Annotated courses
Overall view – summer semester 2025
SLK-BA-AA-B-S
(Basismodul: Grundlagen Sprachwissenschaft)
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Introductory course – [Ling - Eichhorn] Introduction to Diachronic Linguistics
- Teacher
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- Martin Eichhorn
- Max attendee capacity
- 100
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 3rd double period HSZ/0304/Z In-person - Description
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The class is part of the linguistics module for all first year students (as an alternative to "Introduction to Synchronic Linguistics").
You will be given an overview of historical developments of the English language. We
will cover the fields of phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics from the point of view of their systematic historical developments that have led to Present Day English. Simultaneously you will be introduced to the basic tools of linguistic analysis and description that are valid both for the synchronic and the diachronic approach.
By the end of the class you will have acquired the linguistic tools to analyse speech
phenomena at a basic level. Moreover, you will have become familiar with the major
developments in the history of English. You are thus provided with the competence to apply basic analytic procedures to historical as well as modern texts and to attend further classes in historical linguistics and/or medieval studies.
The introductory course is accompanied by a tutorial (1 h per week). The specific time
slots will be announced in the first session.
Accompanying Tutorials: tba - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-S – Basismodul: Grundlagen Sprachwissenschaft
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Exercise – [Ling - Eichhorn] - Linguistics and Fantasy
- Teacher
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- Martin Eichhorn
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Thursday 1st double period W48/0101/U In-person - Description
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A story can be no greater than its creator, but together they forge new ground, becoming far more than either alone – Even long before people started writing their stories down, old tales had been invented, narrated, and re-narrated making fantasy as old as human culture. Originally, these fantastic narratives have never been a mere children's diversion but they offered morals, values and much more. Today, however, an unfortunate multitude of people look down upon or even doubt fantasy as a form of meaningful art.
This seminar will offer a linguistic introduction into the vast field of fantasy. We will
investigate the serious linguistic aspects related to selected works of fantasy, from old
fairy-tales up to more recent bestsellers such as Tolkien's works or Game of Thrones. We will also devote some time to the study of selected invented languages as well as
corresponding writing systems. Thus, this seminar will grant us a linguistic access to a
topic that is usually reserved for Literary Studies and, therefore, forge interdisciplinary
links.
Participants are expected to be prepared and work actively. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-S – Basismodul: Grundlagen Sprachwissenschaft
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Exercise – [Ling - Eichhorn] - Inventing Languages
- Teacher
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- Martin Eichhorn
- Max attendee capacity
- 30
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
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Date Clock time Place Event format to ABS/105 In-person to ABS/214 In-person to GER/0039 In-person - Description
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This seminar attempts to follow in the footsteps of luminaries such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Marc Okrand, or David Joshua Peterson. They all went from studying (living) languages to using this very knowledge to create artificial languages for the most different of peoples and cultural backgrounds. In this course, we shall shed some light on their methods and, finally, the participants will be asked to become linguistically creative to develop their own (rudimentary) artificial language.
The course will consist of theoretical as well as practical phases. In the first, the structure of languages will be analysed on all levels, starting with phonemes up to syntax, language typology, and etymologies. This will be the foundation on which we will look into some selected artificial languages and their grammars.
In the practical part of the seminar, the participants will then be asked to form groups and use the gained theoretical knowledge actively in creating their own language. Due to the structure of the seminar, participants are expected to work actively and independently. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-S – Basismodul: Grundlagen Sprachwissenschaft
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Exercise – [Ling - Spieß genannt Bongard] - Exploring the sounds of English
- Teacher
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- Maja Spieß genannt Bongard
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 4th double period ABS/2-07/U In-person - Description
- There are nearly 400 million native speakers of English worldwide and many who speak it as a second or foreign language, making it one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Despite speaking the same language, some English speakers may struggle to understand each other and so it might happen that, for instance, a speaker from Los Angeles can hardly follow a speaker from Glasgow in a conversation. Each variety of English has a distinctive sound that distinguishes it from others. This class will delve into the sound – or rather the sounds – of selected varieties of the English language, as well as explore their historical background.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-S – Basismodul: Grundlagen Sprachwissenschaft
SLK-BA-AA-B-L
(Basismodul: Grundlagen anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft)
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Exercise – [AmLit - Engelmann-Kewitz] - Queerness and Radical Thought for Future Visions of America
- Teacher
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- Svenja Engelmann-Kewitz
- Max attendee capacity
- 28
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 4.4.2024 11:00 Uhr
- Appointments
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Date Clock time Place Event format – W48/001 In-person - Description
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The current political efforts of eradicating queer visibility are not new in U.S. contexts. For a long time, queer scholars, artists and writers have asked, and continue to ask: What might a radically different future for America look like through the lens of queerness? How can queerness help to push boundaries and open up possibilities for a future that is more just, inclusive, and radically imaginative?
