only for Teacher Training)

Reading/Speaking: In the News (Übung) 4002026

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 10-12 R24 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.


Reading American Politics: An Intercultural Perspective (Übung) 4002025

2 SWS nur 1. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 23 Christianna Stavroudis

In light of the 2012 election, this Wintersemester offers us the opportunity to look at U.S.

elections at their climax. In this language course, we will primarily be using written sources

(e.g. newspaper articles, speeches, campaign websites, blogs, social media, political cartoons)

to analyze and think critically about the rhetoric used in American elections. As a class, we

will compare the political traditions of Germany and the United States and draw conclusions

about how these systems influence their respective cultures.


Reading and Listening: Discovering New Zealand (Übung) 4002027

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 12-14 R 8 Christianna Stavroudis

Prompted by New Zealand being the guest of honor this year at the Frankfurter Buchmesse,

we will take the opportunity to become acquainted with this lesser-known Anglophone

country. In this two-skill language course, students will discover the cultures, politics,

languages, and traditions of New Zealand through films, novels, short stories, podcasts,

television shows, and periodicals, strengthening their listening and reading skills in the

process.


14

ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT

English in the Age of Globalization (Proseminar) 4002032

2 SWS ab 2 Sem. Mo 10-12 R 8 Caroline Küchler

Global markets, global crises, the global teenager, our world as a global village, etc. –

Globalization appears to be on everyone’s lips. But what exactly lies behind this ubiquitous,

multifunctional term? In our seminar, we will attempt to tackle this complex phenomenon

from a sociolinguistic perspective by focusing on the role of English in the new media, the

world-wide music and film industry, the marketing of global and local brands, and so on. It

will be our aim to examine how English is affected as it travels around the world and whether

something like a ‘global English’ really exists.

Students participating in this course will be required to conduct and present their own small

field study by collecting and analyzing authentic data in the course of the seminar.


Language Contact and the Internet (Proseminar) 4002033

2 SWS ab 2 Sem. Di 10-12 R 8 Caroline Küchler

As the name suggests, Contact Linguists study situations and possible effects of situations in

which different languages or language varieties come into contact. In recent years, the Internet

has become particularly interesting for this field of linguistics, because it presents an

unprecedented room where languages can meet and interact. Our seminar will focus on the

role of English in social network and microblogging sites, wikis, and chatrooms. It will centre

on the question whether the Internet can still be considered to be the ‘flagship of the English

language’ or whether it alleviates language barriers to promote global multilingualism.

Students participating in this course will be required to conduct and present their own small

field study by collecting and analyzing authentic data in the course of the seminar.


Analytical linguistic skills: authentic English language use as a challenge to descriptive

linguistics tuition class (Tutorium) 4002031

2 SWS ab 1 Sem. Mi 16-18 R 23 Caroline Küchler

This course is a tutorial for students participating in the Linguistic Tool-Kit series of lectures.

It is intended to help students to find an easier way to master the introduction to English

linguistics. The tutorial will be a forum for discussion, revision and the exchange of ideas.

Students will learn more about the central topics, questions and methods of the scientific

study of the English language already introduced at the lecture. Additional reading material

and exercises will be provided in the course of the semester.


English varieties around the world: linguistic features and sociolinguistic context

(Proseminar) 4002037

2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 08-10 R 23 Melanie Burmeister

English is considered to be today’s most important lingua franca and is spoken in most parts

of the world. This seminar wants to give an impression on how diverse the English language

is. We will start off by analyzing how English spread around the world and which status the

language can have in different contexts and which functions it has to fulfill there. We will

then focus on several varieties of English from around the world, including the big national

varieties British and American English and then moving across the continents dealing with for

15

example AAVE, Indian English, Kenyan English and Jamaican English. Besides analysing

the pure linguistic features of the different varieties regarding phonetics, lexis and syntax we

will also consider the general social, political and cultural context of the varieties in question

and thus learning something about more general phenomena as standardization, code-

switching, language discrimination and how language can work as an identity marker.

Relevant texts will be provided in a master copy at the beginning of the term.


