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English-Speaking Cultures / Englisch, B.A.

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LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN DES 1. JAHRES (PO 2011) > Basismodul A: Englische Literaturwissenschaft (6 CP)

Modulbeauftragte/r: Dr. Jana Nittel, Kontakt: jnittel@uni-bremen.de
EC Title of event Lecturer
10-76-2-101-2c Introduction to English Literatures (English spoken)
Part II (3 CP)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Mi 17:45 - 19:15 GW1 B0080

As this is a continuation of the Basismodul class Introduction to English Literatures, Part 1 from last semester, students will be asked to review what we did in the Winter Term, especially with regards to the Introduction to the Study of English and American Literature by Vera and Ansgar Nünning. Having gathered historical and textual skills in dealing with various genres, we will now be looking in greater depth at theoretical concepts in literary and cultural studies.
Requirements:
active participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
presentation and handout
Students will take a final written exam on the set texts.
Set Texts:
Students must buy and read the following texts, preferably before the semester begins:
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby.
Müller, Klaus Peter, ed. Contemporary Canadian Short Stories. (Reclam)
Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide. 2nd ed.

Copies of the texts can be purchased at the bookstore on our campus (Universitätsbuchhandlung).

 Dr. Öcal Cetin
10-76-2-101-2d Introduction to English Literatures (English spoken)
Part II (3 CP)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Mi 16:15 - 17:45 GW1 B0080

As this is a continuation of the Basismodul class Introduction to English Literatures, Part 1 from last semester, students will be asked to review what we did in the Winter Term, especially with regards to the Introduction to the Study of English and American Literature by Vera and Ansgar Nünning. Having gathered historical and textual skills in dealing with various genres, we will now be looking in greater depth at theoretical concepts in literary and cultural studies.
Requirements:
active participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
presentation and handout
Students will take a final written exam on the set texts.
Set Texts:
Students must buy and read the following texts, preferably before the semester begins:
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby.
Müller, Klaus Peter, ed. Contemporary Canadian Short Stories. (Reclam)
Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide. 2nd ed.

Copies of the texts can be purchased at the bookstore on our campus (Universitätsbuchhandlung).

 Dr. Öcal Cetin
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LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN DES 1. JAHRES (PO 2011) > SP-1 Basismodul: Sprachpraxis/Practical Language Foundation Module (Part 2) (nur für das Sommersemester)

Modulbeauftragte/: Penelope Ann-Scott Murdock, murdock@uni-bremen.de
EC Title of event Lecturer
10-76-2-105-4a University Language Skills 2 - 4a (English spoken)

Übung
ECTS: 3

Dates:
wöchentlich Mo 08:15 - 09:45 SFG 2070

University Language Skills 2 (ULS 2) is a FOUR hour (SWS) class with TWO time slots both of which belong together and must be attended. Thus, you are required to register for and attend both a and b classes.

Summary: ULS 2 is the second half of the SP-1 introductory module. As such, it builds upon the foundation established during ULS 1 in the winter semester. To earn credit for the SP-1 module (9 CP in total), students are required to earn 60% or more on written assignments given in both ULS 1 (1000 words; 3 CP) and ULS 2 (2000 words; 6 CP) respectively.

While the emphasis during the winter semester is essentially on audience focus, planning, and structuring an academic essay, during the summer semester you will be introduced to four key rhetorical strategies. Those strategies include essays of argumentation, exemplification, cause and effect, and comparison and contrast. The primary objectives of this class are to help you master the art of academic writing, to foster your reading comprehension and your critical analysis skills, to focus on enhancing your ability to articulate your unique ideas, and of course, to learn how to compose texts which demonstrate even more eloquence and persuasiveness than those you could compose at onset of the course. Throughout, the pre-writing, editing, and revision processes will remain paramount. For further detail, please consult the course description hand out.

Literature: Required hand out material will be made available via StudIP; the textbooks we will work with in ULS 2 are entitled Whats the Difference and English Phrasal Verbs in Use.

Please note: Interested ESC students are required to register for this class via StudIP. Registration commences early February and ends mid March.

 Penelope A. Murdock
10-76-2-105-4b University Language Skills 2 - 4b (English spoken)

Übung
ECTS: 3

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 08:15 - 09:45 SuUB 4320 (Studio II Medienraum )

University Language Skills 2 (ULS 2) is a FOUR hour (SWS) class with TWO time slots both of which belong together and must be attended. Thus, you are required to register for and attend both a and b classes.

Summary: ULS 2 is the second half of the SP-1 introductory module. As such, it builds upon the foundation established during ULS 1 in the winter semester. To earn credit for the SP-1 module (9 CP in total), students are required to earn 60% or more on written assignments given in both ULS 1 (1000 words; 3 CP) and ULS 2 (2000 words; 6 CP) respectively.

While the emphasis during the winter semester is essentially on audience focus, planning, and structuring an academic essay, during the summer semester you will be introduced to four key rhetorical strategies. Those strategies include essays of argumentation, exemplification, cause and effect, and comparison and contrast. The primary objectives of this class are to help you master the art of academic writing, to foster your reading comprehension and your critical analysis skills, to focus on enhancing your ability to articulate your unique ideas, and of course, to learn how to compose texts which demonstrate even more eloquence and persuasiveness than those you could compose at onset of the course. Throughout, the pre-writing, editing, and revision processes will remain paramount. For further detail, please consult the course description hand out.

Literature: Required hand out material will be made available via StudIP; the textbooks we will work with in ULS 2 are entitled Whats the Difference and English Phrasal Verbs in Use.

Please note: Interested ESC students are required to register for this class via StudIP. Registration commences early February and ends mid March.

**All uploads relevant for this class can be found in the course entitled "University Language Skills 2 - 4a".**

 Penelope A. Murdock
10-76-2-105-5a University Language Skills 2 - 5a (English spoken)

Übung
ECTS: 3

Dates:
wöchentlich Mo 12:15 - 13:45 GW2 A4020 (Filmraum)

University Language Skills 2 (ULS 2) is a FOUR hour (SWS) class with TWO time slots both of which belong together and must be attended. Thus, you are required to register for and attend both a and b classes.

Summary: ULS 2 is the second half of the SP-1 introductory module. As such, it builds upon the foundation established during ULS 1 in the winter semester. To earn credit for the SP-1 module (9 CP in total), students are required to earn 60% or more on written assignments given in both ULS 1 (1000 words; 3 CP) and ULS 2 (2000 words; 6 CP) respectively.

While the emphasis during the winter semester is essentially on audience focus, planning, and structuring an academic essay, during the summer semester you will be introduced to four key rhetorical strategies. Those strategies include essays of argumentation, exemplification, cause and effect, and comparison and contrast. The primary objectives of this class are to help you master the art of academic writing, to foster your reading comprehension and your critical analysis skills, to focus on enhancing your ability to articulate your unique ideas, and of course, to learn how to compose texts which demonstrate even more eloquence and persuasiveness than those you could compose at onset of the course. Throughout, the pre-writing, editing, and revision processes will remain paramount. For further detail, please consult the course description hand out.

Literature: Required hand out material will be made available via StudIP; the textbooks we will work with in ULS 2 are entitled Whats the Difference and English Phrasal Verbs in Use.

Please note: Interested ESC students are required to register for this class via StudIP. Registration commences early February and ends mid March.

 Penelope A. Murdock
10-76-2-105-5b University Language Skills 2 - 5b (English spoken)

Übung
ECTS: 3

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 12:15 - 13:45 SpT C3140

University Language Skills 2 (ULS 2) is a FOUR hour (SWS) class with TWO time slots both of which belong together and must be attended. Thus, you are required to register for and attend both a and b classes.

Summary: ULS 2 is the second half of the SP-1 introductory module. As such, it builds upon the foundation established during ULS 1 in the winter semester. To earn credit for the SP-1 module (9 CP in total), students are required to earn 60% or more on written assignments given in both ULS 1 (1000 words; 3 CP) and ULS 2 (2000 words; 6 CP) respectively.

While the emphasis during the winter semester is essentially on audience focus, planning, and structuring an academic essay, during the summer semester you will be introduced to four key rhetorical strategies. Those strategies include essays of argumentation, exemplification, cause and effect, and comparison and contrast. The primary objectives of this class are to help you master the art of academic writing, to foster your reading comprehension and your critical analysis skills, to focus on enhancing your ability to articulate your unique ideas, and of course, to learn how to compose texts which demonstrate even more eloquence and persuasiveness than those you could compose at onset of the course. Throughout, the pre-writing, editing, and revision processes will remain paramount. For further detail, please consult the course description hand out.

Literature: Required hand out material will be made available via StudIP; the textbooks we will work with in ULS 2 are entitled Whats the Difference and English Phrasal Verbs in Use.

Please note: Interested ESC students are required to register for this class via StudIP. Registration commences early February and ends mid March.

