AUSGELAUFEN: Lehramt Gymnasium – Quereinstieg (ab 2016 bis Ende SoSe 2021)
Subject 2: English - Academics Study and Didactics
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Introductory Module I: Introduction to Literary Studies
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17300
Basic Course
GK-Introduction to Literary Studies (Lukas Lammers)
Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
Location: Hs 1b Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This lecture offers an introduction to the study of English literatures. It invites students to reflect on what one does when interacting with texts and familiarizes them with common approaches to analyzing poetry, prose, and drama, as well as broader topics like rhetoric, genre theory, literary history, and various schools of literary criticism. The primary goal of the lecture is to enhance students’ abilities as independent, critical readers, who combine the pleasure of reading with a more systematic approach to literature that is interested in the effects of literature on readers and the world.
The lecture is accompanied by a weekly seminar where these questions, concepts, and methods will be discussed in smaller groups. Students are required to enroll separately for one of the PS ‘Working with Literary Texts’.
The lecture will be conducted in English. Please note that while attendance is not mandatory, it is highly recommended. To successfully complete the module, students will need to actively participate in the seminar (including assignments), follow the lecture series, and take the 90-minute final exam at the end of the semester. The exam will cover the contents discussed in both the lecture and the seminar.
This lecture is a live, in-person event. It will not be streamed or recorded. Slides will be made available after each session.
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17301
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Literary Studies: Working with Literary Texts (Lukas Lammers)
Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
Location: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar.
Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.htmlRequirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17301x
Proseminar
PS-Working with Literary Texts: Working with Literary Texts (Lukas Lammers)
Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
Location: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar.
Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.htmlRequirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17302
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Literary Studies: Working with Literary Texts (Matilda Jones)
Schedule: Mi 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
Location: 002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 35 )
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar.
Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.htmlRequirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17303
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Literary Studies: Working with Literary Texts (James Daniel Mellor)
Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
Location: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar.
Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.htmlRequirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17303x
Proseminar
PS-Working with Literary Texts (James Daniel Mellor)
Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
Location: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar.
Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.htmlRequirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17304
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Literary Studies: Working with Literary Texts (Karoline-Rosina Strauch)
Schedule: Fr 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-18)
Location: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar.
Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.htmlRequirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17304x
Proseminar
PS-Working with Literary Texts (Karoline-Rosina Strauch)
Schedule: Fr 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-18)
Location: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar.
Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.htmlRequirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17305
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Literary Studies: Working with Literary Texts (Peter Löffelbein)
Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
Location: JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar. Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.html
Requirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17305x
Proseminar
PS-Working with Literary Texts (Peter Löffelbein)
Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
Location: JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar.
Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.htmlRequirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17306
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Literary Studies: Working with Literary Texts (Lenka Filipova)
Schedule: Fr 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-18)
Location: JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar.
Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.htmlRequirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17306x
Proseminar
PS-Working with Literary Texts (Lenka Filipova)
Schedule: Fr 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-18)
Location: JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar.
Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.htmlRequirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17307
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Literary Studies: Working with Literary Texts (Sophie Kriegel)
Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
Location: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar.
Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.html
Requirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17307x
Proseminar
PS-Working with Literary Texts (Sophie Kriegel)
Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
Location: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is designed to be taken in conjunction with the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies: Basic Questions, Concepts, and Methods.” The two courses follow a similar structure and are closely connected. The seminar provides a space to explore in more detail concepts presented in the lecture and apply them by engaging with a variety of lyrical, narrative, and dramatic texts. In addition, students will read a small selection of critical texts which introduce them to some of the central theoretical frameworks in literary studies. Finally, the class will also include a section on academic writing and research techniques, anticipating the term papers to be written in the Aufbauphase. Overall, the seminar thus aims to enable students to understand and contextualise a historically and generically diverse range of texts and to speak and write about them in structured ways. Most of the readings as well as a full list of required texts and other important information will be made available in the first session. The class will be conducted in English.