Language and Metaphor: A Cognitive Perspective on Language (Proseminar) 4002038

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 14-16 R 23 Christianna Stavroudis

In this linguistics seminar, we will look at ways to analyze metaphorical and figurative

language from a linguistic perspective. Students will read classic articles from the field of

cognitive linguistics as well as carry out applied mini-projects relevant to studies in literature,

stylistics, semiotics, and translation.


LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES

Introduction to Australia and New Zealand (Proseminar: CS) 4002040


These two Commonwealth members—both at the other end of the globe—have more in

common than their monarch Elizabeth II, and are, at the same time, far more distinct than one

might expect them to be. This seminar will deal with topics such as demographics/minorities,

geography, history, government, culture, education, languages/varieties, and others. We will

also study the different regions of Australia and New Zealand more closely. We will attempt

to sort out similarities and differences, both among the two and in comparison with the UK

and USA.

NB! Students are expected to hold presentations.


The Shorter Poetry of John Milton (Seminar: Lit) 4002041

2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Mo 16-18 R 34 James Fanning

Today Milton is mainly known as the author of Paradise Lost; however besides this and its

sequel, Paradise Regained, the drama Samson Agonistes, and important non-fiction prose

works, he also wrote a considerable amount of shorter poetry on various social, philosophical,

religious and political topics, from sonnets up to the 193 lines of ‘Lycidas’. Although much of

this is not easy to read, it is in itself very well worth the effort required, and it also

considerably influenced the British and American poetry of later ages.

Participants should buy the following edition, which includes copious lexical and

encyclopaedic notes as well as a generous selection of secondary texts:

John Milton (ed. J.P. Rosenblatt). Milton’s Selected Poetry and Prose (Norton Critical

Edition)

Recommended introductory reading:

D. Danielson (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Milton (CUP 1999)

Basil Willey. The Seventeenth Century Background: Studies in the Thought of the Age in

Relation to Poetry and Religion (11933; many editions available, often very cheap

second-hand)

16


‘Make it so’ – Star Trek’s Discourses on America’s Essential Historical and Ethical

Questions (Seminar: CS) 4002042

2 SWS ab 4. Sem. Mo 18-20.30 R 34 Anette Brauer

9/10/2001, Bin Laden’s hide-out. Five Starfleet captains materialize in front of it. In a flash of

light Q appears a second later with a mischievous smile. Five US standard-issue assault

weapons land simultaneously in the hands of the surprised captains.

“In less than a day, the disciples of the man hiding in here are going to commit an act of

extreme terrorism. If you don’t kill him now, you will be responsible for the deaths of 2,996

innocent people.”

Picard pulls at his uniform shirt. “We’re not responsible. This isn’t even our century and the

Prime Directive…”

“Jean-Luc, you still haven’t got it, have you? You’re cultural icons, not real captains! All your

talk about peaceful first contact with alien races… people have come to believe in it and

ignore reality. Which is exactly why I will hold you personally responsible if you don’t take

preemptive action right now.”

Q breathes a kiss on Janeway’s hand. “A bientôt, Madame Captain.”

Archer frowns as Q disappears. “I, for one, will not stand by idly while innocent people are

about to be killed.”

Kirk looks for the stun setting on the rifle but finds none. “The good of the many outweighs

the good of the few, as Mr. Spock would say. There’s nothing wrong with killing one man if

many lives can be saved.”

Janeway wipes off Q’s spittle. “But who are ‘the many’?”

“And who is the man?” Sisko studies the barren landscape. “He certainly has reasons for his

actions: religious, political….”

“Even the Borg have their reasons for assimilation. That doesn’t make their actions

acceptable.” Picard exchanges knowing glances with Janeway.

“Then what IS acceptable?” The other captains ask in unison.

Janeway consults her PADD. “Gentlemen, we have less than 23 hours to consider all our

ethical options.”

Required Reading: Barad, Judith and Ed Robertson. The Ethics of Star Trek. New York:

Perennial, 2001.

Note: The sessions are longer than normal, as each one will include a 45-minute screening of

a Star Trek episode.


