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AM1 Surveying English Literatures
0042eB1.1
- 17314 Grundkurs
  GK-Surveying English Literatures (Stephan Karschay)
  Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
  Ort: Hs 2 Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  The concept of “English Literature” is constantly changing. As our theoretical dispositions, tastes, and ideologies shift and change, new authors, works, new genres etc. are coming into focus and, in turn, affect and transform the academy’s theoretical dispositions, tastes, and ideological positions. This lecture series will provide students with an overview of the history of English literatures, from the (early) medieval beginnings via the early modern period, the long eighteenth-century, Romanticism, Victorianism, and Modernism to Postmodernism and Postcolonialism. This survey is not meant to represent a prescriptive canon, however, but rather presents students with a snapshot of how scholars currently conceive of their respective fields of study. This lecture is team-taught, so students will have an opportunity to get to know several of our faculty members and experience their different teaching styles. Further information about the individual lectures will be available on Blackboard at the beginning of the semester.
- 17315 Proseminar
  PS-Surveying English Literatures: Make it New! Modernist Poetry (Stephan Karschay)
  Zeit: Di 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
  Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  In 1921, T. S. Eliot famously defended the semantic obscurity of much of his own verse by stating that “poets in our civilization, as it exists at present, must be difficult”. So difficult, indeed, that the common reader of Eliot’s monumental modernist poem The Waste Land was provided with seven pages of accompanying notes by the author himself. Literary accounts of British poetry in the Modernist period (ca. 1890-1940) emphasise the artistic intricacies of modern verse and select poets like T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound as the representative writers of the age. However, recent criticism has demanded a re-evaluation of Modernist poetry, drawing attention to the manifold ways available to writers of producing modern work without necessarily being enigmatic and elitist. This seminar will acquaint students with a broad range of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century poetry, both traditional and experimental, covering poets as diverse as Thomas Hardy, A. E. Housman, Ernest Dowson, W. B. Yeats, Charlotte Mew, the ‘War Poets’, John Masefield, D. H. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, T. E. Hulme, Edith Sitwell, Stephen Spender and W. H. Auden. Furthermore, we will pay close attention to the diverse strands and movements responsible for the shaping of Modern(ist) poetry, most notably Impressionism, Imagism, Vorticism, Symbolism and – less highbrow – Georgian poetry. In this seminar, students will be made familiar with Modern(ist) poetry through both ‘close’ and contextual readings which should ultimately result in an understanding of the comprehensive and salient features of this intriguing genre as well as an appreciation of the particularities of the many writers under consideration. In other words, we will pay equal attention to every poet’s idiosyncracies as well as the undeniable fact that Modern(ist) poetry is deeply steeped in its historical context and significantly shaped by the dynamics of early twentieth-century culture.
  
  Voraussetzungen
  
  Erfolgreiche Absolvierung des Basismoduls 1 (Introduction to Literary Studies).
  
  Regelmäßige und aktive Teilnahme, Lektüre aller im Seminar diskutierten Texte, seminarbegleitende Studienleistungen (wie z.B. response paper, Gruppenpräsentation, Expertengruppe), abschließende Seminararbeit (abhängig von Modulbelegung). Auch die ersten Wochen der Veranstaltung zählen zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme.
  
  Literaturhinweise
  
  Baldick, Chris. “Modern Poetry.” The Oxford English Literary History, Vol. 10: 1910-1940: The Modern Movement. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004. 75-113. Print.
  
  Davis, Alex, and Lee M. Jenkins, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Modernist Poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007. Print.
- 17316 Proseminar
  PS-Surveying English Literatures: Victorian Others (Cordula Lemke)
  Zeit: Fr 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2024)
  Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  Victorian Society celebrated ideals of family life and respectability. In literary texts of the time the smooth surface of social decorum and moral integrity is often challenged by the desires and experiences of outsiders. They allow glimpses into a life of unconventional values, excitement and adventure and introduce readers to alternatives worlds. However, the possibilities open to these outsiders are highly gendered. In this seminar we will look at Victorian social roles and ask how they are affected by alterity in general, by alternative ways of family life and in how far they are challenged by female characters at the margin.
  
  Texts:
  
  Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
  
  Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights
  
  George Eliot, Silas Marner
- 17317 Proseminar
  PS-Surveying English Literatures: Metafiction (James Daniel Mellor)
  Zeit: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
  Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  When fiction becomes openly self-conscious the reader’s suspension of disbelief becomes strained. Two options come to mind: throw the book at the wall or continue to play along with the narration. William Gass coined the term “metafiction” during the heydays of postmodern play to refer to the privileging of philosophical ideas in prose, rather than merely aiming at verisimilitude. This course will survey various prose works over the last millennium, and scholarship pertinent to the topic, to explore the limits of the concept and its suitability when applied to works outside the Western canon.
  Please read Virginia Woolf’s Orlando before the first class.
- 17318 Proseminar
  PS-Surveying English Literatures: Theatre of the Absurd (Justus Conrad Gronau)
  Zeit: Di 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
  Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  The term ‘Theatre of the Absurd’ refers to plays written in the 1950s that deeply disturbed audiences upon their initial performance. Departing from conventional forms of traditional Aristotelian, Shakespearean, or realistic drama, and lacking clear plot structures, such plays were said to express the “metaphysical anguish of the absurdity of the human condition” as well as the “inadequacy of the rational approach by the open abandonment of rational devices and discursive thought,” as theater critic Martin Esslin, who coined the term in 1961, argued. In this context, the Theatre of the Absurd is frequently juxtaposed with existentialist and absurd philosophy, notably the works of French existentialist thinkers such as Sartre and Camus, ostensibly pointing to the meaninglessness and purposelessness of life. However, other approaches have challenged this view and reassessed the Theatre of the Absurd, suggesting “that these texts, rather, revolt against existentialism and are ethical parables that force the audience to make life meaningful” (Bennett). Therefore, we shall read and critically examine plays by two important Theatre of the Absurd playwrights, Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter, to see to what extent they negotiate the supposed absurdity and negativity of existence, whether alternative, more ‘positive’ readings are possible, and how the plays’ idiosyncratic aesthetics open up these possibilities. At the same time, we will ponder more fundamental questions and topics such as whether existence precedes essence or vice versa, the potential meaning(lessness?) of existence, and the (in?)capability of art to address and communicate these existential inquiries.
  
  Students need to obtain the following plays:
  
  Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot (1953)
  
  Samuel Beckett, Endgame (1957)
  
  Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party (1957)
  
  Harold Pinter, The Caretaker (1959)
  
  Further course material will be made available at the beginning of the semester.
- 17319 Proseminar
  PS-Surveying English Literatures: World Texts (Jordan Schnee)
  Zeit: Fr 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2024)
  Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  The concepts of “world literature” and “world music” are problematic both for what they convey and what they imply. After delving into these terms and alternative concepts for understanding textual production worldwide, we will look at specific examples and situations that illustrate the issues. We will focus on 20th and 21st century English-language literature and music. Texts will include Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958) and Yazoo records contemporary The Secret Museum of Mankind series. Students might also familiarize themselves with theoretical positions in World Literature, Cosmopolitanism, Globality: Beyond, Against, Post, Otherwise (2019) edited by Gesine Müller and Mariano Siskind.

AM2 Introduction to Cultural Studies
0042eB1.2
- 17321 Proseminar
  PS-Introduction to Cultural Studies: Gothic Monsters (Cordula Lemke)
  Zeit: Mo 18:00-20:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
  Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula have greatly attracted readers, writers and the film industry to this day. From Werner Herzog and Roman Polanski to Wes Craven, Mel Brooks or Kenneth Branagh, film makers have tackled the topic of the megalomaniac scientist and the bloodthirsty vampire. In this seminar we will focus on the different shadows which Frankenstein's Creature and Dracula have cast in the media. After a close look at the novels, we will trace the Creature’s and Dracula's movements in films and TV series and ask how media approaches contribute to different images and perceptions.
  
  Texts: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (Oxford World's Classics) Bram Stoker, Dracula (Oxford World's Classics)
- 17322 Proseminar
  PS-Introduction to Cultural Studies: Rewriting Mrs. Dalloway (Cordula Lemke)
  Zeit: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
  Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  Virginia Woolf famously claimed that "in 1910 human character changed" and she spent her entire life as a writer examining this situation. The period of Modernism experienced far-reaching challenges to the certainties of Enlightenment thought which had a strong impact on art. New artistic perspectives and poetics evolved around questions of subjectivity, the relativity of truth and a strong feeling of alterity as time-honoured binaries of gender, race and class crumbled. Easily the most important female writer of the period, Virginia Woolf went on to become a pop star revered by feminists and writers today. In this seminar we will be looking not only at Virginia Woolf's own texts but at her iconic status for postmodernist or today’s writers.
  
  Texts:
  
  Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
  
  Michael Cunningham, The Hours
  
  Michelle Cahill, Daisy & Woolf
- 17323 Proseminar
  PS-Introduction to Cultural Studies: Petromasculinity: Ecocriticism meets Gender Studies (Sophie Kriegel)
  Zeit: Do 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
  Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  We live in an age of multiple crisis where basic gender equality is as much under threat as the earth’s climate. Why not combine different approaches to think through the looming Armageddon in search for alternatives to humanity’s demise – or at least a better understanding of it? The course uses Cara Daggett conceptualisation of Petromasculinity (2018) as a starting point to explore the intersection of Gender Studies and Ecocriticism. We will discuss the dualism of culture and nature uncovering the importance of gender in our perception of these two organising concepts. From there, we will turn to Energy Humanities and Ecofeminism to understand how the extraction of non-renewable energies relates to discourses of The End of Man (Joanna Zylinska 2018) and see where that path will lead us. The primary texts for the course will come predominantly from African, South Asian, and Southeast Asian creatives and where not easily accessible will be made available through a course reader.
- 17324 Proseminar
  PS-Introduction to Cultural Studies: Britain's got the Blues: Mental Health Crises in Contemporary Culture (Matilda Jones)
  Zeit: Do 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
  Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  This module considers the representation of the burgeoning mental health crisis in contemporary culture. Exploring a variety of cultural forms (from films, novels, and TV shows, to poems and experimental audio), we will consider the representation of work, home and sociality in relation to the individual psyche. Attending to various strands of critical theory – acknowledging race, class, age, gender, sexuality and the environment – we will analyse secondary reading material that interrogates issues of, for example, ‘Attention Deficit’, ‘The Privatisation of Stress’ and ‘Eco-Anxiety’. From this perspective, despite celebrating the destigmatisation of psychotherapy and mental health discourse in recent years, a major segment to this course will concern the foregrounding of connections between the economic precarity of modern Britain and popular embracement of consumerist fads surrounding ‘Mindfulness’, ‘Wellness’ and ‘Self-care’. Ultimately, drawing upon the work of feminist theorists (such as Lynne Segal), we will question the entire concept of ‘happiness’ as an emotion (/affective state) that should be inherently aspired to.
  
  In order to participate in this class, please note that you must be prepared to stream selected film and TV materials (TBA), and purchase two novels:
  - 'Weirdo' by Sara Pascoe (2023)
  - 'Ordinary People' by Diana Evans (2018)
- 17325 Proseminar
  PS-Introduction to Cultural Studies: Memory and Conflict in Northern Ireland (Kübra Özermis)
  Zeit: Mi 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
  Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  Between 1968 – 1998 Northern Ireland was shaken by a conflict between Irish Catholics, who demanded emancipation and civil rights, Protestant Unionist who defended the status-quo and the British army who initially should have ensured peace between the two parties but became quickly involved in the escalation of violence. Decades of paramilitary violence on both sides and military violence defined the lives of people in Northern Ireland and spilled over to Great Britain and mainland Europe. While outwardly the conflict, often referred to as the ‘Troubles’, seemed to evolve around religious differences, the actual dimension of the disparities between ‘Catholics’ and ‘Protestants’ runs deeper than disputes over religious identities. Disputes about the colonial past, the partition of Ireland, the position of Catholics in Northern Irish society and the British rule in Ireland contributed, and to some extent still contribute, to the sectarian conflict. The Good Friday Agreement, signed in 1998, ended the armed conflict, yet the division in Northern Irish society still remains and threatens to flare up, particularly since the re-emergence of the questions over the Irish border.
  
  In this seminar, students will gain an overview on how collective identity and memory are situated within the context of the Northern Irish conflict. We will be looking at how disputes over past events not only impacted the formation of collective memory and identity but also contributes to the sectarian division in Northern Ireland. We will analyse how at the peak of the armed conflict diverging views on the past not only resurfaced but intensified the conflict between the two communities. Likewise, it will be important to see how events that took place during the ‘Troubles’ are not only approached differently by each community but seem to form the platform for the continuation of division and dispute. In order to form an understanding of how the conflict was shaped by memory, identity and trauma students will critically engage with concepts of cultural memory and identity. For a better understanding of how these concepts impact Northern Irish society we will be looking at various forms of cultural representation in each session.
  
  The final exam in this seminar is a 2000-word term paper. Regular and active participation is required. Reading material will be made available on Blackboard.

AM3 Medieval English Literatures
0042eB1.3
- 17326 Grundkurs
  GK-Medieval English Literatures: Introduction to Medieval English Literature (Wolfram Keller)
  Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
  Ort: J 32/102 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  This lecture surveys Middle English literature, that is, vernacular literature written in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. While the focus of the lecture will be on late fourteenth-century and early fifteenth-century literature—on authors like Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, and John Lydgate—students will also be introduced to earlier Middle English renditions of Anglo-Norman romances and Breton lays, such as King Horn and Sir Launfal as well as to late fifteenth and early sixteenth-century literature, like Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d'Arthur and John Skelton’s Garlande of Laurell.
- 17327 Proseminar
  PS-Medieval English Literatures: Beowulf (Lea von der Linde)
  Zeit: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
  Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
  
  Kommentar
  
  The Old English epic Beowulf
  is, superficially speaking, a story about heroes, monsters, and cultures long gone, and yet continues to be remarkably productive and relevant even in the twenty-first century since it raises lasting questions that reach far beyond the boundaries of its genre and presumed cultural context. In this course, we will do a close reading of the poem in translation and discuss its various themes, issues, and challenges.
  
  The course aims at furthering the students’ understanding of the issues connected to reading and interpreting a text, especially one that is as old and culturally remote as Beowulf.
  