**All uploads relevant for this class can be found in the course entitled "University Language Skills 2 - 5a".**

 Penelope A. Murdock
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LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN DES 2. JAHRES (PO 2011) > D2-a Aufbaumodul: Kulturgeschichte (nur für das Sommersemester)

6 CP (3 CP + 3 CP)

1 PL = Term paper/Hausarbeit

Modulbeautragte/r: Dr. Jennifer Henke, j.henke@uni-bremen.de
EC Title of event Lecturer
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2b Key Topics in Cultural History: US-American Art as Cultural Practice (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 10:15 - 11:45 GW1-HS H1000

This course will introduce students to a broad range of visual art in the United States with a specific focus on the 20th century. Throughout the semester we will examine how art addresses the complexities of historical and cultural change. We will develop a critical understanding of art and of the writing and debates surrounding it. Positioning artists and art-making firmly within history we will relate visual arts both to material artifacts and cultural practices. Since the subject field itself is so broad, we will select representative works to be studied carefully.
Students are recommended to consult Bjelajacs and Pohls surveys on American art in order to discover their own interests and preferences well before the beginning of the course. You will find the books in my Semesterapparat at the SuUB (3rd floor); selected chapters can also be found on Stud.IP

Bjelajac, David. American art: a cultural history. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2005
Pohl, Frances K. Framing America: A social history of American Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 2002.

Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2c Key Topics in Cultural History: 20th Century US-Culture (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Do 10:15 - 11:45 GRA4 A0110

This course explores selected cultural currents in US-American society with a focus on the 20th century. Together we will develop specific research questions and students will be encouraged to work collaboratively on particular topics and to perform their own research using the library as well as internet sources. In order to prepare for this course you should consult the Semesterapparat; also Karen Halttunen (ed.) A Companion to American Cultural History. Oxford: Blackwell, 2008. (part III and part IV) SuUB: h hil 323 8r /05 will be of interest.
Requirements:
Regular attendance and oral participation
In-depth knowledge of the reading material
Oral presentation and handout
Final paper (optional)

Please note that prior enrollment via Stud.IP is mandatory

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2d Key Topics in Cultural History: Race, Class and Gender (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Do 14:15 - 15:45 GW1-HS H1010

This course will offer a conceptual framework by which to understand and analyze categories of difference such as race, gender, sex etc. In looking both at theories and practices we will address the social construction of difference in contemporary societies. A reader with course material will be made available at the beginning of the semester.
Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2e Key Topics in Cultural History: Black British Cultures (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 12:15 - 13:45 SuUB 4330 (Studio I Medienraum )

The Black British community constitutes one of the largest and culturally most vibrant ethnic minorities in Britain today. This course is going to investigate the political and cultural impact of Britons with African or Afro-Caribbean roots in contemporary British society. We will look at the political and discursive framework of multiculturalism, and discuss the economic and social conditions of integration, racism, and urban violence. But above all, we will draw on a wide range of examples from the Notting Hill Carnival to Hiphop but also taking in poetry, fiction, theatre, and film to explore issues of migration and diaspora, of identity and hybridity, of roots and routes, and the cultural negotiations between Black Pride and black British.

Please purchase the following novels, which can be got at the University bookshop:
Caryl Phillips, Crossing the River (1st publ. 1993, Vintage pb. 2006, ISBN 978-0099498261)
Diran Adebayo, Some Kind of Black (Abacus pb. 1997, ISBN 978-0349108728)
Andrea Levy, Fruit of the Lemon (Review Headline pb. 2000, ISBN 978-0747261148)

A Reader with primary and secondary material will be made available.

Requirements:
regular attendance and active participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and/or worksheets
in D-2a: an additional long term paper of 8-10 pp.

 Irmgard Maassen
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2f Key Topics in Cultural History: Victorian Cultures (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Mo 16:15 - 17:45 GW1-HS H1000

Far from just being pious, prudish, and smothered in petticoats, the Victorians lived through social and intellectual upheavals that have left a lasting impact on our own crisis-ridden modernity. This course aims to investigate some major issues in Victorian culture and society. We shall explore the way in which the two pressing concerns of the age, the woman question and the social question, intersected in the wake of the industrial revolution, and discuss the effects of industrial rationalisation in the areas of work, family, morality, and belief. Other issues to be addressed will deal with Darwin (and what he has to do with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), the British Empire (and its strange traces in the novel of a poor parson's daughter from a remote Yorkshire village), Marx (and the political limitations of Dickens sympathetic rendering of urban poverty), or the rise of consumer culture (and what this has to do with domestic and gender ideology). We will back this up by looking at some popular novels that, among other things, represent the middle classes as caught between liberal philosophy, aristocratic cultural ideals and a fearful fascination with the emergent working class.
A specially compiled reader will be made available.

Please purchase the following novels, which are in stock at the university bookshop:
-Charles Dickens, Hard Times (Norton pb. 2001, ISBN: 9780393975604)
-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (Norton pb. 2001, ISBN: 9780393975420)
-Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Norton pb. 2003, ISBN: 9780393974652)

Requirements:
- regular attendance and active participation
- in-depth knowledge of the reading material
- a portfolio of worksheets
- in D-2a: an additional long term paper of 8 10 pp.

 Irmgard Maassen
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LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN DES 2. JAHRES (PO 2011) > D2-c Aufbaumodul: Literaturwissenschaft (nur für das Sommersemester)

6 CP (3 CP + 3 CP)

1 PL = Term paper/Hausarbeit

Modulbeautragte/r: Dr. Jennifer Henke, j.henke@uni-bremen.de
EC Title of event Lecturer
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2c Key Topics in Literature: Science and Satire (English spoken)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich (starts in week: 5) Di 10:15 - 11:45 GW2 B1580
GW1 B2130 (04.06.2013)


The intention of this seminar is to discuss a relatively new literary genre which emerged in the second half of the 20th century - the academic or campus novel. We will address the historical development of this novel form, its exhibition of human weaknesses and treatment of university life. Further, the seminar will offer an introduction to various forms of humour, in particular the concept of satire which looms large in the campus novel.

We shall start with THINKS (2001), a younger publication by one of the acclaimed founders of the campus novel genre, David Lodge. This book deals with the cognitive scientist and womaniser Ralph Messenger and his affair with Helen Read, a young widow and writer-in-residence at the fictitious University of Gloucester. We will then move on to Ian McEwans SOLAR (2010) about an award-winning physicist, Michael Beard, and his chase for a solution of climate change. The novel takes the reader through three significant stages of the protagonists chaotic private and scientific life. The seminar will highlight the vehicle of satire as a key mode of producing meaning in literature.

In addition to in-depth readings of the novels, our research issues include the following, but might vary according to your preferences: cultural studies, genre theory, historical studies, gender theory, biographical studies, and humour studies.

Requirements:
registration on Stud.IP
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout
term paper

Texts:
Lodge, David (2001): Thinks. London: Penguin, New Edition 2010.*
McEwan, Ian (2010): Solar. London: Random House UK, First Edition 2010.*

*Notification: Please pay attention to the exact publication dates when purchasing the books so we can all work with the same editions. Thank you!

 Dr. phil. Jennifer Henke
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2e Key Topics in Literature: Contemporary Crime Fiction and Film (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 18:15 - 19:45 GW2 A4020 (Filmraum)

Crime Fiction is overwhelmingly popular and yet, much of the narrative literature that involves crime of some kind or another is often not regarded as literature at all. This course is designed to familiarize students with the contemporary critical and theoretical arguments concerning popular fiction and genre studies, as well as to enable all participants of this course to relate to the genres wider social, historical and political contexts while discussing the individual narratives in terms of form, language and imagery. The focus will predominantly be on transatlantic generic developments in crime fiction and film, both detective- or transgressor-centred from the Second World War onwards, including examples of the police procedural (Ian Rankin); of female detectives and the feminist appropriation of the hard-boiled story (P.D. James and Sara Paretsky); the conspiracy thriller (Dan Brown); the postmodern mystery (Paul Auster) as well as Robert Altman's contemporary cinematic rendering of the classic clue-puzzle.

Please be aware that your registration on Stud. IP. is mandatory. You may wish to check the learning compact for further details such as requirements, weekly schedule, select bibliography and modes of assessment (Allgemeiner Dateiordner on Stud. IP).

Required reading before the first session (you need a copy of these books for class):

Auster, Paul. The New York Trilogy. London: Faber and Faber, 2011.
Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code. New York: Anchor Books, 2003.
James, P.D. The Skull Beneath the Skin. London: Faber and Faber, 2010.
Paretsky, Sara. Blacklist. New York: Signet, 2004.
Rankin, Ian. Knots and Crosses. London: Orion, 2008.