Studying Narrative (Proseminar: Lit) 4002044

2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 James Fanning

This seminar will build on the ‘Introduction to Literary Studies’, aiming to deepen your

knowledge of how narrative texts (novels, short stories etc.) work. In class we shall analyse a

selection of texts with regard to plot, characterization, narrative technique, style etc. Shorter

fictional and theoretical texts will be provided as a reader, but students are expected to buy:

Jeremy Hawthorn. Studying the Novel. (6th ed.) 2010

E.M. Forster. Where Angels Fear to Tread. (11905) Penguin Classics 2007 / Penguin English

Library 2012


17

Culture and Language (Proseminar: CS) 4002045


In this seminar we will study the link between culture and language. Language is an integral

part of each individual’s cultural identity (e.g. local dialects vs. national standard, intercultural

competence, multilingualism, and multiculturalism), it is also the means by which ‘culture’

itself is formulated and codified within any given society to be passed on from generation to

generation. In other words: culture and language are inseparable concepts. This course will

focus on the role of language and literature in different cultures at various times. Starting with

the first writing systems, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Chinese, we will move on to analyse

language and literature as core elements of Greek and Roman civilisation, and the spread of

Arabic as a language of learning and religion. We will then study how political processes in

different European countries lead to the establishment of national cultures/literatures/

languages such as English or Swedish, and how some languages (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese,

English, French) spread to other parts of the world (e.g. America, Africa, Asia) as a

consequence of politcal action. We will also study the different language families, and the

topic of how cultures and their language(s) appear and the fact that many of the 6,000

languages in the world are threatened by extinction. As we will often study Anglophone

culture(s) in connection and/or in comparison with other cultures, a general interest in non-

Anglophone cultures is essential (though no prior knowledge is required). The course

provides students with a wider, contextualised understanding of Anglophone culture,

language and literature.

Textbook: Tore Janson’s The History of Languages (OUP, 2012).


‘Starbucks, Tweets … and Good to Go’ – An Introduction to American Popular Culture

(Proseminar: CS) 4002046


Americans hold on to many – sometimes contradictory – beliefs that are shaped, reflected,

and reinforced by popular culture. In the age of globalization, American popular culture is

spreading those American beliefs worldwide. Time to analyze them in detail. Are those

beliefs rooted in the ‘American character’ (and history)? Or are they simply the appropriate

way to deal with the challenges of (post-) modern life?

With the help of theories of popular culture, we will analyze contemporary pop-cultural

phenomena (for example connected to family, food, health, and sports) that originated in the

US and discuss and evaluate them critically.


Literature of the American South (Seminar: Lit) 4002047

2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 8 Martin Holtz

The region of the American South, stretching from Delaware in the Northeast all the way to

Texas in the Southwest, developed a distinct character in the early history of the nation.

Characterized by agriculture and the slave-dependent plantation system, its economic

difference from the industrial North culminated in the Civil War in the mid-19th

century. Yet

even though the North won the war, the South has retained its individual culture. In this

seminar we will explore the literary culture of the American South, charting its development,

its general features, its prevalent themes, and its diversity. We will discuss authors like

Frederick Douglass, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Charles Chesnutt, William Faulkner, Zora

Neale Hurston, Flannery O’Connor, Tennessee Williams, and others, and sample a variety of

18

genres: poetry, short stories, novels (probably Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer and Faulkner’s As I

Lay Dying), a slave narrative, and a play.

Recommended introductory reading: Gray, Richard and Owen Robinson (eds.). A Companion

to the Literature and Culture of the American South. Malden: Blackwell, 2004.


Global Shakespeare (Seminar: Lit & CS) 4002048

4 SWS ab 3. Sem. Do 10-12 R 34 Conny Loder & Martin Holtz

Viewing sessions: Mi 18-21 R 34

Shakespeare’s works are popular not only in the Globe but all around it. In this seminar we

will discuss Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest and Macbeth, and how they have been

interpreted and appropriated cinematically in various countries from the silent film era to the

modern blockbuster age. Starting from the basis of the text itself (sources, editorial issues,

history of critical reception), we will examine various film productions of these plays to

understand how Shakespeare’s plays can be adapted to different cultural contexts.

Students are requested to obtain critical editions of the plays, such as the Arden, Cambridge or

Oxford editions. Students wanting to participate in the seminar are expected to have read the

four plays prior to the beginning of the seminar. There will be a placement test in the first

week.

Please note: students wishing to obtain credits or a Schein for this seminar must also attend

the viewing sessions.