In this compact course, we aim to make these visions, quite literally, audible. In collaboration with the SLUB podcast studio, we will familiarize ourselves with the equipment, software and skills necessary to create a podcast. Through queer literature, theory and philosophy, we will (re)imagine the future and explore how queerness has shaped, and continues to shape, alternative visions of society, politics, and identity in the U.S. By reading fiction, non-fiction, and foundational queer theoretical texts, we’ll critically examine the ways in which queer thinkers have challenged dominant norms and proposed new ways of being, living, and relating full of radical possibilities. Thus, throughout this compact course, we will create a short podcast series on “Queerness and Radical Thought for Future Visions of America,” which will explore the intersections of queerness with radical thought.
Please note: this is an intensive compact course that requires a high level of time management and dedication from students, as well as efficient and thorough in-depth preparation for sessions at home. Additionally, we will read texts in this course which contain references to sexual violence, racism and hate crimes.
Fr., 11.04., 09:00-12:30 Uhr
Fr., 25.04., 09:00-12:30 Uhr, 15.00-18.00 Uhr
Fr., 09.05., 09:00-12:30 Uhr, 15.00-18.00 Uhr
Sa., 10.05., 10:00-17:00 Uhr,
Fr., 16,05., 09:00-12.30 Uhr, 15:00-18:00 Uhr
Fr., 23.05. 09:00-12.30 Uhr, 15:00-18:00 Uhr
Sa., 24.05. 10.00-13.00 Uhr - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-L – Basismodul: Grundlagen anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft
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Exercise – [BritLit - Mavengano] - ‘We’ve Got the Power’: African Women Writers and the Call for New Voices and Visions
- Teacher
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- Dr. Esther Mavengano
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Enroll via url
- Enrollment deadline
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 4th double period W48/0101/U In-person - Description
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The African literary landscape has been deeply shaped by its colonial history, the struggle for independence and the subsequent socioeconomic-political challenges. Within this context, African women writers have emerged as powerful voices, whose works present unique perspectives on migration, national and transnational consciousness, conditions of African womanhood and power imbalances, challenging dominant narratives that undermine the common well-being.
This seminar explores the literary contributions of Chika Unigwe and NoViolet Bulawayo who are among the most prominent female African authors in the twenty-first century and have attracted critical attention at both regional and international levels. Through a close reading of On Black Sisters’ Street (2009) and We Need New Names (2013) we will critically engage with questions of power pertaining to matters of audience, voice, and agency. In doing so, we will specifically discuss issues of identity, language and representation, and new visions of humanity tendered in African women´s writing. - Literature
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- In preparation for the seminar, please buy and read:
- Bulawayo, NoViolet (2013). We Need New Names. London: Chatto & Windus. ISBN. 978-0-09-958188-8. Libri GmbH
- Unigwe, Chika (2009). On Black Sisters’ Street. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 10 0099523949·
- Additional material will be provided during the term. Please sign up for this class via OPAL.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-L – Basismodul: Grundlagen anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft
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Exercise – [BritLit - Schmidt] – ‘There Are Two Sides to Every Story’: The Power of Storytelling in (Post-)Civil War Sri Lanka
- Teacher
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- Céline Schmidt
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Enroll via url
- Enrollment deadline
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Thursday 5th double period W48/0004/U In-person - Description
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Lasting for nearly three decades and only ending in 2009, the Sri Lankan civil war is considered one of the most gruesome armed conflicts in recent history. Although it has been repeatedly framed as the violent power struggle between two of the island’s most prominent ethnic groups, literature about the war has highlighted its multi-faceted nature, drawing attention to numerous smaller conflicts and points of struggle on a collective, national as well as individual, and even international, level.
Through a close reading of Nayomi Munaweera’s Island of a Thousand Mirrors (2012), this seminar examines the role and potential of art and literature in contexts of violent conflict. Primarily drawing on Michel Foucault’s conceptualisations of power, the discussion will focus on individual as well as collective economic, social, and political agendas related to the island’s conflict situation, the relation between violence and hate, issues of class, gender, ethnicity and age, and problems of nation-building and national identity. - Literature
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- Please buy and read:
- Munaweera, Nayomi (2012/2016). Island of a Thousand Mirrors. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin. [ISBN 978-1-250-05187-5]
- Additional material will be provided during the term. Please sign up for this class via OPAL.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-L – Basismodul: Grundlagen anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft
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Introductory course – [BritLit - Röber] - Introduction to British Literary Studies
- Teacher
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- Franziska Röber
- Max attendee capacity
- 140
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Enroll via url
- Enrollment deadline
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 5th double period ABS/0E08/H In-person - Description
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This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the methods of literary analysis and concepts of literary theory. It will introduce students to central issues in the study of literary texts, such as basic narrative elements, and will discuss the three major textual genres, as well as film and its terminology. The introduction gives an overview of the most important periods of Literatures in English, and raises issues of key literary theories. The course pays special attention to questions such as: What is literature and what is a text? How do we identify and read a text? What is the role of theory in reading literary texts? What are story, plot, point of view, and setting?