Registration
To be able to participate in a course you will need to sign up for it in Campus Management. There are several parallel seminars for this module (17301, 17302 …), which are identical in terms of content/materials.
The number of participants per class is limited (Teilnahmebeschränkung). Therefore, unlike in most other modules, you cannot immediately enroll in one of the seminars. Instead, you will be prompted to select preferences. Places will be assigned by the system based on your choices. Please note that individual lecturers cannot enroll you in a seminar.
Before the first session, make sure to check which seminar you have been assigned to. For deadlines and further information on the process see here: https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/campusmanagement/N3InfoStudenten/Anmeldezeitraum/index.html
Requirements
To complete the module and receive the full credits students will have to attend regularly, participate in in-class discussions, submit three short written assignments and pass the final exam (90 minutes; at the end of term; based on both the lecture and the seminar).
Blackboard
There will be a Blackboard site for this course. Normally, courses which you sign up to via Campus Management should be added to your Blackboard account automatically. Please doublecheck. Also note that the individual Blackboard sites will become available only shortly before the start of the seminar.
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17300
Basic Course
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Introductory Module II: Introduction to English Linguistics
0042eA1.2-
17308
Lecture
V-Introduction to English Linguistics (Anatol Stefanowitsch)
Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-14)
Location: HFB/A Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
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17309
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to English Linguistics (Kirsten Middeke)
Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
Location: KL 32/202 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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17309x
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Linguistics (Kirsten Middeke)
Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
Location: KL 32/202 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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17311
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to English Linguistics II (Arne Werfel)
Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-14)
Location: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The aims of linguistics are to understand human communication, cognition and psychology and the evolution of languages as communication systems. Language is fascinating to study for its own sake, but a knowledge of linguistics is also extremely helpful for a range of other activities, for instance language teaching or translating/interpreting.
The seminars will introduce you to basic concepts and methods in linguistics. We will study phenomena on various levels of analysis (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax), with English as our primary object of investigation and occasional glances at other languages. You will be equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to read academic literature and to carry out linguistic analyses of your own in more advanced modules, and to pursue further studies in the discipline.
Credit requirements are:
- regular attendance
- regular active participation in discussions, based on weekly reading assignments and homework
- a written exam
The seminar is complemented by an obligatory lecture course and a tutorial.
- regular attendance
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17311x
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Linguistics (Arne Werfel)
Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-14)
Location: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The aims of linguistics are to understand human communication, cognition and psychology and the evolution of languages as communication systems. Language is fascinating to study for its own sake, but a knowledge of linguistics is also extremely helpful for a range of other activities, for instance language teaching or translating/interpreting.
The seminars will introduce you to basic concepts and methods in linguistics. We will study phenomena on various levels of analysis (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax), with English as our primary object of investigation and occasional glances at other languages. You will be equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to read academic literature and to carry out linguistic analyses of your own in more advanced modules, and to pursue further studies in the discipline.
Credit requirements are:
- regular attendance
- regular active participation in discussions, based on weekly reading assignments and homework
- a written exam
The seminar is complemented by an obligatory lecture course and a tutorial.
- regular attendance
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17312
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to English Linguistics (Rosa Hesse)
Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
Location: JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The aims of linguistics are to understand human communication, cognition and psychology and the evolution of languages as communication systems. Language is fascinating to study for its own sake, but a knowledge of linguistics is also extremely helpful for a range of other activities, for instance language teaching or translating/interpreting.
The seminars will introduce you to basic concepts and methods in linguistics. We will study phenomena on various levels of analysis (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax), with English as our primary object of investigation and occasional glances at other languages. You will be equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to read academic literature and to carry out linguistic analyses of your own in more advanced modules, and to pursue further studies in the discipline.
Credit requirements are:
- regular attendance
- regular active participation in discussions, based on weekly reading assignments and homework
- a written exam
The seminar is complemented by an obligatory lecture course and a tutorial.