Oscar Wilde (Proseminar: Lit) 4002049

2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 12-14 R 34 Conny Loder

Is art useless, as Oscar Wilde suggested? And how are we to understand this attitude in

reference to Wilde’s own works? To grasp Wilde’s view of literature we will read and discuss

these works: The Picture of Dorian Gray; The Canterville Ghost; The Importance of Being

Earnest; Lady Windemere’s Fan; and An Ideal Husband. The discussion of these works

will include various topics from Victorian literature and society, some of which are dandyism,

acting conditions, Wilde’s own life, Walter Pater and the movement of aestheticism.

There will be a placement test in the first week. Students wishing to participate in the seminar

are requested to have read the plays prior to the beginning of the seminar.


1857: The Great Indian Rebellion (Seminar: CS & Lit) 4002050

2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 34 James Fanning

Viewing sessions: Do 18-20 R 34

On 10th

May 1857 sepoys (native troops) in one of the East India Company’s garrisons in

northern India mutinied, sparking off what was to become the largest rebellion against a

colonial power in the history of the world. The British managed to regain control, but the

Empire was shaken to its foundations, and the rebellion soon took on almost mythical

significance for both the colonial masters and Indian nationalists. In the seminar we shall

examine the roots and historical consequences of these events, before discussing a selection of

fictional representations in novels, poems, films and pictures.

A reader with shorter fictional and non-fictional texts will be made available by October, but

all participants must buy and read the novel:

J.G. Farrell. The Siege of Krishnapur (1973)

Those aiming to acquire a Hauptseminarschein for literature must also read:

19

Arthur Conan Doyle. The Sign of the Four (1890)

John Masters. Nightrunners of Bengal (1951)

Recommended background reading:

Saul David. The Indian Mutiny: 1857. London: Penguin 2003

Thomas R. Metcalf. Ideologies of the Raj. CUP 11995 (The New Cambridge History of India,

III.4)


Late 20th-Century Novels (Seminar: Lit) 4002051


In this seminar we will discuss several outstanding novels from last decades of the 20th

century. These are Peter Ackroyd’s Hawksmoor, Julian Barnes’ England, England, Salman

Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children and Toni Morrison’s Beloved. All of these novels have won

major literary prizes. With these four novels we will cover a wide range of the genre novel—

(pseudo-)historical, ideological, biographical and post-colonial. Despite their differing

approaches, these novels each deal with history in their very own way: English, British and

American. Themes that will be explored in the seminar are occultism, utopianism, slavery,

fantasy and crime.

There will be a placement test in the first week. Students wishing to participate in the seminar

are requested to have read the books prior to the beginning of the seminar.


‘Black/White’ – Media Project 2012 (Übung/Seminar) 4002052

4 SWS ab 3. Sem. Fr 14-16 und n.V. R 34 Anette Brauer & Conny Loder

Evil monsters and good heroes, black and white images, dark and light humor… The simple

recipe for a great movie.

Perhaps.

Until the many shades of gray begin to creep in:

Heroes turning into monsters, hiding in plain sight. Shadows all around us, shapes of terror,

places to hide. Good and evil crossfading deep inside everyone of us.

Unleash your darkest fantasies. Brace yourself for a horror trip.

Turn into figures of – and in – the light.

Join our Media Project 2012 and discover the open and hidden secrets of filmmaking.

Important note: The project requires dedicated students willing to invest a maximum of

creativity, time and energy. In the production phase it may extend well beyond the boundaries

set by 4 SWS. Only if you understand this and if you are committed to the project absolutely

and totally will it become an exceptional experience for you and all the other members of the

team.

Der Medienschein kann durch die erfolgreiche Teilnahme an diesem Kurs erworben werden.


20

HAUPTSTUDIUM / M.A.

SPRACHPRAXIS

Zugangsvoraussetzung für alle sprachpraktischen Kurse im Hauptstudium des Lehramts-

studiums ist der erfolgreiche Abschluss des Grundstudiums: alle 6 Sprachpraxisscheine +

Intro. to Grammar + Intro. to Phonetics & Phonology. Ohne diese 8 Leistungsnachweise

erbracht zu haben, dürfen Sie sich nicht für diese Kurse eintragen.