We will apply these concepts and categories to various examples, including classic texts, contemporary poetry, and popular culture. All necessary materials will be provided at the beginning of the semester (via OPAL). The introductory course is accompanied by a mandatory tutorial. The time slots will be announced at the beginning of the semester. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-L – Basismodul: Grundlagen anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft
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Exercise – [BritLit - Röber] – Murder, Mayhem, Mystery: A Critical Perspective on Crime Fiction
- Teacher
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- Franziska Röber
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Enroll via url
- Enrollment deadline
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 2nd double period W48/0101/U In-person - Description
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When The Cuckoo’s Calling was published in 2013 under the name Robert Galbraith, it received a decidedly lukewarm response. Reviews were scarce, and critics were divided on whether its protagonist – Cormoran Strike, a one-legged, down-on-his-luck, curmudgeonly private detective – was a refreshing take on the genre or merely an overly familiar trope. On the brink of being relegated to the bargain bin, the novel became an overnight bestseller when its true author was revealed to be J.K.R owling who had – once again – resorted to using a pseudonym aiming to distance herself from her Harry Potter fame and to navigate a genre traditionally dominated by male authors.
In this seminar, we will critically examine British detective fiction, exploring excerpts from authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. We will analyse the genre’s conventions and consider how The Cuckoo’s Calling interacts with and challenges these traditions. We will also explore broader questions of authorship, the "Death of the Author", and transformative works as a form of "writing back." Additionally, we will analyse how the novel addresses themes of nationality, gender, age, class, ethnicity, and sexuality. - Literature
- The texts will be provided in the beginning of the semester.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-L – Basismodul: Grundlagen anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft
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Exercise – [AmLit - Ingwersen] - American Dystopia
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Moritz Ingwersen
- Max attendee capacity
- 28
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 4.4.2025 11:00 Uhr
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 4th double period W48/003 In-person - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-L – Basismodul: Grundlagen anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft
SLK-BA-AA-B-K
(Basismodul: Grundlagen anglistische/amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft)
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Exercise – [AmCult - Aydin] - Indigenous Experiences on Turtle Island
- Teacher
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- Can Aydin
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL 4.14.25 ab 12 Uhr
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 3rd double period BSS/0E41/U In-person - Description
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North America or Turtle Island, as many Indigenous populations have named the continent, is home to hundreds of Indigenous groups with distinct languages, cultures, religions, and societal structures. Even though each Indigenous community is unique, they all share a crucial historical experience, namely settler colonialism. There is not a single Indigenous group on Turtle Island that did not experience settler colonialism and the forms of systemic violence accompanying it one way or the other. Patrick Wolfe famously argued that settler colonialism is a “structure rather than an event” (390), highlighting its scope, depth, and ongoing impact on the daily lives of Indigenous peoples globally. In this seminar, we will look at how Indigenous peoples respond, resist, make fun of, disrupt, and overall complicate the settler colonial project. We will zoom in on particular events and Indigenous cultural works as responses in the history of the US and Canada. Moreover, we will look at Hollywood’s fascination with Indigeneity in the twentieth century, the Native American occupation of Alcatraz of 1969, the role of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and more. Additionally, we will address the “Indianthusiam” in Germany and more broadly in Europe, as manifested in Karl May’s Winnetou and Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin, among others. We will set the scene with terminology and definitions, then move to more specific themes such as institutional interventions, i.e., allotment and the assimilation era and residential schools. We will also take a closer look at Indigenous stereotypes such as the “noble savage” and discuss Hollywood’s role in making these stereotypes mainstream.
Works Cited
Wolfe, Patrick. “Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native.” Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 8, no. 4, 2006, pp. 387–409. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623520601056240. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-K – Basismodul: Grundlagen anglistische/amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft
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Exercise – [AmCult - Druschke] - Hegemony and Resistance: The Changing Faces of American Empire
- Teacher
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- Paul Druschke
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL 4.4.24 ab 12 Uhr
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 4th double period BSS/0E41/U In-person - Description
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From their beginnings as revolutionary colonies on the East Coast, the expansionists of the United States legitimized the new republic’s territorial ambitions with ideologies, destinies, and narratives that continuously adapted to changing circumstances and prospects. While the 19th century saw the conquest of the North American continent and the acquisition of overseas territories, American imperialism did not end there. Instead, it evolved, taking on new forms in the 20th and 21st centuries—from military interventions and economic dominance to cultural hegemony and strategic territorial claims. Despite its historical criticism of ‘Old World’ colonialism, the United States has continuously expanded its influence beyond its borders, often in the name of democracy, security, or economic opportunity.