Additionally: Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001) DVD

Copies can be purchased at the bookstore on our campus (Universitätsbuchhandlung Bremen: http://www.unibuch-bremen.de)

Requirements and Assessment:
- regular attendance, informed participation in class discussion
- in-depth knowledge of the selected reading material
- homework assignments
- presentation of research paper or group project
- term paper (depending on your choice of module)

The requirements as formulated above may vary depending on your overall degree program. Please check the departmental website for guidelines on modules and exams: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/ba2/profil/studienplan.aspx

 Dr. phil. Jana Nittel
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2f Key Topics in Literature: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (English spoken)
DIE VERANSTALTUNG ENTFÄLLT - COURSE CANCELLED

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 16:00 - 18:00 FVG W0100

This seminar focuses on a variety of literary works written in sixteenth-century Renaissance England including excerpts of Sir Thomas Mores Utopia (1516), poems by Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder (1503-1542), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547), Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1562-1621), Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and Thomas Nashe (1567-1601). In addition, we will read excerpts from Christopher Marlowes Tamburlaine the Great, Part I (1586/7; pub. 1590) and William Shakespeares Twelfth Night (1601). Overall this courses wishes to enable students to explore language, forms, genres, and styles of individual texts, as well as to critically engage with themes, issues, and key concepts in Renaissance Literature. On the way, our focus will shift from on a discussion of the fundamental features of lyrical composition, drama and prose to issues such as the political structures of Renaissance England, gender roles and relations, love and sexuality as well as nationhood, race, colonialism and empire.

Electronic resources for independent study:

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/renaissanceinfo.htm
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael9/
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/
http://www.sonnets.org/

Please be aware that your registration on Stud. IP. is mandatory. You may wish to check the learning compact for further details such as requirements, weekly schedule, select bibliography and modes of assessment (Allgemeiner Dateiordner on Stud. IP). A reader with all primary text materials will be made available for download on Stud. IP. Additional secondary sources can be accessed in the Semesterapparat section on the third floor of the library building.

Requirements and Assessment:

- regular attendance, informed participation in class discussion
- in-depth knowledge of the selected reading material
- homework assignments
- presentation of research paper or group project
- term paper (depending on your choice of module)

The requirements as formulated above may vary depending on your overall degree program. Please check the departmental website for guidelines on modules and exams: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/ba2/profil/studienplan.aspx

 Dr. phil. Jana Nittel
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2j Key Topics in Literature: The Vampire in Contemporary American Literature and Film (English spoken)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 12:15 - 13:45 GW2 A4020 (Filmraum)

Additional dates:
Sa 22.06.13 09:00 - 12:00 MZH 1450

"We live," as Jeffrey J. Cohen has so eloquently pointed out, "in a time of monsters" (Monster Theory, vii). Cohens comment has echoed hauntingly, especially in the last few decades, which have witnessed an unprecedented upsurge of interest in monstrous figures. Vampires in particular have been unleashed within American popular culture and literature - one need only think of Anne Rice's novels, The Vampire Diaries, Twilight or True Blood. In this class, we will establish a comprehensive background on the vampire by looking at such canonical texts as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), as well as introducing central tenets of its postmodern successors. However, the primary focus of this class will consist of texts that have been repeatedly relegated to the margins, such as those of writers who have been historically excluded from the canon, like black women (e.g. Octavia Butler), or those which are considered a part of popular culture as opposed to high culture (Alan Ball's True Blood). In this regard, we will discuss the literary potential and the cultural meanings the figure of the vampire has encompassed, spanning various historical periods and textual genres. For example, we will focus on the utilization of this fantastic figure for the portrayal of issues of Otherness and for the deconstruction of various socio-cultural boundaries - by looking at diverse genres, such as novels, short stories, movies and TV shows.

Required Texts:

Most of the primary and secondary texts for this class will be available on Stud.IP. However, you are expected to obtain and read a copy of the following books before the first session of class:

- Butler, Octavia E. Fledgling. New York: Warner, 2005. Print.
- Rice, Anne. Interview with the Vampire. 1976. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999. Print.
- Stoker, Bram. Dracula. 1897. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Print.

Copies are available at the Universitätsbuchhandlung Bremen (www.unibuch-bremen.de)

Requirements:

- regular class attendance
- careful preparation of reading material (which includes bringing the assigned texts to class you will need to work with them)
- active participation in class discussions and in group exercises
- presentation of individual or group projects
- term paper (optional)

These requirements may vary depending on your degree program.

Please be aware that prior enrollment on Stud. IP. is mandatory.

 Marie-Luise Löffler
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LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN DES 2. JAHRES (PO 2011) > WD-2a Aufbaumodul: Literatur- und Sprachwissenschaft (Wahlpflichtmodul) (nur für das Sommersemester)

(6 CP = 3 CP und 3 CP)

Es gilt zu beachten: Laut SK-Beschluss (ES-C) vom 21.12.2012 ist die Prüfungsleistung im Bereich "Key Topics in Literature" zu erbringen =
Klausur/Written Test oder benotete Präsentationsleistung/Presentation

Modulbeauftragte/r: Dr. Inke du Bois, dubois@uni-bremen.de und Prof. Dr. Marcus Callies, callies@uni-bremen.de
EC Title of event Lecturer
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2c Key Topics in Literature: Science and Satire (English spoken)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich (starts in week: 5) Di 10:15 - 11:45 GW2 B1580
GW1 B2130 (04.06.2013)


The intention of this seminar is to discuss a relatively new literary genre which emerged in the second half of the 20th century - the academic or campus novel. We will address the historical development of this novel form, its exhibition of human weaknesses and treatment of university life. Further, the seminar will offer an introduction to various forms of humour, in particular the concept of satire which looms large in the campus novel.

We shall start with THINKS (2001), a younger publication by one of the acclaimed founders of the campus novel genre, David Lodge. This book deals with the cognitive scientist and womaniser Ralph Messenger and his affair with Helen Read, a young widow and writer-in-residence at the fictitious University of Gloucester. We will then move on to Ian McEwans SOLAR (2010) about an award-winning physicist, Michael Beard, and his chase for a solution of climate change. The novel takes the reader through three significant stages of the protagonists chaotic private and scientific life. The seminar will highlight the vehicle of satire as a key mode of producing meaning in literature.

In addition to in-depth readings of the novels, our research issues include the following, but might vary according to your preferences: cultural studies, genre theory, historical studies, gender theory, biographical studies, and humour studies.

Requirements:
registration on Stud.IP
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout
term paper

Texts:
Lodge, David (2001): Thinks. London: Penguin, New Edition 2010.*
McEwan, Ian (2010): Solar. London: Random House UK, First Edition 2010.*

*Notification: Please pay attention to the exact publication dates when purchasing the books so we can all work with the same editions. Thank you!

 Dr. phil. Jennifer Henke
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2e Key Topics in Literature: Contemporary Crime Fiction and Film (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 18:15 - 19:45 GW2 A4020 (Filmraum)

Crime Fiction is overwhelmingly popular and yet, much of the narrative literature that involves crime of some kind or another is often not regarded as literature at all. This course is designed to familiarize students with the contemporary critical and theoretical arguments concerning popular fiction and genre studies, as well as to enable all participants of this course to relate to the genres wider social, historical and political contexts while discussing the individual narratives in terms of form, language and imagery. The focus will predominantly be on transatlantic generic developments in crime fiction and film, both detective- or transgressor-centred from the Second World War onwards, including examples of the police procedural (Ian Rankin); of female detectives and the feminist appropriation of the hard-boiled story (P.D. James and Sara Paretsky); the conspiracy thriller (Dan Brown); the postmodern mystery (Paul Auster) as well as Robert Altman's contemporary cinematic rendering of the classic clue-puzzle.

Please be aware that your registration on Stud. IP. is mandatory. You may wish to check the learning compact for further details such as requirements, weekly schedule, select bibliography and modes of assessment (Allgemeiner Dateiordner on Stud. IP).

Required reading before the first session (you need a copy of these books for class):

Auster, Paul. The New York Trilogy. London: Faber and Faber, 2011.
Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code. New York: Anchor Books, 2003.
James, P.D. The Skull Beneath the Skin. London: Faber and Faber, 2010.
Paretsky, Sara. Blacklist. New York: Signet, 2004.
Rankin, Ian. Knots and Crosses. London: Orion, 2008.

Additionally: Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001) DVD

Copies can be purchased at the bookstore on our campus (Universitätsbuchhandlung Bremen: http://www.unibuch-bremen.de)

Requirements and Assessment:
- regular attendance, informed participation in class discussion
- in-depth knowledge of the selected reading material
- homework assignments
- presentation of research paper or group project
- term paper (depending on your choice of module)

The requirements as formulated above may vary depending on your overall degree program. Please check the departmental website for guidelines on modules and exams: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/ba2/profil/studienplan.aspx

 Dr. phil. Jana Nittel
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2f Key Topics in Literature: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (English spoken)
DIE VERANSTALTUNG ENTFÄLLT - COURSE CANCELLED

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 16:00 - 18:00 FVG W0100

This seminar focuses on a variety of literary works written in sixteenth-century Renaissance England including excerpts of Sir Thomas Mores Utopia (1516), poems by Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder (1503-1542), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547), Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1562-1621), Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and Thomas Nashe (1567-1601). In addition, we will read excerpts from Christopher Marlowes Tamburlaine the Great, Part I (1586/7; pub. 1590) and William Shakespeares Twelfth Night (1601). Overall this courses wishes to enable students to explore language, forms, genres, and styles of individual texts, as well as to critically engage with themes, issues, and key concepts in Renaissance Literature. On the way, our focus will shift from on a discussion of the fundamental features of lyrical composition, drama and prose to issues such as the political structures of Renaissance England, gender roles and relations, love and sexuality as well as nationhood, race, colonialism and empire.