- regular attendance
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17312x
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Linguistics (Rosa Hesse)
Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
Location: JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The aims of linguistics are to understand human communication, cognition and psychology and the evolution of languages as communication systems. Language is fascinating to study for its own sake, but a knowledge of linguistics is also extremely helpful for a range of other activities, for instance language teaching or translating/interpreting.
The seminars will introduce you to basic concepts and methods in linguistics. We will study phenomena on various levels of analysis (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax), with English as our primary object of investigation and occasional glances at other languages. You will be equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to read academic literature and to carry out linguistic analyses of your own in more advanced modules, and to pursue further studies in the discipline.
Credit requirements are:
- regular attendance
- regular active participation in discussions, based on weekly reading assignments and homework
- a written exam
The seminar is complemented by an obligatory lecture course and a tutorial.
- regular attendance
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17308
Lecture
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Advanced Module I: Surveying English Literatures
0042eB1.1-
17318
Proseminar
PS-Surveying English Literatures: Queer Modernist Biographical Writing (Karoline-Rosina Strauch)
Schedule: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
Location: KL 32/202 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
In 2020, biographer Diana Souhami published the book “No Modernism Without Lesbians” (Head of Zeus, 2020) emphasising the importance of queer women and gender non-conforming people in the modernist literary landscape. Souhami briefly traces the lives of four influential modernists: Sylvia Beach, Gertrude Stein, Natalie Barney, and Bryher to illustrate their queerness and achievements. Her book challenges the androcentric modernist canon and attempts to reframe modernist history. This however is not the only attempt to remember or to be remembered, as many queer modernists themselves turned to modes of biographical writing to make sure they, their peers, and their work would not be forgotten.
This course looks at different sub-genres of life-writing and how different modernists used them to write (queer) history. We examine the differences between biography, (fictionalised) autobiography, memoir, roman à clef, etc. and explore what censorship and libel laws of the early twentieth century meant when it came to publishing (explicitly) queer biographical content. Moreover, we will talk about the issue of fact vs. fiction in biographical material and investigate queer memorial practices through ‘archival activism’.
In addition to material made available on Blackboard during the semester, we will read:
Barney, Natalie. Women Lovers, or the Third Woman. University of Wisconsin Press, 2019. (The book is available online via Primo)
Beach, Sylvia. Shakespeare and Company. Combined Academic Publishing, 1991.
Souhami, Diana. No Modernism Without Lesbians. Head of Zeus, 2020.
Woolf, Virginia. Orlando. Vintage Classics, 2016. (Other editions of the novel are also fine)
Please read the section on Sylvia Beach in Diana Souhami’s No Modernism Without Lesbians before the first class.
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17319
Proseminar
PS-Surveying English Literatures: Forming Poetry (Jordan Schnee)
Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
Location: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
Against the backdrop of the rise of free verse, the 20th century also saw a movement towards extremely constrained writing. This seminar examines form writing in English with a focus on contemporary manifestations. Some questions we will explore in the course are: How does form potentiate poetry? Does form help writers address traumatic topics? How do “difficult” constraints paradoxically create bountiful possibilities for writers and readers?
In this course, after a review of different poetic forms and how to identify them, we will read the books Darkling by Anna Rabinowitz and parts of Eunoia and The Xenotext I by Christian Bök. We will also get acquainted with Roland Barthes’ theories and look at contemporary English form poetry publisher Penteract Press.
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17320
Proseminar
PS-Surveying English Literatures: Wilkie Collins (Jan-Peer Hartmann)
Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-14)
Location: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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17321
Proseminar
PS-Surveying English Literatures (Marie Catherine Menzel)
Schedule: Di 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
Location: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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17318
Proseminar
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Advanced Module II: Introduction to Cultural Studies
0042eB1.2-
17324
Basic Course
GK-Introduction to Cultural Studies (Sabine Schülting)
Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
Location: Hs 1a Hörsaal (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
The course will give an overview of the questions, main approaches, and terminology of Cultural Studies. After a clarification of what we mean when we speak of ‘culture’ and a brief sketch of the historical development of (British) Cultural Studies, the course will focus on contemporary cultural phenomena (e.g. Britishness, cultural identity, constructions of gender and race, popular culture, etc.) as represented in different genres and media. These topics will serve as examples for an introduction to the basic theories and methods in Cultural Studies. The course will thus lay the foundation for the seminars in this module as well as in the “Culture – Gender – Media” module.