This seminar examines the transformation of the “American Empire” from the 19th century to today, with a focus on both hegemony and resistance. We will explore key moments of imperial expansion, from Manifest Destiny and the Spanish-American War to more contemporary geopolitical struggles. Special attention will be paid to anti-imperialist movements, both past and present, and to recent debates surrounding U.S. territorial ambitions, including the rhetoric and policies of the second Trump presidency.
Participants are expected to engage with the contents of the seminar actively and critically. This includes the work on given as well as independently researched literature, the work on assignments as well as the active participation in all other course elements.
This course is supported by the lecturer’s original research conducted at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
Workload, Assignments, and Grading:
(cf. Studienordnungen)
The in-person seminar is based on weekly readings and in-class discussion.
Students with disabilities will be appropriately accommodated and should inform the lecturer of their needs in advance. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-K – Basismodul: Grundlagen anglistische/amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft
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Introductory course – [BritCult - Neder] - Introduction to British Cultural Studies
- Teacher
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- Judith Neder
- Max attendee capacity
- 150
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/31574065161/CourseNode/1628044732302642003
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 3rd double period HSZ/0401/H In-person - Description
- The interdisciplinary field of British Cultural Studies is concerned with the ways in which culture is (re)produced, negotiated and challenged within intersecting power structures and social relations and the corresponding divisions and struggles. It offers a set of theories, texts and transdisciplinary approaches to analyse facets of (everyday) culture, especially with regard to their political dimensions. Thus, questions relating to representation, materialism, subjectivity, identity and difference/alterity, power and hegemony are central. This lecture serves as an introduction to influential theoretical concepts and methods of British Cultural Studies, such as signifying practices, ideology, discourse, identity categories like class, ‘race’, gender, sexuality and nationality, as well as their transformation over time. The course consists of a weekly lecture and is accompanied by mandatory one-hour tutorials.
- Literature
- Required reading will be made available via OPAL.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-K – Basismodul: Grundlagen anglistische/amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft
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Exercise – [BritCult - Jephocte] - A Window into Victorian Britain
- Teacher
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- Edgar Jephcote
- Max attendee capacity
- 50
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 12 Uhr bei OPAL
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Friday 4th double period – Online - Description
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While windows form the central theme of this seminar, they also serve as an effective framing device for exploring key aspects of Victorian British culture. Through this lens, various topics of Victorian cultural history can be explored, such as the railways, literary tourism, museums, galleries, and consumerism, considering also contributions by figures like Augustus Pugin, John Ruskin, and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in discussions of art and architecture.
Windows also appear as a popular motif in Victorian literature.
Therefore, brief references will be made also to novels, the works of which themselves operate as metaphorical windows into this cultural period (or as houses with many windows, as Henry James argued in his preface to The Portrait of a Lady). Using the window theme students will be encouraged to engage with various theoretical frameworks, such as liminality, gender, the Gothic, or spatial theory, fostering diverse approaches to perception, focalisation, and ways of seeing. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-B-K – Basismodul: Grundlagen anglistische/amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft
SLK-BA-AA-SP1
(Language Competences – Pronunciation/Intonation/Grammar)
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Language learning seminar – Pronunciation/Intonation British English
- Teacher
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- Sandra Erdmann
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8175812614/CourseNode/91073294594224
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 2nd double period SE2/123/U In-person - Description
- This ‘kombinierte Sprachprüfung’ concentrates on pronunciation and intonation skills but also involves competence in grammar. There are two exam sections, an oral exam, which tests spoken language skills, and a written exam, which tests: (1) phonetic transcription (2) the usage of verbs and tenses, as well the explanation of rules using grammatical terminology Students have to choose between British and American English but the course content is very similar. Regarding pronunciation and intonation, we aim to identify the students’ problem areas, tune in students’ ears to pronunciation style and speech rhythm (stress patterns, weak forms, linking), provide practical information on articulatory phonetics and (some) phonology of English, practise interpreting and writing passages in phonetic script, identify characteristic segmental and suprasegmental features in given (oral and/or written) passages, establish islands of perfection (speaking complex passages in near-perfect form) as stepping-stones to progress and improvement. The skills and knowledge gained here will be developed in the year two Listening and Speaking course. Parts of the seminars will be dedicated to practising and describing grammatical phenomena concerning verbs and tenses. Materials: 1) “The England Pronunciation Course” book and 2 CDs (€18) used in British English classes Book (and CDs) will be sold in class - please bring €18 to the first meeting 2) Other course materials: American English: Materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting British English: Script should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed.