Electronic resources for independent study:

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/renaissanceinfo.htm
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael9/
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/
http://www.sonnets.org/

Please be aware that your registration on Stud. IP. is mandatory. You may wish to check the learning compact for further details such as requirements, weekly schedule, select bibliography and modes of assessment (Allgemeiner Dateiordner on Stud. IP). A reader with all primary text materials will be made available for download on Stud. IP. Additional secondary sources can be accessed in the Semesterapparat section on the third floor of the library building.

Requirements and Assessment:

- regular attendance, informed participation in class discussion
- in-depth knowledge of the selected reading material
- homework assignments
- presentation of research paper or group project
- term paper (depending on your choice of module)

The requirements as formulated above may vary depending on your overall degree program. Please check the departmental website for guidelines on modules and exams: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/ba2/profil/studienplan.aspx

 Dr. phil. Jana Nittel
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2h Key Topics in Literature: Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare's Plays (English spoken)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 18:15 - 19:45 GW2 B2900

Since the Révolution tranquille / Quiet Revolution, Canadian playwrights and authors have been able to connect with audiences beyond the more or less narrow literary confines of Canada / Québec. Shakespeare has had an enormous influence on Canadian drama. Both Anglophone as well as Francophone Canadian playwrights have based their adaptations on the Bard's plays. This seminar focuses on Ann-Marie MacDonald's Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).

Please note that prior enrollment via StudIP is mandatory.
Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
presentation and handout
Set Texts:
Students must buy and read the following, preferably before the semester begins:

MacDonald, Ann-Marie: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Shakespeare, William: Hamlet (The Arden Shakespeare)

Copies of the texts can be purchased at the bookstore on our campus (Universitätsbuchhandlung).

 Dr. Öcal Cetin
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2j Key Topics in Literature: The Vampire in Contemporary American Literature and Film (English spoken)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 12:15 - 13:45 GW2 A4020 (Filmraum)

Additional dates:
Sa 22.06.13 09:00 - 12:00 MZH 1450

"We live," as Jeffrey J. Cohen has so eloquently pointed out, "in a time of monsters" (Monster Theory, vii). Cohens comment has echoed hauntingly, especially in the last few decades, which have witnessed an unprecedented upsurge of interest in monstrous figures. Vampires in particular have been unleashed within American popular culture and literature - one need only think of Anne Rice's novels, The Vampire Diaries, Twilight or True Blood. In this class, we will establish a comprehensive background on the vampire by looking at such canonical texts as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), as well as introducing central tenets of its postmodern successors. However, the primary focus of this class will consist of texts that have been repeatedly relegated to the margins, such as those of writers who have been historically excluded from the canon, like black women (e.g. Octavia Butler), or those which are considered a part of popular culture as opposed to high culture (Alan Ball's True Blood). In this regard, we will discuss the literary potential and the cultural meanings the figure of the vampire has encompassed, spanning various historical periods and textual genres. For example, we will focus on the utilization of this fantastic figure for the portrayal of issues of Otherness and for the deconstruction of various socio-cultural boundaries - by looking at diverse genres, such as novels, short stories, movies and TV shows.

Required Texts:

Most of the primary and secondary texts for this class will be available on Stud.IP. However, you are expected to obtain and read a copy of the following books before the first session of class:

- Butler, Octavia E. Fledgling. New York: Warner, 2005. Print.
- Rice, Anne. Interview with the Vampire. 1976. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999. Print.
- Stoker, Bram. Dracula. 1897. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Print.

Copies are available at the Universitätsbuchhandlung Bremen (www.unibuch-bremen.de)

Requirements:

- regular class attendance
- careful preparation of reading material (which includes bringing the assigned texts to class you will need to work with them)
- active participation in class discussions and in group exercises
- presentation of individual or group projects
- term paper (optional)

These requirements may vary depending on your degree program.

Please be aware that prior enrollment on Stud. IP. is mandatory.

 Marie-Luise Löffler
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LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN DES 2. JAHRES (PO 2011) > WD-2b Aufbaumodul: Literaturwissenschaft und Kulturgeschichte (Wahlpflichtmodul) - (nur für das Sommersemester)

(6 CP = 3 CP und 3 CP)

Es gilt zu beachten: Laut SK-Beschluss (ES-C) vom 21.12.2012 ist die Prüfungsleistung im Bereich "Key Topics in Cultural History" zu erbringen =
Klausur/Written Test oder benotete Präsentationsleistung/Presentation

Modulbeauftragte/r: Dr. Inke du Bois, Link-extern dubois@uni-bremen.de und Prof. Dr. Marcus Callies, Link-extern callies@uni-bremen.de
EC Title of event Lecturer
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2c Key Topics in Literature: Science and Satire (English spoken)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich (starts in week: 5) Di 10:15 - 11:45 GW2 B1580
GW1 B2130 (04.06.2013)


The intention of this seminar is to discuss a relatively new literary genre which emerged in the second half of the 20th century - the academic or campus novel. We will address the historical development of this novel form, its exhibition of human weaknesses and treatment of university life. Further, the seminar will offer an introduction to various forms of humour, in particular the concept of satire which looms large in the campus novel.

We shall start with THINKS (2001), a younger publication by one of the acclaimed founders of the campus novel genre, David Lodge. This book deals with the cognitive scientist and womaniser Ralph Messenger and his affair with Helen Read, a young widow and writer-in-residence at the fictitious University of Gloucester. We will then move on to Ian McEwans SOLAR (2010) about an award-winning physicist, Michael Beard, and his chase for a solution of climate change. The novel takes the reader through three significant stages of the protagonists chaotic private and scientific life. The seminar will highlight the vehicle of satire as a key mode of producing meaning in literature.

In addition to in-depth readings of the novels, our research issues include the following, but might vary according to your preferences: cultural studies, genre theory, historical studies, gender theory, biographical studies, and humour studies.

Requirements:
registration on Stud.IP
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout
term paper

Texts:
Lodge, David (2001): Thinks. London: Penguin, New Edition 2010.*
McEwan, Ian (2010): Solar. London: Random House UK, First Edition 2010.*

*Notification: Please pay attention to the exact publication dates when purchasing the books so we can all work with the same editions. Thank you!

 Dr. phil. Jennifer Henke
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2e Key Topics in Literature: Contemporary Crime Fiction and Film (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 18:15 - 19:45 GW2 A4020 (Filmraum)

Crime Fiction is overwhelmingly popular and yet, much of the narrative literature that involves crime of some kind or another is often not regarded as literature at all. This course is designed to familiarize students with the contemporary critical and theoretical arguments concerning popular fiction and genre studies, as well as to enable all participants of this course to relate to the genres wider social, historical and political contexts while discussing the individual narratives in terms of form, language and imagery. The focus will predominantly be on transatlantic generic developments in crime fiction and film, both detective- or transgressor-centred from the Second World War onwards, including examples of the police procedural (Ian Rankin); of female detectives and the feminist appropriation of the hard-boiled story (P.D. James and Sara Paretsky); the conspiracy thriller (Dan Brown); the postmodern mystery (Paul Auster) as well as Robert Altman's contemporary cinematic rendering of the classic clue-puzzle.

Please be aware that your registration on Stud. IP. is mandatory. You may wish to check the learning compact for further details such as requirements, weekly schedule, select bibliography and modes of assessment (Allgemeiner Dateiordner on Stud. IP).

Required reading before the first session (you need a copy of these books for class):

Auster, Paul. The New York Trilogy. London: Faber and Faber, 2011.
Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code. New York: Anchor Books, 2003.
James, P.D. The Skull Beneath the Skin. London: Faber and Faber, 2010.
Paretsky, Sara. Blacklist. New York: Signet, 2004.
Rankin, Ian. Knots and Crosses. London: Orion, 2008.

Additionally: Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001) DVD

Copies can be purchased at the bookstore on our campus (Universitätsbuchhandlung Bremen: http://www.unibuch-bremen.de)

Requirements and Assessment:
- regular attendance, informed participation in class discussion
- in-depth knowledge of the selected reading material
- homework assignments
- presentation of research paper or group project
- term paper (depending on your choice of module)

The requirements as formulated above may vary depending on your overall degree program. Please check the departmental website for guidelines on modules and exams: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/ba2/profil/studienplan.aspx

 Dr. phil. Jana Nittel
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2f Key Topics in Literature: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (English spoken)
DIE VERANSTALTUNG ENTFÄLLT - COURSE CANCELLED

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 16:00 - 18:00 FVG W0100

This seminar focuses on a variety of literary works written in sixteenth-century Renaissance England including excerpts of Sir Thomas Mores Utopia (1516), poems by Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder (1503-1542), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547), Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1562-1621), Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and Thomas Nashe (1567-1601). In addition, we will read excerpts from Christopher Marlowes Tamburlaine the Great, Part I (1586/7; pub. 1590) and William Shakespeares Twelfth Night (1601). Overall this courses wishes to enable students to explore language, forms, genres, and styles of individual texts, as well as to critically engage with themes, issues, and key concepts in Renaissance Literature. On the way, our focus will shift from on a discussion of the fundamental features of lyrical composition, drama and prose to issues such as the political structures of Renaissance England, gender roles and relations, love and sexuality as well as nationhood, race, colonialism and empire.