  Students attending this course are expected to have read Beowulf in translation by the second week of the semester, preferably the prose translation by E. Talbot Donaldson (Donaldson, E. Talbot, trans. Beowulf: A Prose Translation. Backgrounds and Context s, Criticism. Ed. Nicholas Howe. 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2002) or the verse translation by Seamus Heaney (Seamus Heaney, trans. Beowulf: A Verse Translation: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism. Ed. Donoghue, Daniel. 2nd ed., Norton, 2019). Additional readings and materials will be announced during the course of the semester.

AM4 Levels of Linguistic Analysis
0042eB1.4

17335 Vorlesung
V-Levels of Linguistic Analysis: Structure and Functions (Anatol Stefanowitsch)
Zeit: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
Ort: Hs 1a Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

17336 Proseminar
PS-Levels of Linguistic Analysis: Metaphor (Rosa Hesse)
Zeit: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Kommentar

This seminar introduces students to the empirical analysis of linguistic structures and their functions at different levels of linguistic analysis, as well as to academic presentation and writing skills. The sessions will be centred around discussing research papers and modelling corpus-linguistic research with an emphasis on metaphorical patterns.

You are expected to engage in collaborative work which includes the evaluation of a research paper, as well as a small-scale corpus study. After the seminar, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to elicit you own language data from electronic corpora (active cqp), to analyse these data qualitatively and quantitatively, and to interpret your findings linguistically in an empirical paper of your own.

For this course, a laptop will be needed.

17337 Proseminar
PS-Levels of Linguistic Analysis: From Lexicon to Grammar (Elif Kara)
Zeit: Di 08:00-10:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Kommentar

This seminar teaches you how to apply the terminological concepts learned in Introduction to English Linguistics to the analysis of linguistic usage patterns. You will learn how to analyse the forms and meanings of authentic linguistic data, as well as to model linguistic research. The module examination will be a collaborative project involving a small-scale empirical study on a linguistic topic of your choice, with a subsequent poster presentation, and a written or oral component. At the end of the course, you will be equipped with the basic skillset required for scientific research in linguistics.

You will need to bring a laptop to class from week 1.

This seminar is complemented by the module lecture and the tutorial.

17338 Proseminar
PS-Levels of Linguistic Analysis: From Lexicon to Grammar (Kirsten Middeke)
Zeit: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
Ort: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Kommentar

This seminar teaches you how to apply the terminological concepts learned in Introduction to English Linguistics to the analysis of linguistic usage patterns. You will learn how to analyse the forms and meanings of authentic linguistic data, as well as to model linguistic research. The module examination will be a collaborative project involving a small-scale empirical study on a linguistic topic of your choice, with a subsequent poster presentation, and a written or oral component. At the end of the course, you will be equipped with the basic skillset required for scientific research in linguistics.

You will need to bring a laptop to class from week 1.

This seminar is complemented by the module lecture and the tutorial.

17339 Proseminar
PS-Levels of Linguistic Analysis: From Lexicon to Grammar (Kirsten Middeke)
Zeit: Do 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Kommentar

This seminar teaches you how to apply the terminological concepts learned in Introduction to English Linguistics to the analysis of linguistic usage patterns. You will learn how to analyse the forms and meanings of authentic linguistic data, as well as to model linguistic research. The module examination will be a collaborative project involving a small-scale empirical study on a linguistic topic of your choice, with a subsequent poster presentation, and a written or oral component. At the end of the course, you will be equipped with the basic skillset required for scientific research in linguistics.

You will need to bring a laptop to class from week 1.

This seminar is complemented by the module lecture and the tutorial.

17340 Proseminar
PS-Levels of Linguistic Analysis: Morphology (Arne Werfel)
Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Kommentar

This seminar builds on your introductory module and deepens your knowledge of the different levels of linguistic analysis with a particular focus on morphology.
The main learning objective is to refine your understanding of the internal structure of words and to analyse different word formation processes using authentic language data.
Another learning objective is to critically read and evaluate research papers. You will acquire the methodological knowledge to replicate the research design. By the end of the lecture period, you will have modelled your own small corpus study, which will form the basis of an empirical term paper.

In order to pass this seminar, regular attendance, active participation in class and completion of weekly reading and research assignments are required.

AM5 History of English
0042eB1.5

17343 Vorlesung
V-History of English (Ferdinand von Mengden)
Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
Ort: J 32/102 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Kommentar

This lecture will provide an overview of the history of the English language. We will start off in the pre-history of English, long before its earliest written attestations, and see what English was like before it became English and how we gain access to these pre-historic stages. The journey will then bring us to the early Middle Ages when, in the course of the Migration Period, Germanic tribes settled in Britain. We will observe the English language developing over time and explain the enormous changes that English has undergone ever since. We will see how the English language eventually spreads in almost all parts of the world, bringing forth new linguistic practices that are seen as different Englishes. As the historically most recent step, we will eventually watch English conquering new media rather than new lands and becoming the most important language of global communication.

This lecture forms an essential part of the module History of English together with the parallel seminars (Proseminare). The more specialized discussions in these seminars are based on, and therefore require the background knowledge from this lecture.