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP1 – Language Competences – Pronunciation/Intonation/Grammar
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Language learning seminar – Pronunciation/Intonation American English
- Teacher
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- Sandra Erdmann
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/21606924288/CourseNode/100506510563955
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 3rd double period SE2/123 In-person - Description
- This ‘kombinierte Sprachprüfung’ concentrates on pronunciation and intonation skills but also involves competence in grammar. There are two exam sections, an oral exam, which tests spoken language skills, and a written exam, which tests: (1) phonetic transcription (2) the usage of verbs and tenses, as well the explanation of rules using grammatical terminology Students have to choose between British and American English but the course content is very similar. Regarding pronunciation and intonation, we aim to identify the students’ problem areas, tune in students’ ears to pronunciation style and speech rhythm (stress patterns, weak forms, linking), provide practical information on articulatory phonetics and (some) phonology of English, practise interpreting and writing passages in phonetic script, identify characteristic segmental and suprasegmental features in given (oral and/or written) passages, establish islands of perfection (speaking complex passages in near-perfect form) as stepping-stones to progress and improvement. The skills and knowledge gained here will be developed in the year two Listening and Speaking course. Parts of the seminars will be dedicated to practising and describing grammatical phenomena concerning verbs and tenses. Materials: 1) “The England Pronunciation Course” book and 2 CDs (€18) used in British English classes Book (and CDs) will be sold in class - please bring €18 to the first meeting 2) Other course materials: American English: Materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting British English: Script should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed.
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP1 – Language Competences – Pronunciation/Intonation/Grammar
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Language learning seminar – Pronunciation/Intonation American English
- Teacher
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- Sandra Erdmann
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/21606924288/CourseNode/100506510563955
- Enrollment deadline
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 5th double period SE2/123 In-person - Description
- This ‘kombinierte Sprachprüfung’ concentrates on pronunciation and intonation skills but also involves competence in grammar. There are two exam sections, an oral exam, which tests spoken language skills, and a written exam, which tests: (1) phonetic transcription (2) the usage of verbs and tenses, as well the explanation of rules using grammatical terminology Students have to choose between British and American English but the course content is very similar. Regarding pronunciation and intonation, we aim to identify the students’ problem areas, tune in students’ ears to pronunciation style and speech rhythm (stress patterns, weak forms, linking), provide practical information on articulatory phonetics and (some) phonology of English, practise interpreting and writing passages in phonetic script, identify characteristic segmental and suprasegmental features in given (oral and/or written) passages, establish islands of perfection (speaking complex passages in near-perfect form) as stepping-stones to progress and improvement. The skills and knowledge gained here will be developed in the year two Listening and Speaking course. Parts of the seminars will be dedicated to practising and describing grammatical phenomena concerning verbs and tenses. Materials: 1) “The England Pronunciation Course” book and 2 CDs (€18) used in British English classes Book (and CDs) will be sold in class - please bring €18 to the first meeting 2) Other course materials: American English: Materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting British English: Script should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP1 – Language Competences – Pronunciation/Intonation/Grammar
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Language learning seminar – Pronunciation/Intonation British English
- Teacher
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- Sandra Erdmann
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8175812614/CourseNode/91073294594224
- Enrollment deadline
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- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 3rd double period SE2/123/U In-person - Description
- This ‘kombinierte Sprachprüfung’ concentrates on pronunciation and intonation skills but also involves competence in grammar. There are two exam sections, an oral exam, which tests spoken language skills, and a written exam, which tests: (1) phonetic transcription (2) the usage of verbs and tenses, as well the explanation of rules using grammatical terminology Students have to choose between British and American English but the course content is very similar. Regarding pronunciation and intonation, we aim to identify the students’ problem areas, tune in students’ ears to pronunciation style and speech rhythm (stress patterns, weak forms, linking), provide practical information on articulatory phonetics and (some) phonology of English, practise interpreting and writing passages in phonetic script, identify characteristic segmental and suprasegmental features in given (oral and/or written) passages, establish islands of perfection (speaking complex passages in near-perfect form) as stepping-stones to progress and improvement. The skills and knowledge gained here will be developed in the year two Listening and Speaking course. Parts of the seminars will be dedicated to practising and describing grammatical phenomena concerning verbs and tenses. Materials: 1) “The England Pronunciation Course” book and 2 CDs (€18) used in British English classes Book (and CDs) will be sold in class - please bring €18 to the first meeting 2) Other course materials: American English: Materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting British English: Script should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP1 – Language Competences – Pronunciation/Intonation/Grammar
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Language learning seminar – Grammar
- Teacher
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- Sandra Erdmann
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892164/CourseNode/91134119604219
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Wednesday 3rd double period SE2/123 In-person - Description