Electronic resources for independent study:

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/renaissanceinfo.htm
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael9/
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/
http://www.sonnets.org/

Please be aware that your registration on Stud. IP. is mandatory. You may wish to check the learning compact for further details such as requirements, weekly schedule, select bibliography and modes of assessment (Allgemeiner Dateiordner on Stud. IP). A reader with all primary text materials will be made available for download on Stud. IP. Additional secondary sources can be accessed in the Semesterapparat section on the third floor of the library building.

Requirements and Assessment:

- regular attendance, informed participation in class discussion
- in-depth knowledge of the selected reading material
- homework assignments
- presentation of research paper or group project
- term paper (depending on your choice of module)

The requirements as formulated above may vary depending on your overall degree program. Please check the departmental website for guidelines on modules and exams: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/ba2/profil/studienplan.aspx

 Dr. phil. Jana Nittel
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2j Key Topics in Literature: The Vampire in Contemporary American Literature and Film (English spoken)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 12:15 - 13:45 GW2 A4020 (Filmraum)

Additional dates:
Sa 22.06.13 09:00 - 12:00 MZH 1450

"We live," as Jeffrey J. Cohen has so eloquently pointed out, "in a time of monsters" (Monster Theory, vii). Cohens comment has echoed hauntingly, especially in the last few decades, which have witnessed an unprecedented upsurge of interest in monstrous figures. Vampires in particular have been unleashed within American popular culture and literature - one need only think of Anne Rice's novels, The Vampire Diaries, Twilight or True Blood. In this class, we will establish a comprehensive background on the vampire by looking at such canonical texts as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), as well as introducing central tenets of its postmodern successors. However, the primary focus of this class will consist of texts that have been repeatedly relegated to the margins, such as those of writers who have been historically excluded from the canon, like black women (e.g. Octavia Butler), or those which are considered a part of popular culture as opposed to high culture (Alan Ball's True Blood). In this regard, we will discuss the literary potential and the cultural meanings the figure of the vampire has encompassed, spanning various historical periods and textual genres. For example, we will focus on the utilization of this fantastic figure for the portrayal of issues of Otherness and for the deconstruction of various socio-cultural boundaries - by looking at diverse genres, such as novels, short stories, movies and TV shows.

Required Texts:

Most of the primary and secondary texts for this class will be available on Stud.IP. However, you are expected to obtain and read a copy of the following books before the first session of class:

- Butler, Octavia E. Fledgling. New York: Warner, 2005. Print.
- Rice, Anne. Interview with the Vampire. 1976. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999. Print.
- Stoker, Bram. Dracula. 1897. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Print.

Copies are available at the Universitätsbuchhandlung Bremen (www.unibuch-bremen.de)

Requirements:

- regular class attendance
- careful preparation of reading material (which includes bringing the assigned texts to class you will need to work with them)
- active participation in class discussions and in group exercises
- presentation of individual or group projects
- term paper (optional)

These requirements may vary depending on your degree program.

Please be aware that prior enrollment on Stud. IP. is mandatory.

 Marie-Luise Löffler
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2b Key Topics in Cultural History: US-American Art as Cultural Practice (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 10:15 - 11:45 GW1-HS H1000

This course will introduce students to a broad range of visual art in the United States with a specific focus on the 20th century. Throughout the semester we will examine how art addresses the complexities of historical and cultural change. We will develop a critical understanding of art and of the writing and debates surrounding it. Positioning artists and art-making firmly within history we will relate visual arts both to material artifacts and cultural practices. Since the subject field itself is so broad, we will select representative works to be studied carefully.
Students are recommended to consult Bjelajacs and Pohls surveys on American art in order to discover their own interests and preferences well before the beginning of the course. You will find the books in my Semesterapparat at the SuUB (3rd floor); selected chapters can also be found on Stud.IP

Bjelajac, David. American art: a cultural history. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2005
Pohl, Frances K. Framing America: A social history of American Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 2002.

Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2c Key Topics in Cultural History: 20th Century US-Culture (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Do 10:15 - 11:45 GRA4 A0110

This course explores selected cultural currents in US-American society with a focus on the 20th century. Together we will develop specific research questions and students will be encouraged to work collaboratively on particular topics and to perform their own research using the library as well as internet sources. In order to prepare for this course you should consult the Semesterapparat; also Karen Halttunen (ed.) A Companion to American Cultural History. Oxford: Blackwell, 2008. (part III and part IV) SuUB: h hil 323 8r /05 will be of interest.
Requirements:
Regular attendance and oral participation
In-depth knowledge of the reading material
Oral presentation and handout
Final paper (optional)

Please note that prior enrollment via Stud.IP is mandatory

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2d Key Topics in Cultural History: Race, Class and Gender (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Do 14:15 - 15:45 GW1-HS H1010

This course will offer a conceptual framework by which to understand and analyze categories of difference such as race, gender, sex etc. In looking both at theories and practices we will address the social construction of difference in contemporary societies. A reader with course material will be made available at the beginning of the semester.
Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2e Key Topics in Cultural History: Black British Cultures (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 12:15 - 13:45 SuUB 4330 (Studio I Medienraum )

The Black British community constitutes one of the largest and culturally most vibrant ethnic minorities in Britain today. This course is going to investigate the political and cultural impact of Britons with African or Afro-Caribbean roots in contemporary British society. We will look at the political and discursive framework of multiculturalism, and discuss the economic and social conditions of integration, racism, and urban violence. But above all, we will draw on a wide range of examples from the Notting Hill Carnival to Hiphop but also taking in poetry, fiction, theatre, and film to explore issues of migration and diaspora, of identity and hybridity, of roots and routes, and the cultural negotiations between Black Pride and black British.

Please purchase the following novels, which can be got at the University bookshop:
Caryl Phillips, Crossing the River (1st publ. 1993, Vintage pb. 2006, ISBN 978-0099498261)
Diran Adebayo, Some Kind of Black (Abacus pb. 1997, ISBN 978-0349108728)
Andrea Levy, Fruit of the Lemon (Review Headline pb. 2000, ISBN 978-0747261148)

A Reader with primary and secondary material will be made available.

Requirements:
regular attendance and active participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and/or worksheets
in D-2a: an additional long term paper of 8-10 pp.

 Irmgard Maassen
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2f Key Topics in Cultural History: Victorian Cultures (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Mo 16:15 - 17:45 GW1-HS H1000

Far from just being pious, prudish, and smothered in petticoats, the Victorians lived through social and intellectual upheavals that have left a lasting impact on our own crisis-ridden modernity. This course aims to investigate some major issues in Victorian culture and society. We shall explore the way in which the two pressing concerns of the age, the woman question and the social question, intersected in the wake of the industrial revolution, and discuss the effects of industrial rationalisation in the areas of work, family, morality, and belief. Other issues to be addressed will deal with Darwin (and what he has to do with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), the British Empire (and its strange traces in the novel of a poor parson's daughter from a remote Yorkshire village), Marx (and the political limitations of Dickens sympathetic rendering of urban poverty), or the rise of consumer culture (and what this has to do with domestic and gender ideology). We will back this up by looking at some popular novels that, among other things, represent the middle classes as caught between liberal philosophy, aristocratic cultural ideals and a fearful fascination with the emergent working class.
A specially compiled reader will be made available.

Please purchase the following novels, which are in stock at the university bookshop:
-Charles Dickens, Hard Times (Norton pb. 2001, ISBN: 9780393975604)
-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (Norton pb. 2001, ISBN: 9780393975420)
-Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Norton pb. 2003, ISBN: 9780393974652)

Requirements:
- regular attendance and active participation
- in-depth knowledge of the reading material
- a portfolio of worksheets
- in D-2a: an additional long term paper of 8 10 pp.