Because not all regular students are registered in Campus Management, there will be a special enrolment for this lecture in the first week of term. Students who cannot attend the first session are kindly asked to notify me before the beginning of the lecture period.

17344 Proseminar
PS-History of English II: Old English (Kirsten Middeke)
Zeit: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
Ort: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Kommentar

This seminar introduces students to the history of the English language, with a special focus on the Old English period, i.e. the period between the settlement of substantial numbers of Germanic speakers in Britain, which made the dialects later to be called “English” a separate language, and the Norman Conquest, which constitutes a significant caesura in the history of English, because it led to English being replaced by French (and Latin) in most of its written functions for some 200 years.

Students will gain knowledge of the socio-historical events relevant to the external history of the English language (the Age of Migrations, Christianization, the Viking Age, the reign of Alfred the Great) and study the internal history of the language in detail (sound change, morphological change, syntactic change, lexical change). They will be introduced to the most important sources of historical language data and their analysis (text editions, dictionaries, thesauri, corpora) and will be given research tasks on all levels of linguistic analysis.

The exam will be an academic paper of 2000 words based on relevant academic literature and an original empirical investigation. Towards the end of the course, students will create and present academic posters (in groups) in preparation for their individual term papers.

Credit requirements are:

regular participation in discussions, based on weekly reading assignments, translation tasks and/or other linguistic exercises

active participation, including the design and presentation (in groups) of an academic poster

an academic paper of c2000 words

17345 Proseminar
PS-History of English II: Early Modern English (Kirsten Middeke)
Zeit: Do 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
Ort: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Kommentar

This seminar introduces students to the history of the English language, with a special focus on the Early Modern English period, i.e. the period between, very roughly, 1500 and 1800, during which English was increasingly used as a language of science, learning, law and administration. The meta-linguistic discourse of the period was concerned with the huge amount of loanwords that entered the language as a consequence and with questions of standardization and variation, all of which are still contested issues in language debates today. We will discuss these sociolinguistic issues, as well as the structural changes that English underwent at this time, e.g. the grammaticalization of new tense and aspect constructions.

Students will gain knowledge of the socio-historical events relevant to the external history of the English language (the reformation, for instance, led to the introduction of the printing press, which in turn led to more widespread literacy and to the desire for standardization) and study the internal history of the language in detail (sound change, morphological change, syntactic change, lexical change). They will be introduced to the most important sources of historical language data and their analysis (text editions, dictionaries, thesauri, corpora) and will be given research tasks on all levels of linguistic analysis.

The exam will be an academic paper of 2000 words based on relevant academic literature and an original empirical investigation. Towards the end of the course, students will create and present academic posters (in groups) in preparation for their individual term papers.

Credit requirements are:

regular participation in discussions, based on weekly reading assignments, translation tasks and/or other linguistic exercises

active participation, including the design and presentation (in groups) of an academic poster

an academic paper of c2000 words

17346 Proseminar
PS-History of English II: Historical Linguistics (Ferdinand von Mengden)
Zeit: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
Ort: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Kommentar

For studying the history of a language, a mere description of its development, i.e., treating history as a story, is not sufficient. If we wish to understand why and under which circumstances English developed the way it did, we will have to understand how languages change and which factors influence language in which way.

As we will see, the mechanisms underlying the historical development of English do not only vary considerably with respect to the different levels of linguistic description – phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics – but individual processes can also conflict with each other and / or mutually reinforce each other. A closer look at all historical periods of English will reveal how subtle digressions from an established grammatical system, in the long run, cause completely new structures to emerge.

Accompanied by the lecture on the History of English, we will focus on individual processes and problems in their description and their analysis. The participants of this seminar will thus profit from an introduction into the methods and aims of Historical Linguistics as a central branch of linguistics and at the same time extend and intensify their knowledge on the history of English provided in the lecture.

Requirements are a short term paper, an oral presentation in class and regular and active participation. The seminar starts in the first week of term. Students who are interested in the class but cannot come in the first week, are kindly asked to notify me via email before the start of the lecture period.

17347 Proseminar
PS-History of English: From Synthetic to Analytic (Martin Konvicka)
Zeit: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
Ort: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Kommentar

In this course, you will get familiar with earlier stages of English and with the various language change processes that shaped English in its present-day form. In particular, we will focus on the shift from synthetic to analytic language type. Old English, the earliest attested stage of English, was a highly synthetic language which means that it relied on complex morphology to express the various grammatical functions. Present-Day English, on the other hand, is much more analytic. Instead of morphology, it uses auxiliaries and word order to achieve the same.

Apart from our focus on this typological shift, we will also survey a number of other changes in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. We will read and analyse primary texts from different stages of English. Furthermore, our investigation of the history of the English language will at times include a comparative aspect. This means that we will contrast the developments in English with the developments in other closely related Germanic languages, mainly German and Dutch.