- This course deals with basic and advanced grammar concepts and targets the particular problems foreigners in general and Germans in particular commonly have with English grammar. This course builds on the knowledge of grammar gained at school, but whereas “Abitur” classes often concentrate on communicative skills, this university course will focus on accuracy and knowledge of grammatical structures. Although students have encountered and practised most aspects of English grammar at school, many do not control them well. Using a contrastive approach, this class will address the English verb system, the peculiarities of nouns and their determiners, part-of-speech analysis, parsing, gerunds vs. infinitives, collocations, phrasal verbs, types of subordinate clauses, modal verbs, word order (inversion etc), and adjective vs. adverb problems. Exercises will include: gap-filling, transformations, error correction, translation and sentence analysis. Since the philosophy of the class is partly based on a contrastive approach, translation from German into English will also play a role. Reference books will be recommended in class. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP1 – Language Competences – Pronunciation/Intonation/Grammar
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Language learning seminar – Grammar
- Teacher
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- Andrea Stubenrauch
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892164/CourseNode/91134119604219
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 5th double period – Online - Description
- This course deals with basic and advanced grammar concepts and targets the particular problems foreigners in general and Germans in particular commonly have with English grammar. This course builds on the knowledge of grammar gained at school, but whereas “Abitur” classes often concentrate on communicative skills, this university course will focus on accuracy and knowledge of grammatical structures. Although students have encountered and practised most aspects of English grammar at school, many do not control them well. Using a contrastive approach, this class will address the English verb system, the peculiarities of nouns and their determiners, part-of-speech analysis, parsing, gerunds vs. infinitives, collocations, phrasal verbs, types of subordinate clauses, modal verbs, word order (inversion etc), and adjective vs. adverb problems. Exercises will include: gap-filling, transformations, error correction, translation and sentence analysis. Since the philosophy of the class is partly based on a contrastive approach, translation from German into English will also play a role. Reference books will be recommended in class. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP1 – Language Competences – Pronunciation/Intonation/Grammar
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Language learning seminar – Grammar
- Teacher
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- Andrea Stubenrauch
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892164/CourseNode/91134119604219
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 2nd double period BSS/133/U In-person - Description
- This course deals with basic and advanced grammar concepts and targets the particular problems foreigners in general and Germans in particular commonly have with English grammar. This course builds on the knowledge of grammar gained at school, but whereas “Abitur” classes often concentrate on communicative skills, this university course will focus on accuracy and knowledge of grammatical structures. Although students have encountered and practised most aspects of English grammar at school, many do not control them well. Using a contrastive approach, this class will address the English verb system, the peculiarities of nouns and their determiners, part-of-speech analysis, parsing, gerunds vs. infinitives, collocations, phrasal verbs, types of subordinate clauses, modal verbs, word order (inversion etc), and adjective vs. adverb problems. Exercises will include: gap-filling, transformations, error correction, translation and sentence analysis. Since the philosophy of the class is partly based on a contrastive approach, translation from German into English will also play a role. Reference books will be recommended in class. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP1 – Language Competences – Pronunciation/Intonation/Grammar
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Language learning seminar – Grammar
- Teacher
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- Michael Calabranno Pérez
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892164/CourseNode/91134119604219
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Thursday 5th double period BSS/0E41/U In-person - Description
- This course deals with basic and advanced grammar concepts and targets the particular problems foreigners in general and Germans in particular commonly have with English grammar. This course builds on the knowledge of grammar gained at school, but whereas “Abitur” classes often concentrate on communicative skills, this university course will focus on accuracy and knowledge of grammatical structures. Although students have encountered and practised most aspects of English grammar at school, many do not control them well. Using a contrastive approach, this class will address the English verb system, the peculiarities of nouns and their determiners, part-of-speech analysis, parsing, gerunds vs. infinitives, collocations, phrasal verbs, types of subordinate clauses, modal verbs, word order (inversion etc), and adjective vs. adverb problems. Exercises will include: gap-filling, transformations, error correction, translation and sentence analysis. Since the philosophy of the class is partly based on a contrastive approach, translation from German into English will also play a role. Reference books will be recommended in class. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP1 – Language Competences – Pronunciation/Intonation/Grammar
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Language learning seminar – Grammar
- Teacher
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- Michael Calabranno Pérez
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892164/CourseNode/91134119604219
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Friday 2nd double period SE2/201/H In-person - Description
- This course deals with basic and advanced grammar concepts and targets the particular problems foreigners in general and Germans in particular commonly have with English grammar. This course builds on the knowledge of grammar gained at school, but whereas “Abitur” classes often concentrate on communicative skills, this university course will focus on accuracy and knowledge of grammatical structures. Although students have encountered and practised most aspects of English grammar at school, many do not control them well. Using a contrastive approach, this class will address the English verb system, the peculiarities of nouns and their determiners, part-of-speech analysis, parsing, gerunds vs. infinitives, collocations, phrasal verbs, types of subordinate clauses, modal verbs, word order (inversion etc), and adjective vs. adverb problems. Exercises will include: gap-filling, transformations, error correction, translation and sentence analysis. Since the philosophy of the class is partly based on a contrastive approach, translation from German into English will also play a role. Reference books will be recommended in class. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP1 – Language Competences – Pronunciation/Intonation/Grammar