 Irmgard Maassen
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LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN DES 2. JAHRES (PO 2011) > WD-2c Aufbaumodul: Sprachwissenschaft und Kulturgeschichte (Wahlpflichtmodul) - (nur für das Sommersemester)

(6 CP = 3 CP und 3 CP)

Es gilt zu beachten: Laut SK-Beschluss (ES-C) vom 21.12.2012 ist die Prüfungsleistung im Bereich "Key Topics in Linguistics" zu erbringen =
Klausur/Written Test oder benotete Präsentationsleistung/Presentation

Modulbeauftragte/r: Dr. Inke du Bois, Link-extern dubois@uni-bremen.de und Prof. Dr. Marcus Callies, Link-extern callies@uni-bremen.de
EC Title of event Lecturer
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2b Key Topics in Cultural History: US-American Art as Cultural Practice (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 10:15 - 11:45 GW1-HS H1000

This course will introduce students to a broad range of visual art in the United States with a specific focus on the 20th century. Throughout the semester we will examine how art addresses the complexities of historical and cultural change. We will develop a critical understanding of art and of the writing and debates surrounding it. Positioning artists and art-making firmly within history we will relate visual arts both to material artifacts and cultural practices. Since the subject field itself is so broad, we will select representative works to be studied carefully.
Students are recommended to consult Bjelajacs and Pohls surveys on American art in order to discover their own interests and preferences well before the beginning of the course. You will find the books in my Semesterapparat at the SuUB (3rd floor); selected chapters can also be found on Stud.IP

Bjelajac, David. American art: a cultural history. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2005
Pohl, Frances K. Framing America: A social history of American Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 2002.

Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2c Key Topics in Cultural History: 20th Century US-Culture (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Do 10:15 - 11:45 GRA4 A0110

This course explores selected cultural currents in US-American society with a focus on the 20th century. Together we will develop specific research questions and students will be encouraged to work collaboratively on particular topics and to perform their own research using the library as well as internet sources. In order to prepare for this course you should consult the Semesterapparat; also Karen Halttunen (ed.) A Companion to American Cultural History. Oxford: Blackwell, 2008. (part III and part IV) SuUB: h hil 323 8r /05 will be of interest.
Requirements:
Regular attendance and oral participation
In-depth knowledge of the reading material
Oral presentation and handout
Final paper (optional)

Please note that prior enrollment via Stud.IP is mandatory

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2d Key Topics in Cultural History: Race, Class and Gender (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Do 14:15 - 15:45 GW1-HS H1010

This course will offer a conceptual framework by which to understand and analyze categories of difference such as race, gender, sex etc. In looking both at theories and practices we will address the social construction of difference in contemporary societies. A reader with course material will be made available at the beginning of the semester.
Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2e Key Topics in Cultural History: Black British Cultures (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 12:15 - 13:45 SuUB 4330 (Studio I Medienraum )

The Black British community constitutes one of the largest and culturally most vibrant ethnic minorities in Britain today. This course is going to investigate the political and cultural impact of Britons with African or Afro-Caribbean roots in contemporary British society. We will look at the political and discursive framework of multiculturalism, and discuss the economic and social conditions of integration, racism, and urban violence. But above all, we will draw on a wide range of examples from the Notting Hill Carnival to Hiphop but also taking in poetry, fiction, theatre, and film to explore issues of migration and diaspora, of identity and hybridity, of roots and routes, and the cultural negotiations between Black Pride and black British.

Please purchase the following novels, which can be got at the University bookshop:
Caryl Phillips, Crossing the River (1st publ. 1993, Vintage pb. 2006, ISBN 978-0099498261)
Diran Adebayo, Some Kind of Black (Abacus pb. 1997, ISBN 978-0349108728)
Andrea Levy, Fruit of the Lemon (Review Headline pb. 2000, ISBN 978-0747261148)

A Reader with primary and secondary material will be made available.

Requirements:
regular attendance and active participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and/or worksheets
in D-2a: an additional long term paper of 8-10 pp.

 Irmgard Maassen
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2f Key Topics in Cultural History: Victorian Cultures (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Mo 16:15 - 17:45 GW1-HS H1000

Far from just being pious, prudish, and smothered in petticoats, the Victorians lived through social and intellectual upheavals that have left a lasting impact on our own crisis-ridden modernity. This course aims to investigate some major issues in Victorian culture and society. We shall explore the way in which the two pressing concerns of the age, the woman question and the social question, intersected in the wake of the industrial revolution, and discuss the effects of industrial rationalisation in the areas of work, family, morality, and belief. Other issues to be addressed will deal with Darwin (and what he has to do with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), the British Empire (and its strange traces in the novel of a poor parson's daughter from a remote Yorkshire village), Marx (and the political limitations of Dickens sympathetic rendering of urban poverty), or the rise of consumer culture (and what this has to do with domestic and gender ideology). We will back this up by looking at some popular novels that, among other things, represent the middle classes as caught between liberal philosophy, aristocratic cultural ideals and a fearful fascination with the emergent working class.
A specially compiled reader will be made available.

Please purchase the following novels, which are in stock at the university bookshop:
-Charles Dickens, Hard Times (Norton pb. 2001, ISBN: 9780393975604)
-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (Norton pb. 2001, ISBN: 9780393975420)
-Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Norton pb. 2003, ISBN: 9780393974652)

Requirements:
- regular attendance and active participation
- in-depth knowledge of the reading material
- a portfolio of worksheets
- in D-2a: an additional long term paper of 8 10 pp.

 Irmgard Maassen
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LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN DES 3. JAHRES: > GENERAL STUDIES - siehe auch die Veranstaltungen von General Studies - Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften (nur für das Wintersemester)

Modulbeauftragte/r: Dr. Öcal Cetin, Kontakt: oece@uni-bremen.de
EC Title of event Lecturer
eGS-2013-08 Der Hohe Norden | The Far North | Le Grand Nord (Kanada/ Québec)

Vorlesung
ECTS: 3

Dies ist eine videobasierte Selbstlernveranstaltung. Sie können jederzeit einsteigen und Ihren Prüfungstermin selbst bestimmen. Weitere Informationen finden Sie in Stud.IP oder auf unserem eGeneral Studies Portal http://www.egs.uni-bremen.de

 Prof. Dr. Norbert Schaffeld
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LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN FÜR STUDIERENDE NACH DER ALTEN BA-PRÜFUNGSORDNUNG (2008 - 2012; BA 1.0) > Vertiefungsmodul 10-76-3-200:

NUR FÜR STUDIERENDE NACH DER ALTEN BA-PRÜFUNGSORDNUNG (2008 - 2011; BA 1.0)

Englischsprachige Kulturen im Vergleich/Cultures in Contrast

Pflichtmodul: H, HGy

ECTS: 8 (4 ECTS/Semester)

Modulbeauftragte/r: Prof. Dr. Sabine Broeck, Kontakt: broeck@uni-bremen.de
EC Title of event Lecturer
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2c Key Topics in Literature: Science and Satire (English spoken)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich (starts in week: 5) Di 10:15 - 11:45 GW2 B1580
GW1 B2130 (04.06.2013)


The intention of this seminar is to discuss a relatively new literary genre which emerged in the second half of the 20th century - the academic or campus novel. We will address the historical development of this novel form, its exhibition of human weaknesses and treatment of university life. Further, the seminar will offer an introduction to various forms of humour, in particular the concept of satire which looms large in the campus novel.

We shall start with THINKS (2001), a younger publication by one of the acclaimed founders of the campus novel genre, David Lodge. This book deals with the cognitive scientist and womaniser Ralph Messenger and his affair with Helen Read, a young widow and writer-in-residence at the fictitious University of Gloucester. We will then move on to Ian McEwans SOLAR (2010) about an award-winning physicist, Michael Beard, and his chase for a solution of climate change. The novel takes the reader through three significant stages of the protagonists chaotic private and scientific life. The seminar will highlight the vehicle of satire as a key mode of producing meaning in literature.

In addition to in-depth readings of the novels, our research issues include the following, but might vary according to your preferences: cultural studies, genre theory, historical studies, gender theory, biographical studies, and humour studies.

Requirements:
registration on Stud.IP
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout
term paper

Texts:
Lodge, David (2001): Thinks. London: Penguin, New Edition 2010.*
McEwan, Ian (2010): Solar. London: Random House UK, First Edition 2010.*

*Notification: Please pay attention to the exact publication dates when purchasing the books so we can all work with the same editions. Thank you!

 Dr. phil. Jennifer Henke
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2f Key Topics in Literature: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (English spoken)
DIE VERANSTALTUNG ENTFÄLLT - COURSE CANCELLED

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 16:00 - 18:00 FVG W0100

This seminar focuses on a variety of literary works written in sixteenth-century Renaissance England including excerpts of Sir Thomas Mores Utopia (1516), poems by Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder (1503-1542), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547), Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1562-1621), Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and Thomas Nashe (1567-1601). In addition, we will read excerpts from Christopher Marlowes Tamburlaine the Great, Part I (1586/7; pub. 1590) and William Shakespeares Twelfth Night (1601). Overall this courses wishes to enable students to explore language, forms, genres, and styles of individual texts, as well as to critically engage with themes, issues, and key concepts in Renaissance Literature. On the way, our focus will shift from on a discussion of the fundamental features of lyrical composition, drama and prose to issues such as the political structures of Renaissance England, gender roles and relations, love and sexuality as well as nationhood, race, colonialism and empire.