Translation German-English (Übung) 4002061


or: Fr 12-14 R 23

Besides providing a pragmatically based revision of main points of Grammar, this course

aims above all to increase your awareness of the similarities and differences between the two

languages and practice techniques for getting around problems of translation. We shall mainly

work orally, but a written test will be offered in the final week of the semester. Students are

advised to take this course early enough to be able to take the ‘Translation Workshop’ (cf.

below) afterwards, before their final exam. It is essential to be present in the first session of

the semester.

maximum participants: 30 each group

Translation Workshop (Examenskurs) (Übung) 4002062


This course is for those students who intend to take their final exam (Staatsexamen or MA) in

Translation immediately following this semester. It will build on the normal Translation

course (cf. above), which all participants must have already taken.


Exploring English Idioms (Übung) 4002065

2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 14-16 R 8 Christianna Stavroudis

For advanced learners of English, the idiom is a kind of final frontier. In this language course,

students will look at a variety of sources for idioms (e.g. songs, articles, television shows, ads)

and learn how to inject them into their writing, translations, and speech correctly and

creatively.


Error Correction (Übung) 4002063


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.


Advanced Composition: The Art of the Essay (Übung) 4002064


This course will equip students with the skills they need to produce elegant and polished

academic/professional prose. Students will write approximately one essay per week

throughout the semester with topics ranging from argumentation to cover letters. The course

21

will consist of group meetings, in which the class will discuss and review crucial grammar

points and analyze good writing together, and individual meetings, in which students will

meet with the instructor one-on-one to review assignments and discuss overall progress.


ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT

Sociolinguistics: language variation and change (Hauptseminar) 4002071

2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 12-14 R 8 Sebastian Knospe & Amei Koll-Stobbe

In the 1970s, sociolinguistics emerged as a cross-discipline that took up ideas from both

linguistics and different social sciences and helped to overcome the by then predominantly

structural approach to the scientific study of language. Since then, the field has considerably

diversified, but the aim to study language in relation to its speakers and society, which, in

turn, is linked to the notions of linguistic variability and variation, has virtually remained the

same. In this seminar we will look at the factors responsible for the variation of Present-Day

English, focusing primarily on regional and social background, age and gender. What will be

particularly stressed is the idea that speakers are able to make choices from the linguistic

repertoires at their disposal and that complex mechanisms of identity work are involved here.

At the same time, we will trace the interconnections between language variation and change.

Participating in guided group projects, students will not only acquire the competencies they

need for carrying out systematic sociolinguistic research, but due to the broad perspective the

seminar takes will also gain input for possible future projects.


English in contact (Hauptseminar) 4002073

2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 23 Sebastian Knospe & Amei Koll-Stobbe

Especially due to the mobility of speakers, languages rarely just coexist, but usually stand in

contact with one another. Depending on the duration and intensity of exchange, but also on

the power of and the attitudes to the other culture as well as the structural relations of the

linguistic codes involved, this may bring about different outcomes and affect at least one of

the languages to varying degrees, often to the discontent of some contemporaries. Departing

from English as a case par excellence of a language in contact, this class will analyze the

different constellations this may involve. To begin with, we will look at instances of language

mixing like borrowing and code-switching that do not question the maintenance of either

language. We will then move on to situations where an intergenerational language shift is at

work before studying processes of contact-induced language creation, e.g. through

Pidginization and Creolization. The knowledge provided will enable students to critically

analyze authentic language data such as real-life conversations, press and literary texts that

display different signs of language contact.


Semiotic Landscapes (Hauptseminar) 4002039

2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 23 Sebastian Muth

Within the wide-ranging field of sociolinguistics the visual representation of language as a

semiotic resource has emerged as a new way to study language use in society. Labeled as

semiotic and linguistic landscapes, this technique studies the discursive construction of places

22

through language and revalues the relationship between language and space. This includes

methods of sociolinguistic research and linguistic landscape analysis, but also requires a

thorough look at the foundations of critical discourse analysis as well as semiotics. Based on

Scollon and Wong Scollon’s seminal work Discourses in Place (2003) and Jaworski and

Thurlow’s Semiotic Landscapes (2010), we will embark on theoretical discussions and

practical fieldwork in order to understand how language constructs and mediatizes social life.


LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES



Course description: cf. “Grundstudium /B A.”







Modernism (Hauptseminar: Lit) 4002077

2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 16-18 R 34 Sebastian Domsch

High Modernism is maybe the most ‘literary’ movement in the history of literature, the

epitome of the attempt to create ‘language charged with meaning to the utmost possible

degree’ (Ezra Pound). To look at modernist poetry is to look at the incredibly varied attempts

to ‘make it new’ (Pound again). Being experimental, formally complex, elliptical, and often

non-realist, many of these texts might seem hard nuts to crack, but they are well worth all the

scrutiny we can give them. Modernism derives its non-realist aesthetics from a shattering of

old certainties and world-views that mark the end of the Victorian age and that continue to

influence our perspective on the world until today. We will therefore put formal innovation

and cultural context in relation to each other in order to develop an understanding of a period

in which seemingly everything changed.

Text: Lawrence Rainey: Modernism. An Anthology (Blackwell 2005). A detailed list of the

texts to be discussed in class will be published online after enrollment on the HIS

(‘Selbstbedienungsportal’).






23















The American Short Story (Hauptseminar: Lit) 4002078

2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 12-14 R 23 Sebastian Domsch

This course will provide a survey of the American short story from the 19th

century to the late

20th

. Uniquely capable of capturing a moment in time, the short story occupies a cherished

place in the history of American literature. Over the last 200 years, some of this nation’s

greatest writers have produced outstanding examples of this art form. We will look at many of

the most important examples and trace the development of the form all the way from realism

to postmodernism.

Texts: All texts are to be found in the two volumes of the Heath Anthology of American

Literature. A detailed list of the texts to be discussed in class will be published online after

enrollment on the HIS (‘Selbstbedienungsportal’).


‘Black/White’ – Media Project 2012 (Übung/Seminar) 4002052

4 SWS ab 3. Sem. Fr 14-16 und n.V. R 34 Anette Brauer & Conny Loder



“…and JUSTICE for All” – A Cultural Studies approach to Criminal Justice in the USA

(Hauptseminar: CS) 4002079

2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Fr 12-14 R 34 Anette Brauer

From CSI to Boston Legal, from Law and Order to Prison Break, media versions of the

American criminal justice system confront us with ideas and practices such as racial profiling,

the ‘Miranda Declaration’, ‘taking the Fifth’, ‘boot camps’… More often than not we wonder

if justice is just another commodity you can buy in the USA, when the true question ought to

be who has the power to define crime.

Rather than focusing on the myriad of laws and interpretations thereof, this course aims to

study the various tiers of the criminal justice system in the USA from a Cultural Studies

24

perspective, i.e. as institutions exercising power, as people making choices based on their

complex positioning in a society dominated by categories of class, race, and sex, and as a

continual battleground over what it means to be just.


FACHDIDAKTIK

Learning strategies and techniques for successful English learning (Hauptseminar)

4002091

2 SWS ab 7. Sem. Di 14-16 R 23 Margitta Kuty

Weinstein and Mayer defined learning strategies broadly as “behaviours and thoughts that a

learner engages in during learning” which are “intended to influence the learner’s encoding

process”. Learning strategies are involved in all learning, regardless of the content and

context. They are used in learning and teaching in classroom settings or in more informal

learning environments. Training students to use strategies can help them become better

language learners. In this seminar we will get used to some very important learning strategies

for language learning. We will talk about different learning styles and how to get to know

these in the classroom. Secondly we will collect useful strategies and create interesting tips

and exercises to help our learners to learn more effectively.


Teaching English in mixed- ability classes (Hauptseminar) 4002092

2 SWS ab 6. Sem. Di 16-18 R 23 Margitta Kuty

In a pluralistic society of diverging personal und cultural values we are faced with a more and

more heterogeneous learner population. AND especially for future Gymnasium teachers:

Homogeneous groups of learners have never existed. The challenge is not only to accept

heterogeneity but to find a positive approach and a productive exposure to dealing with

foreign language learning in heterogeneous learner groups. We will discuss the many faces of

heterogeneity and the importance of differentiated instruction. Secondly, we will examine

questions on classroom management and present opportunities for creating a positive and

effective learning environment for both individual/independent as well as cooperative

learning within a ‘whole class’ situation.


