Course Catalog

Study Program SoSe 2021

Transnationale Literaturwissenschaft, M.A.

MASTER-STUDIENGANG TRANSNATIONALE LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT

MASTER-STUDIENGANG: 1. STUDIENJAHR, 1. SEMESTER (= WS)

Praxismodul I: Sprache/Theater/ Film 10-M83-1, Wahlpflichtmodul, ECTS (Credit Points): 6 CP

Dieses Modul wird nur im WS angeboten.

Praxismodul I b: Theater

Modulbeauftragte: Dr. Ina Schenker, Kontakt: ina_sch@uni-bremen.de
Course numberTitle of eventLecturer
10-M80-2-Thea-1Theatre Workshop (in English)

Exercises (Teaching)

Dates:
weekly (starts in week: 1) Mon. 14:00 - 16:15 SH D1020 SFG 0140 (3 Teaching hours per week)

In this workshop we will explore and experiment with contemporary methods of improvisational theater, which is the art of making up theatrical moments on the spot, without a script. It is one of the liveliest and most current forms of theater of today and ingrained in US popular culture. You will first learn the basic principles of improvisational theater and then apply them to improvised scenework. We will also reflect on the impact of improvisational theater on popular culture, its applications e.g. in teaching and explore its practical approaches to comedic as well as dramatic narrative structures.

There will be a regular meeting on Monday 2 - 4.15pm during the semester, in which we will cover the basics of improvisational theater, followed by an intensive in the lecture-free period, in which we will work on a specific form and prepare for a performance. If you only want to participate in the intensive you need to have some experience, either from this or a previous semester. There is no obligation to be part of the performances. You can also support the performances by helping with the organization.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82373956264?pwd=aTJJRk5VR3phRG1mV0IraGNGWEFmZz09

Tobias Sailer
10-M80-2-Thea-2Theatre Workshop - Presentation & Performance (in English)

Exercises (Teaching)

Additional dates:
Mon. 27.09.21 - Thu. 30.09.21 (Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu.) 10:00 - 13:00 GW2 B3009 (Großer Studierraum)
Fri. 01.10.21 10:00 - 13:00 GW2 B2900
Mon. 04.10.21 10:00 - 13:00 GW2 B3009 (Großer Studierraum)
Tue. 05.10.21 10:00 - 13:00 GW2 B3770
Wed. 06.10.21 10:00 - 13:00 GW2 B2900
Thu. 07.10.21 - Fri. 08.10.21 (Thu., Fri.) 10:00 - 13:00 GW2 B3009 (Großer Studierraum)

This part of the theatre workshop is based on our introductory work during the semester. Requirement is previous participation in the theatre workshop or some experience with long form improvisational theatre. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Tobias Sailer

MASTER-STUDIENGANG: 1. STUDIENJAHR, 2. SEMESTER

Profilmodul I: Literatur 10-M83-2, Wahlpflichtmodul (2 von3 Modulen)

Modulbeauftragte: Prof. Dr. Axel Dunker, Kontakt: axel.dunker@uni-bremen.de

Das Modul baut auf den im Grund- und Vertiefungsmodul erworbenen Kenntnissen und Fähigkeiten auf und differenziert und vertieft diese. Anhand eines im Vergleich zum Vertiefungsmodul erweiterten Textkorpus, das insbesondere narrative und poetische Texte enthält, grundsätzlich aber alle Formen der écriture sowie ein weites Spektrum von Diskursen einschließt, wird die Transnationalitätsfragestellung nachdrücklicher fokussiert. Die Sprache der Lehre ist deutsch oder wird von den Lehrenden festgelegt.

Beachten Sie bitte, dass das Studienangebot in diesem Modul im Sommersemester breiter als im Wintersemester ist.

Achtung: Die CP-Zahlen einzelner Lehrveranstaltungen können von der Anzahl der im Modul zu vergebenden CP abweichen. Zu Beginn der LV informiert der/die Lehrende über die zu erwerbende CP-Zahl.
Course numberTitle of eventLecturer
10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-01The Postcolonial Novel and Writing Back / C3 (in English)

Seminar (Teaching)

Dates:
weekly (starts in week: 1) Wed. 12:15 - 13:45 External location: online (2 Teaching hours per week)

In this class we will first learn about approaches and tools to literary analysis before we look at how we read texts specifically from a postcolonial perspective. We will then read and discuss two postcolonial novels: 1. The Caribbean text Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (here the Norton Critical Edition) and the Nigerian text Oil on Water by Helon Habila. Please purchase and read both texts, they are available at Thalia for 11 and 9€ (see links below). All other texts are provided via StudIP.
Class requirements are regular attendance and active class discussion (due to the Corona pandemic through an online platform) as well as in-depth knowledge of reading and viewing material. Reading the texts and watching the films is mandatory. Please note that prior enrollment through StudIP is mandatory. Maximum number of participants: 30.
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Prof. Dr. Kerstin Knopf

Profilmodul II: Theater 10-M83-2, Wahlpflichtmodul (2 von 3 Modulen)

Modulbeauftragte: Prof. Dr. Julia Brühne, Kontakt: bruehne@uni-bremen.de

Das Modul baut auf den im Grund- und Vertiefungsmodul erworbenen Kenntnissen und Fähigkeiten auf und differenziert und vertieft diese. Anhand eines im Vergleich zum Vertiefungsmodul erweiterten Textkorpus, das insbesondere narrative und poetische Texte enthält, grundsätzlich aber alle Formen der écriture sowie ein weites Spektrum von Diskursen einschließt, wird die Transnationalitätsfragestellung nachdrücklicher fokussiert. Die Sprache der Lehre ist deutsch oder wird von den Lehrenden festgelegt.