Against this backdrop, the aim of this is course is threefold. First, to provide you with an overview of the internal as well as the external history of the English language. Second, to familiarise you with the basic concepts of historical linguistics. Third, to demonstrate how the knowledge of the linguistic history of a language can be beneficial for understanding its current structure.

In order for you to successfully pass the course, you have to i) attend regularly and not miss more than the allowed maximum of classes, ii) attend actively and be prepared for each session in order to participate in discussions and group tasks, and iii) submit a term paper at the end of the semester.

All organisational and administrative issues will be discussed during the first session. If you, for whatever reason, cannot participate please contact me ahead of time.

Grundlagen der Fachdidaktik Englisch für die Grundschule
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17470 Grundkurs
Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Leonie Fuchs)
Zeit: Fr 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2024)
Ort: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Hinweise für Studierende

ACHTUNG: Zusatztermin am Sa, 20.04.2024 in Raum KL 29/208 dafür entfällt Frei, 10.05.2024.

17471 Proseminar
Task-based language learning in der Grundschule (Katrin Harder)
Zeit: Fr 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2024)
Ort: KL 29/207 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

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Task-based language learning in der Grundschule

This course enlarges upon selected topics of the Grundkurs (“Introduction to TEFL”), and applies them to classroom practice. Issues such as dealing with heterogeneity and facilitating communicative competence are linked with teaching methods and techniques. The course also covers related practical topics such as lesson planning and classroom management skills. Students are expected to attend class regularly and to participate actively, which includes a presentation (“Impulsreferat,” approx.10 minutes, with handout). The term paper (Hausarbeit - requirements to be found in the style sheet) can be written either in this course or in the first part of the Basismodul. Focus areas: Task-based language learning puts the „good“ task in the centre of the language learning process. „Good“ tasks are often defined as meaningful and true to life. They integrate the interests and experiences of the individual learner and are therefore seen as the key to motivation and sustainable learning. The focus of this seminar will be on evaluating and developing „good“ tasks for the language classroom. Further aspects will be differentiation and assessment.

Literature:

Ellis, R., Skehan, P., Li, S., Shintani, N., & Lambert, C. (2020). Task-based language teaching: Theory and practice. Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Müller-Hartmann, A., & Schocker-von Ditfurth, M. (2011).

Lernaufgaben:

Kompetenzen entwickeln. Der fremdsprachliche Unterricht Englisch, 45(109), 10–14. Müller-Hartmann, A., & Schocker-von Ditfurth, M. (2011).

Teaching English: Task-supported language learning (1 ed.). Paderborn, Paderborn: UTB; Schöningh.

17472 Proseminar
Primary English (nur für GS-Studierende) (Katrin Harder)
Zeit: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
Ort: J 30/109 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

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This course enlarges upon selected topics of the Grundkurs (“Introduction to TEFL”), and applies them to classroom practice. Issues such as dealing with heterogeneity and facilitating communicative competence are linked with teaching methods and techniques. The course also covers related practical topics such as lesson planning and classroom management skills. Students are expected to attend class regularly and to participate actively, which includes a presentation (“Impulsreferat,” approx.10 minutes, with handout). The term paper (Hausarbeit - requirements to be found in the style sheet) can be written either in this course or in the first part of the Basismodul.

Focus areas:

This course covers a variety of aspects of teaching English as a foreign language to young learners, putting special emphasis on using stories and songs in the EFL classroom. Moreover, participants will be introduced to lesson planning.

Introductory readings:

Böttger, Heiner (Hg.) (2012): Englisch. Didaktik für die Grundschule. Berlin: Cornelsen.

Haß, Frank: Fachdidaktik Englisch: Tradition – Innovation – Praxis. Stuttgart: Klett, 2016.

More relevant readings will be announced at the beginning of the term.

Course structure: Lectures, seminars, group work, microteaching, presentations plus feedback, and discussions.

17473 Proseminar
Die Storyline-Methode im Englischunterricht (Klassenstufe 4-10) (Katrin Harder)
Zeit: Fr 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2024)
Ort: KL 29/207 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

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Grundlagen der FD Englisch: Die Storyline-Methode im Englischunterricht (Klassenstufe 4 – 10), Schwerpunkt GS/ISS/GYM

This course enlarges upon selected topics of the Grundkurs (“Introduction to TEFL”), and applies them to classroom practice. Issues such as dealing with heterogeneity and facilitating communicative competence are linked with teaching methods and techniques. The course also covers related practical topics such as lesson planning and classroom management skills.

Students are expected to attend class regularly and to participate actively, which includes a presentation (“Impulsreferat,” approx.10 minutes, with handout). The term paper (Hausarbeit - requirements to be found in the style sheet) can be written either in this course or in the first part of the Basismodul.