The course will be organised as a series of weekly lectures with discussion.
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17326
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Cultural Studies: Scotland today (Cordula Lemke)
Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
Location: KL 32/202 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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17327
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Cultural Studies: Remediating Jekyll and Hyde (Cordula Lemke)
Schedule: Mo 18:00-20:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-14)
Location: KL 32/102 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
Scottish folk tales have always been haunted by ghosts, witches or the devil – and these creatures haunt Scottish literature up to this day. One of the most persistent is the Doppelgänger. It has always been fascinating to writers, but it certainly reached a peak in the nineteenth century. In this period of high moral standards and utilitarian business acumen, questions of how to distinguish between good and evil became more and more pertinent to society – and incidents where moral categories collapsed were as much feared as a financial break-down. In this seminar we will follow the most famous pair, Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, through different media.
Text:
Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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17328
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Cultural Studies: Screen Adaptations: Tracing Theories and Trajectories from the Cinema to Streaming Platforms (Maximilian Stobbe)
Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
Location: KL 32/202 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
As a field in which to practice working with the toolkit of cultural studies, screen adaptations offer a uniquely rich nexus – not least due to their enduring ubiquity and popularity, but also because they intersect with numerous different dimensions of cultural production. An in-depth look at any screen adaptation invites an engagement not only with the final audiovisual product, but also with questions of its medium specificity, its cultural capital, its imagined audience, its historical context, its position among other related adaptations, and its degree of “fidelity” – a highly contested notion in and of itself. Is there such a thing as a faithful adaptation? How are source texts transformed in their move from one medium to another? And on a broader scale: How has the practice of screen adaptation itself transformed in recent times? Are social media and platforms such as Netflix responsible for, as Harper Bullard (2023) puts it, “chang[ing] the world of book adaptation”? Before delving thoroughly into these and related questions, this seminar will start by familiarizing students with influential approaches to the study of adaptation by theorists such as Linda Hutcheon, Sarah Cardwell, and Eckart Voigts. We will then move through a selection of adaptations with different textual constellations, comprising media transfers such as: Booker prize novel to (heritage) film, children’s book to film, short story to short film, canonical novella to Netflix series, and graphic novel to Netflix series. The curriculum will explore, but is not limited to: The Remains of the Day (1993 film based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s 1989 novel), Coraline (2009 film based on Neil Gaiman’s 2002 children’s book), The Sense of an Ending (2017 film based on Julian Barnes’s 2011 novel), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020 Netflix miniseries based on Henry James’s 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw), season 1 of Heartstopper (2022 Netflix adaptation of Alice Oseman’s 2016 graphic novel), and the 2023 Netflix collection of short films The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (based on a number of Roald Dahl short stories from the 1970s). In class, we will also try to identify at least one other recent adaptation that the majority of students would like to examine later in the semester.
An organizational note: Many of the adaptations we will focus on are found on Netflix; students are therefore advised to ensure access to it to adequately participate in this course. Given the sizeable number of texts and adaptations we will consider, students are also encouraged to read and watch as much of the abovementioned material as possible before the third week of the semester.
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17329
Proseminar
PS-Introduction to Cultural Studies: Cultural Studies and Sexuality: Philosophy of the Bedroom (Claudia Lorraine Rumson)
Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
Location: KL 29/208 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
What could be sexier than a big thick juicy book of cultural theory? Since the beginning of cultural studies as a discipline, issues of sexuality have occupied a place of particular interest. When and why is sex taboo? Who gets to determine what kind of sexuality is acceptable? How does sex relate to power? How do representations of sex in media affect people’s wellbeing?