Beachten Sie bitte, dass das Studienangebot in diesem Modul im Sommersemester breiter als im Wintersemester ist.

Achtung: Die CP-Zahlen einzelner Lehrveranstaltungen können von der Anzahl der im Modul zu vergebenden CP abweichen. Zu Beginn der LV informiert der/die Lehrende über die zu erwerbende CP-Zahl.
Course numberTitle of eventLecturer
10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-02Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, C1 (in English)

Seminar (Teaching)

Dates:
weekly (starts in week: 1) Fri. 14:15 - 15:45 External location: online (2 Teaching hours per week)

Online.

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet can rightfully be described as a romantic tragedy where accident finally leads to the unhappy ending that we know. This course will attach great importance to the major thematic concerns of the play, i.e. the feud between the two families, the tragic isolation of the lovers, the role of fortune and order, and the triumph of passion over reason.
As of today, the seminar has to be organised as an asynchronous digital course. As far as requirements are concerned, the seminar will differentiate between assignments which in the absence of real meetings have to be completed by every participant and a specific task that directly corresponds with the respective module of your study programme. The design of the portfolio that you will have to hand in by September 15, 2021, will also make a difference between the work of students who need a grade (PL) and those who want to get a pass (SL). Portfolio is here generally understood as a collection of course work consisting of five short on-topic assignments, i.e. one for each act of the tragedy (obligatory for SL and PL), and one additional paper (obligatory for PL) when a grade is needed.

Please note that prior enrolment via Stud.IP is mandatory.

text:
Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. The Arden Shakespeare. Bloomsbury, 2012.

Prof. Dr. Norbert Schaffeld

Profilmodul III: Film 10-M83-2, Wahlpflichtmodul (2 von 3 Modulen)

Modulbeauftragte: Prof. Dr. Julia Brühne, Kontakt: bruehne@uni-bremen.de

Das Modul baut auf den im Grund- und Vertiefungsmodul erworbenen Kenntnissen und Fähigkeiten auf und differenziert und vertieft diese. Anhand eines im Vergleich zum Vertiefungsmodul erweiterten Textkorpus, das insbesondere narrative und poetische Texte enthält, grundsätzlich aber alle Formen der écriture sowie ein weites Spektrum von Diskursen einschließt, wird die Transnationalitätsfragestellung nachdrücklicher fokussiert. Die Sprache der Lehre ist deutsch oder wird von den Lehrenden festgelegt.

Beachten Sie bitte, dass das Studienangebot in diesem Modul im Sommersemester breiter als im Wintersemester ist.

Achtung: Die CP-Zahlen einzelner Lehrveranstaltungen können von der Anzahl der im Modul zu vergebenden CP abweichen. Zu Beginn der LV informiert der/die Lehrende über die zu erwerbende CP-Zahl.
Course numberTitle of eventLecturer
10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-13Cultural Dynamics of the Sixties / C3 (in English)

Seminar (Teaching)

Dates:
weekly (starts in week: 1) Tue. 14:15 - 15:45 External location: online (2 Teaching hours per week)

This course deals with selected aspects of US cultural history of the 1960s. We will look into some of the transformations, conflicts and interventions which marked the period but emerged much earlier and were not necessarily resolved at the end of the decade. Yet, the 1960s remain a subject of contestation and controversy until today.
Students are invited to develop their own research projects from a range of possible topics, including the civil rights, black power and women’s movements, gay liberation and red power movements; environmentalism, or the Vietnam war. We will use various textual, visual, filmic, auditory sources such as speeches, magazines, photographs, films, and music to investigate the cultural dynamics of the sixties.

Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund

Schlüsselqualifikationenmodul 10-M83-2, Wahlpflichtmodul, ECTS (Credit Points): 3 CP

Modulbeauftragte: Teresa Cordero Villar, Kontakt: tcordero@uni-bremen.de

Achtung: Die CP-Zahlen einzelner Lehrveranstaltungen können von der Anzahl der im Modul zu vergebenden CP abweichen. Zu Beginn der LV informiert der/die Lehrende über die zu erwerbende CP-Zahl.
Course numberTitle of eventLecturer
10-GS-9-01Writing Academic Papers (in English)
Kat. B C3 Synchrone/ Asynchrone Lehr

Seminar (Teaching)
ECTS: 3

Dates:
weekly (starts in week: 1) Wed. 14:00 - 16:00 External location: online (2 Teaching hours per week)
Anne Kirkham, M.A.