SLK-BA-AA-SP2
(Language Competences – Vocabulary/Listening/Speaking)
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Language learning seminar – Listening and Speaking
- Teacher
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- Sandra Erdmann
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892167/CourseNode/91134119631674
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Thursday 2nd double period SE2/123/U In-person - Description
- We recommend that students take this Listening and Speaking course before their period of residence in an English-speaking country. This course aims firstly to familiarise students with naturally spoken English and a variety of accents, thereby improving listening comprehension skills; secondly we aim to improve students' own general speaking skills by encouraging students to adopt aspects of what they hear from the listening exercises into their own speaking. Spoken language will be analysed in detail, especially those aspects which hinder comprehension e.g. contractions, linking, etc. The skills and knowledge practised and gained in Year 1 Pronunciation and Intonation will be further developed and refined. Students will also practise the rhetorical skills necessary in giving presentations and short talks. This part of the course should help students give better papers in other seminars. We shall also deal with grammatical problems as they occur. There will be two main tests: (1) a test in listening skills in the form of a written exam, and (2) a speaking test at the end of the semester. Materials: Materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the Pronunciation and Intonation course must already have been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP2 – Language Competences – Vocabulary/Listening/Speaking
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Language learning seminar – Listening and Speaking
- Teacher
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- Andrea Stubenrauch
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892167/CourseNode/91134119631674
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 1st double period BSS/133 In-person - Description
- We recommend that students take this Listening and Speaking course before their period of residence in an English-speaking country. This course aims firstly to familiarise students with naturally spoken English and a variety of accents, thereby improving listening comprehension skills; secondly we aim to improve students' own general speaking skills by encouraging students to adopt aspects of what they hear from the listening exercises into their own speaking. Spoken language will be analysed in detail, especially those aspects which hinder comprehension e.g. contractions, linking, etc. The skills and knowledge practised and gained in Year 1 Pronunciation and Intonation will be further developed and refined. Students will also practise the rhetorical skills necessary in giving presentations and short talks. This part of the course should help students give better papers in other seminars. We shall also deal with grammatical problems as they occur. There will be two main tests: (1) a test in listening skills in the form of a written exam, and (2) a speaking test at the end of the semester. Materials: Materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the Pronunciation and Intonation course must already have been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP2 – Language Competences – Vocabulary/Listening/Speaking
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Language learning seminar – Listening and Speaking
- Teacher
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- Andrea Stubenrauch
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892167/CourseNode/91134119631674
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 2nd double period BSS/133 In-person - Description
- We recommend that students take this Listening and Speaking course before their period of residence in an English-speaking country. This course aims firstly to familiarise students with naturally spoken English and a variety of accents, thereby improving listening comprehension skills; secondly we aim to improve students' own general speaking skills by encouraging students to adopt aspects of what they hear from the listening exercises into their own speaking. Spoken language will be analysed in detail, especially those aspects which hinder comprehension e.g. contractions, linking, etc. The skills and knowledge practised and gained in Year 1 Pronunciation and Intonation will be further developed and refined. Students will also practise the rhetorical skills necessary in giving presentations and short talks. This part of the course should help students give better papers in other seminars. We shall also deal with grammatical problems as they occur. There will be two main tests: (1) a test in listening skills in the form of a written exam, and (2) a speaking test at the end of the semester. Materials: Materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the Pronunciation and Intonation course must already have been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP2 – Language Competences – Vocabulary/Listening/Speaking
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Language learning seminar – Listening and Speaking
- Teacher
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- Andrea Stubenrauch
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892167/CourseNode/91134119631674
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Wednesday 3rd double period BSS/133 In-person - Description
- We recommend that students take this Listening and Speaking course before their period of residence in an English-speaking country. This course aims firstly to familiarise students with naturally spoken English and a variety of accents, thereby improving listening comprehension skills; secondly we aim to improve students' own general speaking skills by encouraging students to adopt aspects of what they hear from the listening exercises into their own speaking. Spoken language will be analysed in detail, especially those aspects which hinder comprehension e.g. contractions, linking, etc. The skills and knowledge practised and gained in Year 1 Pronunciation and Intonation will be further developed and refined. Students will also practise the rhetorical skills necessary in giving presentations and short talks. This part of the course should help students give better papers in other seminars. We shall also deal with grammatical problems as they occur. There will be two main tests: (1) a test in listening skills in the form of a written exam, and (2) a speaking test at the end of the semester. Materials: Materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the Pronunciation and Intonation course must already have been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP2 – Language Competences – Vocabulary/Listening/Speaking
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Language learning seminar – Vocabulary
- Teacher
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- Andrea Stubenrauch