Focus areas:

The Storyline Approach has been developed in Scotland fifty years ago for the subject of “environmental studies”. Within the last decade its value for teaching foreign languages has been realised, especially at primary and lower secondary level. It is a project-oriented method which is well suited to come up to the principles of foreign language teaching and the challenges in education today – to name just a few buzzwords: task-based learning, differentiation and individualisation, inclusive education, learning to learn, lifelong-learning, motivation, creativity. After a general introduction an example of a Storyline will be experienced hands-on and later be reflected upon. In the second part of the seminar students are going to develop their own Storylines either for a primary or secondary school context.

Literature:

Haß, Frank: Fachdidaktik Englisch: Tradition – Innovation – Praxis. Stuttgart: Klett, 2016.

Ahlquist, Sharon: Developing Communicative Competence in English. Lund, 2013.

Mitchell, Peter (ed.), Marie Jeanne McNaughton (ed.): Storyline – A Creative Approach to Learning and Teaching. Cambridge, 2016.

Course structure:

Seminars, group work, hands-on activities, presentations plus feedback, lectures and discussions.

17474 Proseminar
Learner-Centred-Approaches in ELT: Putting learners and teachers at the centre of foreign language education: Towards a vision of positiv foreign language education (Christian Ludwig)
Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
Ort: JK 31/124 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

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Learner-centred approaches in ELT. Schwerpunkt: Gym/ISS/GS

Putting learners and teachers at the centre of foreign language education: Towards a vision of positive foreign language education

17475 Proseminar
Förderung der Sprechfähigkeit - Schwerpunkt ISS/GYM (Leonie Fuchs)
Zeit: Fr 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2024)
Ort: JK 29/118 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Hinweise für Studierende

ACHTUNG: Zusatztermin am Sa, 20.04.2024 in Raum KL29/208, dafür entfällt Frei, 10.05.2024.

Kommentar

This course enlarges upon selected topics of the Grundkurs (“Introduction to TEFL”), and applies them to classroom practice. Issues such as dealing with heterogeneity and facilitating communicative competence are linked with teaching methods and techniques. The course also covers related practical topics such as lesson planning and classroom management skills. Students are expected to attend class regularly and to participate actively, which includes a presentation (30 minutes, with handout). The topic of the “Hausarbeit” (requirements to be found in the style sheet) can either be taken from this course or from the “Grundkurs”, the first constituent of the “Basismodul”. The paper is to be handed in after successful completion of both module constituents (“Grundkurs & Proseminar”). Focus areas: speaking activities in the classroom - differentiation - dialogues, role plays - monologues, presentations – mediation – assessment/evaluation. Course structure: Seminars, group work, hands-on activities, presentations plus feedback, lectures and discussions. Course language: German and English

17476 Proseminar
Drama Lab (Lehr-Lern-Labor) (Natasha Janzen-Ulbricht)
Zeit: Do 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
Ort: JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

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This seminar brings innovation and creativity to the language classroom by combining elements of drama pedagogy in ways that build learner ability and confidence to interact in English. As with other “Lehr-Lern-Labor (LLL)” courses, this seminar is an opportunity to explore simplified teaching and learning situations through actual classroom practice. This takes place during two sessions with grade five pupils in the Student Drama Lab. Participants prepare learning materials for the first Student Drama Lab session. Subsequently, building on results and observation from session one, these teaching materials are further developed and the same child is taught a second time.

The course uses a range of teaching and learning methods including: hands-on activities, preparing LLL-materials, mini-lectures, micro teaching units, and post-LLL-reflection discussions which require group work and self-study.

All necessary literature will be provided or made accessible by the course instructor.

This course provides practical experience with an innovative approach to language teaching by promoting learning and language acquisition in creative and personalized ways.

17477 Proseminar
Digital Drama Lab (Lehr-Lern-Labor). Drama und theatre for language education in a digital era (Li Ding)
Zeit: Mi 08:00-10:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
Ort: JK 28/112 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

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Exploring the intersection of drama and technology in language and literacy development has gained momentum in recent years, with a notable surge during the pandemic. Digital tools and platforms, such as VR rooms, blogs, and social media, can be and have already been integrated into drama classrooms in different manners, for example, as dramatic pre-texts, as sites of interaction, or as an essential part of a multimodal school play. The advent of ChatGPT 4 and the emergence of diverse multimodal AI tools present fresh challenges and opportunities, reshaping the landscape of drama in language teaching. This seminar delves into the theoretical foundations of merging dramatic arts with digital media within the context of language education. Through digitally-mediated drama workshops and critical literature reviews, participants will explore these theories and examine their practical applications.

You will also have the opportunity to design your own lessons and instruct real language learners from German schools. A group of local school students will come to join you for a 45-minute teaching session (10:00 -12:00, June 19th.). Participation in this session is mandatory. This practical focus aims to bridge the gap between theory and implementation. The open teaching environment fosters insights into crucial aspects of teaching, including lesson planning, classroom dynamics, peer observation, and constructive feedback. Regular attendance and active participation are essential.