In this course, we will be unpacking the work of philosophers and cultural studies theorists who have written about sex, and asking what they can tell us about culture today. We will be giving a particular focus to cultural theory and narratives related to monogamy and non-monogamy. You will practice reading and interpreting cultural theory, while also becoming familiar with different schools of thought about sexuality, and applying theory to your own analysis of cultural texts.
Readings will be made available on Blackboard prior to the start of the course. Full credit can be obtained on the basis of regular participation in class discussions, reflection assignments, and the eventual submission of a research paper of approximately 2000 words.
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17324
Basic Course
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Advanced Module III: Medieval English Literatures
0042eB1.3-
17330
Proseminar
PS-Medieval English Literatures: Medieval Short Poems (Wolfram Keller)
Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
Location: KL 32/202 Übungsraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
This seminar is meant to familiarize students with a variety of short medieval poems, both in Old English and Middle English. Following a few sessions devoted to literary-historical and generic questions, we shall start discussing Old English riddles and elegies, such as The Ruin and The Wanderer/i>. We shall then consider different kinds of Middle English poetry, including both secular (courtly lyrics and love poetry) as well as moral/devotional poetry. The discussions of the individual poems will be primarily text based (close reading), occasionally supplemented by relevant critical essays. A preliminary reading list will be available at the beginning of the semester.
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17331
Proseminar
PS-Medieval English Literatures: Old English Verse (Lea von der Linde)
Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
Location: JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
Comments
Old English was the language spoken and preserved in written texts up to the mid-eleventh century CE in the regions of the British Isles that today make up England and parts of Scotland. It developed from the languages spoken by Germanic peoples from the continental mainland and presents the earliest precursor of Modern English.
In this course, we will focus on Old English texts written in verse, exploring their themes, styles, meanings, and the challenges of dealing with a language surviving only in a small number of often unique and damaged manuscripts. Texts we will be reading include heroic poetry, such as Beowulf, elegies, as well as Old English versions of Biblical texts. Students will be introduced to the grammar and pronunciation of Old English and will use their knowledge to work with the original texts alongside Modern English translations. Over the course of the semester, students will also produce short translations of their own.
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17332
Proseminar
PS-Medieval English Literatures: Medievalism (Peter Löffelbein)
Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-17)
Location: J 32/102 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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17330
Proseminar
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Advanced Module IV: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
0042eB1.4-
17335
Lecture
V-Levels of Linguistic Analysis (Anatol Stefanowitsch)
Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
Location: HFB/C Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
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17337
Proseminar
PS-Levels of Linguistic Analysis II: From Lexicon to Grammar (Kirsten Middeke)
Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-16)
Location: J 32/102 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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17339
Proseminar
PS-Levels of Linguistic Analysis: From Lexicon to Grammar (Elif Kara)
Schedule: Di 08:00-10:00 (Class starts on: 2024-10-15)
Location: JK 27/106 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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17335
Lecture
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English Didactics: Selected Topics 0199bA1.1
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English Didactics: Development, Research, and Evaluation (Variation 1) 0199bA1.4
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Student Teaching Lab: English (Subject 2) 0200bA1.6
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Advanced Module V: History of English 0042eB1.5
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Specialization Module D4: Culture - Gender - Media 0199bA1.10
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Specialization Module D5: Sociolinguistics and Varieties 0199bA1.11
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Specialization Module D6: Structure of English 0199bA1.12
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Specialization Module D7: Semantics and Pragmatics 0199bA1.13
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Specialization Module D8: Language Change 0199bA1.14
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Learner Language English 0199bA1.2
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Writing and Oral Language Skills in the Classroom (English) 0199bA1.3
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Specialization Module D1: Modernity and Alterity in the Literatures of Medieval Britain 0199bA1.7
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Specialization Module D2: Literary Studies: Periods - Genres - Concepts 0199bA1.8
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Specialization Module D3: Colonial and Postcolonial Literatures 0199bA1.9
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