Media in ELT (Proseminar) 4002093

2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 14-16 R 34 Margitta Kuty

The modern English classroom consists of more than just books and blackboards. Teachers

often focus on a number of different media. In this seminar we will start with an overview on

classical and new media. We will discuss how to use various media effectively to improve the

learner’s language skills. Through this, we will gather some useful ideas and plans for future

lessons. At the end of the seminar you will have a list of useful sources that will enable you to

integrate modern media in your classes at school.

Der hier erworbene erfolgreiche Teilnahmeschein gilt gleichzeitig auch als Nachweis für die

Anmeldung zur Ersten Staatsprüfung (‚Medienschein‘).


25

Theorie und Praxis des Englischunterrichts II (inkl. SPÜ) 4 Gruppen

(Übung/Seminar) 4002090

2 SWS ab 5. Sem. n.V. -- Margitta Kuty

Diese Übung/Seminar bildet den zweiten obligatorischen Teil des ersten von der

Lehrerprüfungsverordnung geforderten Leistungsnachweises. Zugangsvoraussetzung ist die

erfolgreiche Teilnahme am Grundkurs Theorie und Praxis des FSU I. Die konkreten Klassen

und Zeiten (Unterrichtsstunden) können aus schulorganisatorischen Gründen erst zu Beginn

des neuen Semesters bekannt gegeben werden. In der ersten Semesterwoche findet eine

detaillierte Einschreibung/Einweisung in die einzelnen Gruppen statt, an der alle

Studierenden, die sich vorher bereits online generell für die Veranstaltung einschreiben,

teilnehmen müssen. Bitte auf entsprechende Aushänge zu Beginn des neuen Semesters achten.

Nun wird es ernst: Die im Grundkurs theoretisch erworbenen Kenntnisse gilt es, in der Praxis

anzuwenden und zu reflektieren. Gruppen von max. sieben Studierenden unterrichten in einer

Klasse Englisch. Jeder/jede Studierende wird die Möglichkeit erhalten, zwei

Unterrichtsstunden eigenverantwortlich zu planen, durchzuführen und zu evaluieren. Dabei

werden sie durch die entsprechende Lehrkraft und die gesamte Gruppe intensiv betreut.


26

B.A.-MODULE

Bitte beachten Sie auch die Aushänge im Gebäude des Faches sowie Informationen im

Internet <https://his.uni-greifswald.de/> über eventuelle Änderungen. Änderungen, die nur

die im Wintersemester 2012/13 neuzugelassenen Studierenden betreffen, werden in der

Erstsemesterberatung erklärt (s.o.: S. 6)

Die Kursbeschreibungen stehen im Hauptteil dieses Verzeichnisses unter den gleichen

Nummern.

SPRACHPRAXIS

PRACTICAL LINGUISTICS

Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology (Vorlesung) 4002003

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 12-14 HS 5 James Fanning

Introduction into English Grammar (Vorlesung) 4002002

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mo 14-16 HS 5 Heike Gericke

ORAL SKILLS


2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 12-14 R 34 Heike Gericke



Reading and Speaking (Übung) 4002019






WRITTEN SKILLS

Speaking and Writing (Übung) 4002015

2 SWS ab 3. Sem. Di 10-12 Sprachlabor 1 Heike Gericke



Reading/Writing: In the News (Übung) 4002023




Reading American Politics: An Intercultural Perspective (Übung) 4002025

2 SWS nur 1. Sem. Fr 10-12 R 23 Christianna Stavroudis


27

SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT

LINGUISTICS I

The B.A. module ‘Linguistics I’ consists of the two obligatory courses ‘The linguistic tool-kit’

and ‘The Road to Present-Day English’ (summer term). The extra class ‘Analytical linguistics

skills’ is offered as an optional aid to understanding and learning.