Oral & Writing Skills I plus
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54010 Sprachpraktische Übung
Oral Skills and Writing Skills 1, 1. Gr. (Kimberly Specht)
Zeit: Mi 16:00-18:00, Fr 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
Ort: JK 30/021 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

Entspricht
dem Modul "Oral Skills and Writing Skills 1" (Bachelor Englische Philologie),
dem Modul "Oral and Writing Skills A" (Bachelor Nordamerikastudien / Angewandte Nordamerikastudien) und
der Sprachpraktischen Übung 1 des Moduls "Oral & Writing Skills I plus" (Bachelor Grundschulpädagogik)

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Anmeldung vom 20.03. bis 09.04.2024, 9:00 Uhr an der ZE Sprachenzentrum > Anmeldeverfahren

54011 Sprachpraktische Übung
Oral Skills and Writing Skills 1, 2. Gr. (Kimberly Specht)
Zeit: Di 14:00-16:00, Mi 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
Ort: KL 25/201 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

Entspricht
dem Modul "Oral Skills and Writing Skills 1" (Bachelor Englische Philologie),
dem Modul "Oral and Writing Skills A" (Bachelor Nordamerikastudien / Angewandte Nordamerikastudien) und
der Sprachpraktischen Übung 1 des Moduls "Oral & Writing Skills I plus" (Bachelor Grundschulpädagogik)

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54012 Sprachpraktische Übung
Oral Skills and Writing Skills 1, 3. Gr. (Matthew Emery)
Zeit: Mo 10:00-12:00, Mi 08:00-10:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
Ort: Mo KL 25/112 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45), Mi L 201 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

Entspricht
dem Modul "Oral Skills and Writing Skills 1" (Bachelor Englische Philologie),
dem Modul "Oral and Writing Skills A" (Bachelor Nordamerikastudien / Angewandte Nordamerikastudien) und
der Sprachpraktischen Übung 1 des Moduls "Oral & Writing Skills I plus" (Bachelor Grundschulpädagogik)

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Anmeldung vom 20.03. bis 09.04.2024, 9:00 Uhr an der ZE Sprachenzentrum > Anmeldeverfahren

54013 Sprachpraktische Übung
Oral Skills and Writing Skills 1, 4. Gr. (Mark Baker)
Zeit: Di 16:00-18:00, Do 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
Ort: KL 23/216 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

Entspricht
dem Modul "Oral Skills and Writing Skills 1" (Bachelor Englische Philologie),
dem Modul "Oral and Writing Skills A" (Bachelor Nordamerikastudien / Angewandte Nordamerikastudien) und
der Sprachpraktischen Übung 1 des Moduls "Oral & Writing Skills I plus" (Bachelor Grundschulpädagogik)

Kommentar

Anmeldung vom 20.03. bis 09.04.2024, 9:00 Uhr an der ZE Sprachenzentrum > Anmeldeverfahren

54014 Sprachpraktische Übung Abgesagt
Oral Skills and Writing Skills 1, 5. Gr. (Matthew Emery)
Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00, Mi 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
Ort: Mo KL 26/130 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45), Mi JK 30/021 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

Entspricht
dem Modul "Oral Skills and Writing Skills 1" (Bachelor Englische Philologie),
dem Modul "Oral and Writing Skills A" (Bachelor Nordamerikastudien / Angewandte Nordamerikastudien) und
der Sprachpraktischen Übung 1 des Moduls "Oral & Writing Skills I plus" (Bachelor Grundschulpädagogik)

Kommentar

Anmeldung vom 20.03. bis 09.04.2024, 9:00 Uhr an der ZE Sprachenzentrum > Anmeldeverfahren

54016 Sprachpraktische Übung
Oral Skills and Writing Skills plus, 1. Gr. (Louise Catherine Steinike McCloy)
Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
Ort: KL 25/201 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

Sprachpraktische Übung 2 des Moduls "Oral & Writing Skills I plus" (Bachelor Grundschulpädagogik)

Kommentar

Anmeldung vom 20.03. bis 09.04.2024, 9:00 Uhr an der ZE Sprachenzentrum > Anmeldeverfahren

54017 Sprachpraktische Übung
Oral Skills and Writing Skills plus, 2. Gr. (Louise Catherine Steinike McCloy)
Zeit: Di 08:00-10:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
Ort: KL 25/121b Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)

Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

Sprachpraktische Übung 2 des Moduls "Oral & Writing Skills I plus" (Bachelor Grundschulpädagogik)

Kommentar

Anmeldung vom 20.03. bis 09.04.2024, 9:00 Uhr an der ZE Sprachenzentrum > Anmeldeverfahren

Module ohne Lehrangebot in diesem Semester
2 Module

BM1 Introduction to Literary Studies 0042eA1.1

BM2 Introduction to English Linguistics 0042eA1.2

Freie Universität Berlin

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Englisch - Vertiefungsfach

AM1 Surveying English Literatures

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AM2 Introduction to Cultural Studies

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AM3 Medieval English Literatures

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AM4 Levels of Linguistic Analysis

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AM5 History of English

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