MASTER-STUDIENGANG: 1./2. STUDIENJAHR, 2./3. SEMESTER

Praxismodul II: Sprache/Theater/Film 10-M83-2/3, Wahlpflichtmodul, ECTS (Credit Points): 12 CP

Praxismodul II b: Theater

Modulbeauftragte: Dr. Ina Schenker, Kontakt: ina_sch@uni-bremen.de
Course numberTitle of eventLecturer
10-M80-2-Thea-1Theatre Workshop (in English)

Exercises (Teaching)

Dates:
weekly (starts in week: 1) Mon. 14:00 - 16:15 SH D1020 SFG 0140 (3 Teaching hours per week)

In this workshop we will explore and experiment with contemporary methods of improvisational theater, which is the art of making up theatrical moments on the spot, without a script. It is one of the liveliest and most current forms of theater of today and ingrained in US popular culture. You will first learn the basic principles of improvisational theater and then apply them to improvised scenework. We will also reflect on the impact of improvisational theater on popular culture, its applications e.g. in teaching and explore its practical approaches to comedic as well as dramatic narrative structures.

There will be a regular meeting on Monday 2 - 4.15pm during the semester, in which we will cover the basics of improvisational theater, followed by an intensive in the lecture-free period, in which we will work on a specific form and prepare for a performance. If you only want to participate in the intensive you need to have some experience, either from this or a previous semester. There is no obligation to be part of the performances. You can also support the performances by helping with the organization.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82373956264?pwd=aTJJRk5VR3phRG1mV0IraGNGWEFmZz09

Tobias Sailer
10-M80-2-Thea-2Theatre Workshop - Presentation & Performance (in English)

Exercises (Teaching)

Additional dates:
Mon. 27.09.21 - Thu. 30.09.21 (Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu.) 10:00 - 13:00 GW2 B3009 (Großer Studierraum)
Fri. 01.10.21 10:00 - 13:00 GW2 B2900
Mon. 04.10.21 10:00 - 13:00 GW2 B3009 (Großer Studierraum)
Tue. 05.10.21 10:00 - 13:00 GW2 B3770
Wed. 06.10.21 10:00 - 13:00 GW2 B2900
Thu. 07.10.21 - Fri. 08.10.21 (Thu., Fri.) 10:00 - 13:00 GW2 B3009 (Großer Studierraum)

This part of the theatre workshop is based on our introductory work during the semester. Requirement is previous participation in the theatre workshop or some experience with long form improvisational theatre. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Tobias Sailer

MASTER-STUDIENGANG: 2. STUDIENJAHR, 3. SEMESTER

Vertiefungsmodul 10-M83-3, Pflichtmodul, ECTS (Credit Points): 6 CP

Modulbeauftragte: Prof. Dr. Sabine Schlickers, Kontakt: sabine.schlickers@gmx.de

Das Modul dient der Vermittlung der Grundlagen einer Beschäftigung mit Literatur und Film aus transnationaler Perspektive. Es wird in der Fremdsprache der jeweils im Mittelpunkt stehenden Literatur gelehrt und vertieft die kommunikative Kompetenz in der jeweiligen Philologie. Gegenstände sind u.a. Analysen von Schlüsseltexten der deutschen, englisch-, französisch-, spanischsprachigen und italienischen Primärliteratur vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, von Filmen (z.B. Filmklassiker, Literaturverfilmungen) sowie theoretischer Texte unter wechselnden Fokussierungen (Literaturgeschichte, Gattungen / Strömungen, Postkolonialität, Narratologie, Lyrikanalyse, Filmanalyse).

Achtung: Die CP-Zahlen einzelner Lehrveranstaltungen können von der Anzahl der im Modul zu vergebenden CP abweichen. Zu Beginn der LV informiert der/die Lehrende über die zu erwerbende CP-Zahl.
Course numberTitle of eventLecturer
10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-01The Postcolonial Novel and Writing Back / C3 (in English)

Seminar (Teaching)

Dates:
weekly (starts in week: 1) Wed. 12:15 - 13:45 External location: online (2 Teaching hours per week)

In this class we will first learn about approaches and tools to literary analysis before we look at how we read texts specifically from a postcolonial perspective. We will then read and discuss two postcolonial novels: 1. The Caribbean text Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (here the Norton Critical Edition) and the Nigerian text Oil on Water by Helon Habila. Please purchase and read both texts, they are available at Thalia for 11 and 9€ (see links below). All other texts are provided via StudIP.
Class requirements are regular attendance and active class discussion (due to the Corona pandemic through an online platform) as well as in-depth knowledge of reading and viewing material. Reading the texts and watching the films is mandatory. Please note that prior enrollment through StudIP is mandatory. Maximum number of participants: 30.
(https://www.thalia.de/shop/home/artikeldetails/ID4281156.htmlhttps://www.thalia.de/shop/home/artikeldetails/ID29100962.html?ProvID=10907022&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1_7Xuay66AIVioeyCh0JegMqEAAYASAAEgJHz_D_BwE)

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Knopf