The linguistic tool-kit (Vorlesung) 4002001

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 14-16 HS Soldmannstr. 15 Sebastian Knospe

Analytical linguistic skills: authentic English language use as a challenge to descriptive

linguistics tuition class (Tutorium) 4002031

2 SWS ab 1 Sem. Mi 16-18 R 23 Caroline Küchler

LINGUISTICS II





English varieties around the world: linguistic features and sociolinguistic context (Proseminar) 4002037




Semiotic Landscapes (Proseminar) 4002039


ENGLISCHE UND NORDAMERIKANISCHE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT

LITERATUR I

The History of British Literature (Vorlesung) 4002007

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Di 16-18 HS Soldmannstr. 15 Sebastian Domsch

The History of American Literature (Vorlesung) 4002008

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Mi 12-14 HS 5 Sebastian Domsch

Introduction to Literary Studies (Vorlesung) 4002006

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Do 14-16 HS 5 Martin Holtz

LITERATUR II



Studying Narrative (Proseminar: Lit) 4002044






28





CULTURAL STUDIES GB/USA

This module includes the lectures ‘Introduction to the UK’ (Winter Semester) and

‘Introduction to the USA’ (Summer Semester), and a ‘Proseminar’.

Introduction to the UK (Vorlesung) 4002009

2 SWS ab 1. Sem. Fr 10-12 HS Soldmannstr. 15 James Fanning

















SPECIALIZATION

SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT

In Absprache mit dem jeweiligen Prüfer können im Rahmen der gültigen Studien- und

Prüfungsordnung auch weitere Seminare für dieses Modul gewählt werden.





English varieties around the world: linguistic features and sociolinguistic context (Proseminar) 4002037




Semiotic Landscapes (Proseminar) 4002039


29

LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT / CULTURAL STUDIES
























2 SWS ab Sem. Do 16-18 R 24 Conny Loder

30

MASTER-MODULE

Wie die Module ausgewählt werden können, wird in der 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’

Sociolinguistics: language variation and change (Hauptseminar) 4002071

2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Di 12-14 R 8 Sebastian Knospe & Amei Koll-Stobbe

‘English Worldwide: Discursive linguistics’

English in contact (Hauptseminar) 4002073

2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Mi 10-12 R 23 Sebastian Knospe & Amei Koll-Stobbe

ODER: Bereich: English Literature and British Cultural Studies

‘English Literature up to the Age of Shakespeare’




‘English/British Literature: 1600 to 1900’



‘British Literature from Modernism to the Present’





‘British Empire and Commonwealth’






ODER: Bereich: North American Studies

‘U.S. American Literature’







The American Short Story (Hauptseminar: Lit) 4002078

2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Do 12-14 R 23 Sebastian Domsch

31

‘Cultural and Media Studies USA/Canada’






“…and JUSTICE for All” – A Cultural Studies Approach to Criminal Justice in the USA

(Hauptseminar: CS) 4002079

2 SWS ab 5. Sem. Fr 12-14 R 34 Anette Brauer

2. MODULE IM ERGÄNZUNGSBEREICH

‘Advanced Language Competence’

Translation German-English (Übung) 4002061


or: Fr 12-14 R 23

Advanced Composition: The Art of the Essay (Übung) 4002064


Alternative for students from abroad without sufficient knowledge of German for ‘Translation

German–English’:

Error Correction (Übung) 4002063


32

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

ERASMUS 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 ERASMUS exchange)

4. Each semester, at least one Senior Seminar (HAUPTSEMINAR) must be taken.

5. No ECTS points are given for mere attendance (i.e. passive presence); points can be given

for lectures only if there is some form of test or examination (which the lecturer has to

guarantee).

ECTS Point System (for courses of 2 periods per week):

Type of course ECTS Points (for courses of 2 periods/week)

Senior Seminar (Hauptseminar) with oral

and written performance (term paper 15-25

pages or equivalent):

10

Senior Seminar (Hauptseminar) with oral

performance (presentation in class, oral

exam etc.):

5

Junior Seminar (Proseminar) with oral and

written performance (term paper 10-15

pages or written exam):

8

Junior Seminar (Proseminar) with oral

performance (presentation in class, oral

exam etc.):

4

Lecture (with test or examination):

Basic Seminar (Grundlagenseminar) with

assessment:

Practical Class (Übung) with assessment:

3

Special practical class: Successful

participation in a German Language course

(maximum 2 courses per semester to be

counted):

2

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.

kommentiertes vorlesungsverzeichnis institut für … · apl. prof. dr. michael szczekalla e-mail:...

Documents