Electronic resources for independent study:

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/renaissanceinfo.htm
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael9/
http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/
http://www.sonnets.org/

Please be aware that your registration on Stud. IP. is mandatory. You may wish to check the learning compact for further details such as requirements, weekly schedule, select bibliography and modes of assessment (Allgemeiner Dateiordner on Stud. IP). A reader with all primary text materials will be made available for download on Stud. IP. Additional secondary sources can be accessed in the Semesterapparat section on the third floor of the library building.

Requirements and Assessment:

- regular attendance, informed participation in class discussion
- in-depth knowledge of the selected reading material
- homework assignments
- presentation of research paper or group project
- term paper (depending on your choice of module)

The requirements as formulated above may vary depending on your overall degree program. Please check the departmental website for guidelines on modules and exams: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/ba2/profil/studienplan.aspx

 Dr. phil. Jana Nittel
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2h Key Topics in Literature: Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare's Plays (English spoken)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 18:15 - 19:45 GW2 B2900

Since the Révolution tranquille / Quiet Revolution, Canadian playwrights and authors have been able to connect with audiences beyond the more or less narrow literary confines of Canada / Québec. Shakespeare has had an enormous influence on Canadian drama. Both Anglophone as well as Francophone Canadian playwrights have based their adaptations on the Bard's plays. This seminar focuses on Ann-Marie MacDonald's Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).

Please note that prior enrollment via StudIP is mandatory.
Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
presentation and handout
Set Texts:
Students must buy and read the following, preferably before the semester begins:

MacDonald, Ann-Marie: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Shakespeare, William: Hamlet (The Arden Shakespeare)

Copies of the texts can be purchased at the bookstore on our campus (Universitätsbuchhandlung).

 Dr. Öcal Cetin
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2b Key Topics in Cultural History: US-American Art as Cultural Practice (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 10:15 - 11:45 GW1-HS H1000

This course will introduce students to a broad range of visual art in the United States with a specific focus on the 20th century. Throughout the semester we will examine how art addresses the complexities of historical and cultural change. We will develop a critical understanding of art and of the writing and debates surrounding it. Positioning artists and art-making firmly within history we will relate visual arts both to material artifacts and cultural practices. Since the subject field itself is so broad, we will select representative works to be studied carefully.
Students are recommended to consult Bjelajacs and Pohls surveys on American art in order to discover their own interests and preferences well before the beginning of the course. You will find the books in my Semesterapparat at the SuUB (3rd floor); selected chapters can also be found on Stud.IP

Bjelajac, David. American art: a cultural history. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2005
Pohl, Frances K. Framing America: A social history of American Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 2002.

Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2d Key Topics in Cultural History: Race, Class and Gender (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Do 14:15 - 15:45 GW1-HS H1010

This course will offer a conceptual framework by which to understand and analyze categories of difference such as race, gender, sex etc. In looking both at theories and practices we will address the social construction of difference in contemporary societies. A reader with course material will be made available at the beginning of the semester.
Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
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LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN FÜR STUDIERENDE NACH DER ALTEN BA-PRÜFUNGSORDNUNG (2008 - 2012; BA 1.0) > Projektmodul: "Race and Ethnicity"

NUR FÜR STUDIERENDE NACH DER ALTEN BA-PRÜFUNGSORDNUNG (2008 - 2011; BA 1.0)

Kulturelle Kategorien in den englischsprachigen Kulturen
Pflichtmodul; H, HGy
ECTS: 13 (3 + 3 WiSe/7 SoSe ECTS/Semester)

Modulbeauftragte: Anke Schulz, Kontakt: anke.schulz@uni-bremen.de
EC Title of event Lecturer
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2e Key Topics in Literature: Contemporary Crime Fiction and Film (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 18:15 - 19:45 GW2 A4020 (Filmraum)

Crime Fiction is overwhelmingly popular and yet, much of the narrative literature that involves crime of some kind or another is often not regarded as literature at all. This course is designed to familiarize students with the contemporary critical and theoretical arguments concerning popular fiction and genre studies, as well as to enable all participants of this course to relate to the genres wider social, historical and political contexts while discussing the individual narratives in terms of form, language and imagery. The focus will predominantly be on transatlantic generic developments in crime fiction and film, both detective- or transgressor-centred from the Second World War onwards, including examples of the police procedural (Ian Rankin); of female detectives and the feminist appropriation of the hard-boiled story (P.D. James and Sara Paretsky); the conspiracy thriller (Dan Brown); the postmodern mystery (Paul Auster) as well as Robert Altman's contemporary cinematic rendering of the classic clue-puzzle.

Please be aware that your registration on Stud. IP. is mandatory. You may wish to check the learning compact for further details such as requirements, weekly schedule, select bibliography and modes of assessment (Allgemeiner Dateiordner on Stud. IP).

Required reading before the first session (you need a copy of these books for class):

Auster, Paul. The New York Trilogy. London: Faber and Faber, 2011.
Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code. New York: Anchor Books, 2003.
James, P.D. The Skull Beneath the Skin. London: Faber and Faber, 2010.
Paretsky, Sara. Blacklist. New York: Signet, 2004.
Rankin, Ian. Knots and Crosses. London: Orion, 2008.

Additionally: Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001) DVD

Copies can be purchased at the bookstore on our campus (Universitätsbuchhandlung Bremen: http://www.unibuch-bremen.de)

Requirements and Assessment:
- regular attendance, informed participation in class discussion
- in-depth knowledge of the selected reading material
- homework assignments
- presentation of research paper or group project
- term paper (depending on your choice of module)

The requirements as formulated above may vary depending on your overall degree program. Please check the departmental website for guidelines on modules and exams: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/ba2/profil/studienplan.aspx

 Dr. phil. Jana Nittel
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2h Key Topics in Literature: Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare's Plays (English spoken)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 18:15 - 19:45 GW2 B2900

Since the Révolution tranquille / Quiet Revolution, Canadian playwrights and authors have been able to connect with audiences beyond the more or less narrow literary confines of Canada / Québec. Shakespeare has had an enormous influence on Canadian drama. Both Anglophone as well as Francophone Canadian playwrights have based their adaptations on the Bard's plays. This seminar focuses on Ann-Marie MacDonald's Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).

Please note that prior enrollment via StudIP is mandatory.
Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
presentation and handout
Set Texts:
Students must buy and read the following, preferably before the semester begins:

MacDonald, Ann-Marie: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Shakespeare, William: Hamlet (The Arden Shakespeare)

Copies of the texts can be purchased at the bookstore on our campus (Universitätsbuchhandlung).

 Dr. Öcal Cetin
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2b Key Topics in Cultural History: US-American Art as Cultural Practice (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 10:15 - 11:45 GW1-HS H1000

This course will introduce students to a broad range of visual art in the United States with a specific focus on the 20th century. Throughout the semester we will examine how art addresses the complexities of historical and cultural change. We will develop a critical understanding of art and of the writing and debates surrounding it. Positioning artists and art-making firmly within history we will relate visual arts both to material artifacts and cultural practices. Since the subject field itself is so broad, we will select representative works to be studied carefully.
Students are recommended to consult Bjelajacs and Pohls surveys on American art in order to discover their own interests and preferences well before the beginning of the course. You will find the books in my Semesterapparat at the SuUB (3rd floor); selected chapters can also be found on Stud.IP

Bjelajac, David. American art: a cultural history. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2005
Pohl, Frances K. Framing America: A social history of American Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 2002.

Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2e Key Topics in Cultural History: Black British Cultures (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 12:15 - 13:45 SuUB 4330 (Studio I Medienraum )

The Black British community constitutes one of the largest and culturally most vibrant ethnic minorities in Britain today. This course is going to investigate the political and cultural impact of Britons with African or Afro-Caribbean roots in contemporary British society. We will look at the political and discursive framework of multiculturalism, and discuss the economic and social conditions of integration, racism, and urban violence. But above all, we will draw on a wide range of examples from the Notting Hill Carnival to Hiphop but also taking in poetry, fiction, theatre, and film to explore issues of migration and diaspora, of identity and hybridity, of roots and routes, and the cultural negotiations between Black Pride and black British.

Please purchase the following novels, which can be got at the University bookshop:
Caryl Phillips, Crossing the River (1st publ. 1993, Vintage pb. 2006, ISBN 978-0099498261)
Diran Adebayo, Some Kind of Black (Abacus pb. 1997, ISBN 978-0349108728)
Andrea Levy, Fruit of the Lemon (Review Headline pb. 2000, ISBN 978-0747261148)

A Reader with primary and secondary material will be made available.

Requirements:
regular attendance and active participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and/or worksheets
in D-2a: an additional long term paper of 8-10 pp.

 Irmgard Maassen
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LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN FÜR STUDIERENDE NACH DER ALTEN BA-PRÜFUNGSORDNUNG (2008 - 2012; BA 1.0) > Projektmodul: "Class and Power"

NUR FÜR STUDIERENDE NACH DER ALTEN BA-PRÜFUNGSORDNUNG (2008 - 2011; BA 1.0)

Kulturelle Kategorien in den englischsprachigen Kulturen
Pflichtmodul; H, HGy
ECTS: 13 (3 + 3 WiSe/7 SoSe ECTS/Semester)

Modulbeauftragte/r: Anke Schulz, Kontakt: anke.schulz@uni-bremen.de
EC Title of event Lecturer
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2h Key Topics in Literature: Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare's Plays (English spoken)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 18:15 - 19:45 GW2 B2900

Since the Révolution tranquille / Quiet Revolution, Canadian playwrights and authors have been able to connect with audiences beyond the more or less narrow literary confines of Canada / Québec. Shakespeare has had an enormous influence on Canadian drama. Both Anglophone as well as Francophone Canadian playwrights have based their adaptations on the Bard's plays. This seminar focuses on Ann-Marie MacDonald's Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).

Please note that prior enrollment via StudIP is mandatory.
Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
presentation and handout
Set Texts:
Students must buy and read the following, preferably before the semester begins:

MacDonald, Ann-Marie: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Shakespeare, William: Hamlet (The Arden Shakespeare)

Copies of the texts can be purchased at the bookstore on our campus (Universitätsbuchhandlung).

 Dr. Öcal Cetin
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2f Key Topics in Cultural History: Victorian Cultures (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Mo 16:15 - 17:45 GW1-HS H1000

Far from just being pious, prudish, and smothered in petticoats, the Victorians lived through social and intellectual upheavals that have left a lasting impact on our own crisis-ridden modernity. This course aims to investigate some major issues in Victorian culture and society. We shall explore the way in which the two pressing concerns of the age, the woman question and the social question, intersected in the wake of the industrial revolution, and discuss the effects of industrial rationalisation in the areas of work, family, morality, and belief. Other issues to be addressed will deal with Darwin (and what he has to do with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), the British Empire (and its strange traces in the novel of a poor parson's daughter from a remote Yorkshire village), Marx (and the political limitations of Dickens sympathetic rendering of urban poverty), or the rise of consumer culture (and what this has to do with domestic and gender ideology). We will back this up by looking at some popular novels that, among other things, represent the middle classes as caught between liberal philosophy, aristocratic cultural ideals and a fearful fascination with the emergent working class.
A specially compiled reader will be made available.

Please purchase the following novels, which are in stock at the university bookshop:
-Charles Dickens, Hard Times (Norton pb. 2001, ISBN: 9780393975604)
-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (Norton pb. 2001, ISBN: 9780393975420)
-Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Norton pb. 2003, ISBN: 9780393974652)

Requirements:
- regular attendance and active participation
- in-depth knowledge of the reading material
- a portfolio of worksheets
- in D-2a: an additional long term paper of 8 10 pp.

 Irmgard Maassen
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LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN FÜR STUDIERENDE NACH DER ALTEN BA-PRÜFUNGSORDNUNG (2008 - 2012; BA 1.0) > Projektmodul: "Sex and Gender"

NUR FÜR STUDIERENDE NACH DER ALTEN BA-PRÜFUNGSORDNUNG (2008 - 2011; BA 1.0)

Kulturelle Kategorien in den englischsprachigen Kulturen
Pflichtmodul; H, HGy
ECTS: 13 (3 + 3 WiSe/7 SoSe ECTS/Semester)

Modulbeauftragte/r: Anke Schulz, Kontakt: anke.schulz@uni-bremen.de
EC Title of event Lecturer
10-76-4-200-1a Gender and Power in 20th/21st Century U.S. Cinema/Media - DIE VERANSTALTUNG ENTFÄLLT (English spoken)
Gender and Power in 20th/21st Century U.S. Cinema/Film

Seminar

Additional dates:
Di 30.04.13 14:00 - 16:00 SFG 1040
Fr 21.06.13 15:00 - 19:00 GW2 B3010 (Kleiner Studierraum)
Sa 22.06.13 - So 23.06.13 (So, Sa) 10:00 - 19:00 GW2 B3010 (Kleiner Studierraum)
Anne Marie Scholz
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2e Key Topics in Literature: Contemporary Crime Fiction and Film (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 18:15 - 19:45 GW2 A4020 (Filmraum)

Crime Fiction is overwhelmingly popular and yet, much of the narrative literature that involves crime of some kind or another is often not regarded as literature at all. This course is designed to familiarize students with the contemporary critical and theoretical arguments concerning popular fiction and genre studies, as well as to enable all participants of this course to relate to the genres wider social, historical and political contexts while discussing the individual narratives in terms of form, language and imagery. The focus will predominantly be on transatlantic generic developments in crime fiction and film, both detective- or transgressor-centred from the Second World War onwards, including examples of the police procedural (Ian Rankin); of female detectives and the feminist appropriation of the hard-boiled story (P.D. James and Sara Paretsky); the conspiracy thriller (Dan Brown); the postmodern mystery (Paul Auster) as well as Robert Altman's contemporary cinematic rendering of the classic clue-puzzle.

Please be aware that your registration on Stud. IP. is mandatory. You may wish to check the learning compact for further details such as requirements, weekly schedule, select bibliography and modes of assessment (Allgemeiner Dateiordner on Stud. IP).

Required reading before the first session (you need a copy of these books for class):

Auster, Paul. The New York Trilogy. London: Faber and Faber, 2011.
Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code. New York: Anchor Books, 2003.
James, P.D. The Skull Beneath the Skin. London: Faber and Faber, 2010.
Paretsky, Sara. Blacklist. New York: Signet, 2004.
Rankin, Ian. Knots and Crosses. London: Orion, 2008.

Additionally: Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001) DVD

Copies can be purchased at the bookstore on our campus (Universitätsbuchhandlung Bremen: http://www.unibuch-bremen.de)

Requirements and Assessment:
- regular attendance, informed participation in class discussion
- in-depth knowledge of the selected reading material
- homework assignments
- presentation of research paper or group project
- term paper (depending on your choice of module)

The requirements as formulated above may vary depending on your overall degree program. Please check the departmental website for guidelines on modules and exams: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/ba2/profil/studienplan.aspx

 Dr. phil. Jana Nittel
10-76-4-D/WD-2-101-2h Key Topics in Literature: Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare's Plays (English spoken)

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Di 18:15 - 19:45 GW2 B2900

Since the Révolution tranquille / Quiet Revolution, Canadian playwrights and authors have been able to connect with audiences beyond the more or less narrow literary confines of Canada / Québec. Shakespeare has had an enormous influence on Canadian drama. Both Anglophone as well as Francophone Canadian playwrights have based their adaptations on the Bard's plays. This seminar focuses on Ann-Marie MacDonald's Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).

Please note that prior enrollment via StudIP is mandatory.
Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
presentation and handout
Set Texts:
Students must buy and read the following, preferably before the semester begins:

MacDonald, Ann-Marie: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Shakespeare, William: Hamlet (The Arden Shakespeare)

Copies of the texts can be purchased at the bookstore on our campus (Universitätsbuchhandlung).

 Dr. Öcal Cetin
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2d Key Topics in Cultural History: Race, Class and Gender (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Do 14:15 - 15:45 GW1-HS H1010

This course will offer a conceptual framework by which to understand and analyze categories of difference such as race, gender, sex etc. In looking both at theories and practices we will address the social construction of difference in contemporary societies. A reader with course material will be made available at the beginning of the semester.
Requirements:
regular attendance and oral participation
in-depth knowledge of the reading material
oral presentation and handout

 Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund
10-76-4-D/WD-2-103-2f Key Topics in Cultural History: Victorian Cultures (English spoken)
3 CP

Seminar

Dates:
wöchentlich Mo 16:15 - 17:45 GW1-HS H1000

Far from just being pious, prudish, and smothered in petticoats, the Victorians lived through social and intellectual upheavals that have left a lasting impact on our own crisis-ridden modernity. This course aims to investigate some major issues in Victorian culture and society. We shall explore the way in which the two pressing concerns of the age, the woman question and the social question, intersected in the wake of the industrial revolution, and discuss the effects of industrial rationalisation in the areas of work, family, morality, and belief. Other issues to be addressed will deal with Darwin (and what he has to do with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), the British Empire (and its strange traces in the novel of a poor parson's daughter from a remote Yorkshire village), Marx (and the political limitations of Dickens sympathetic rendering of urban poverty), or the rise of consumer culture (and what this has to do with domestic and gender ideology). We will back this up by looking at some popular novels that, among other things, represent the middle classes as caught between liberal philosophy, aristocratic cultural ideals and a fearful fascination with the emergent working class.
A specially compiled reader will be made available.

Please purchase the following novels, which are in stock at the university bookshop:
-Charles Dickens, Hard Times (Norton pb. 2001, ISBN: 9780393975604)
-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (Norton pb. 2001, ISBN: 9780393975420)
-Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Norton pb. 2003, ISBN: 9780393974652)

Requirements:
- regular attendance and active participation
- in-depth knowledge of the reading material
- a portfolio of worksheets
- in D-2a: an additional long term paper of 8 10 pp.

 Irmgard Maassen
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Course list for previous semesters