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892165/CourseNode/91134119611086
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 3rd double period BSS/133/U In-person - Description
- The aims of this course are to raise awareness of lexical range and lexical variety (geographical, stylistic), to identify recurring lexical problem areas of German speakers of English (as far as practicable also of speakers of English with mother-tongues other than English), to improve personal performance in appropriateness, precision and range of lexical expression, to increase familiarity with deduction techniques, to provide some theoretical information on the structure of (English) vocabulary as far as of practical help, and to inform students about learning materials and techniques. In the course, students work on common problematic lexical areas, extract vocabulary (words, word groups) from texts, establish personal vocabulary lists, practise using dictionaries and thesauri, work out word fields, identify and use word formation processes, practise variations in range and variety of written and oral expression, and experiment with different learning techniques. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP2 – Language Competences – Vocabulary/Listening/Speaking
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Language learning seminar – Vocabulary
- Teacher
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- Michael Calabranno Pérez
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892165/CourseNode/91134119611086
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 1st double period W48/0102/U In-person - Description
- The aims of this course are to raise awareness of lexical range and lexical variety (geographical, stylistic), to identify recurring lexical problem areas of German speakers of English (as far as practicable also of speakers of English with mother-tongues other than English), to improve personal performance in appropriateness, precision and range of lexical expression, to increase familiarity with deduction techniques, to provide some theoretical information on the structure of (English) vocabulary as far as of practical help, and to inform students about learning materials and techniques. In the course, students work on common problematic lexical areas, extract vocabulary (words, word groups) from texts, establish personal vocabulary lists, practise using dictionaries and thesauri, work out word fields, identify and use word formation processes, practise variations in range and variety of written and oral expression, and experiment with different learning techniques. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP2 – Language Competences – Vocabulary/Listening/Speaking
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Language learning seminar – Vocabulary
- Teacher
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- Michael Calabranno Pérez
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892165/CourseNode/91134119611086
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Friday 4th double period SE2/0221/U In-person - Description
- The aims of this course are to raise awareness of lexical range and lexical variety (geographical, stylistic), to identify recurring lexical problem areas of German speakers of English (as far as practicable also of speakers of English with mother-tongues other than English), to improve personal performance in appropriateness, precision and range of lexical expression, to increase familiarity with deduction techniques, to provide some theoretical information on the structure of (English) vocabulary as far as of practical help, and to inform students about learning materials and techniques. In the course, students work on common problematic lexical areas, extract vocabulary (words, word groups) from texts, establish personal vocabulary lists, practise using dictionaries and thesauri, work out word fields, identify and use word formation processes, practise variations in range and variety of written and oral expression, and experiment with different learning techniques. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP2 – Language Competences – Vocabulary/Listening/Speaking
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Language learning seminar – Vocabulary
- Teacher
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- Marc Lalonde
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892165/CourseNode/91134119611086
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Wednesday 1st double period BSS/109/U In-person - Description
- The aims of this course are to raise awareness of lexical range and lexical variety (geographical, stylistic), to identify recurring lexical problem areas of German speakers of English (as far as practicable also of speakers of English with mother-tongues other than English), to improve personal performance in appropriateness, precision and range of lexical expression, to increase familiarity with deduction techniques, to provide some theoretical information on the structure of (English) vocabulary as far as of practical help, and to inform students about learning materials and techniques. In the course, students work on common problematic lexical areas, extract vocabulary (words, word groups) from texts, establish personal vocabulary lists, practise using dictionaries and thesauri, work out word fields, identify and use word formation processes, practise variations in range and variety of written and oral expression, and experiment with different learning techniques. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP2 – Language Competences – Vocabulary/Listening/Speaking
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Language learning seminar – Vocabulary
- Teacher
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- Marc Lalonde
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892165/CourseNode/91134119611086
- Enrollment deadline
- From
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Wednesday 2nd double period BSS/109/U In-person - Description
- The aims of this course are to raise awareness of lexical range and lexical variety (geographical, stylistic), to identify recurring lexical problem areas of German speakers of English (as far as practicable also of speakers of English with mother-tongues other than English), to improve personal performance in appropriateness, precision and range of lexical expression, to increase familiarity with deduction techniques, to provide some theoretical information on the structure of (English) vocabulary as far as of practical help, and to inform students about learning materials and techniques. In the course, students work on common problematic lexical areas, extract vocabulary (words, word groups) from texts, establish personal vocabulary lists, practise using dictionaries and thesauri, work out word fields, identify and use word formation processes, practise variations in range and variety of written and oral expression, and experiment with different learning techniques. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: the Entry Test must have been passed
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP2 – Language Competences – Vocabulary/Listening/Speaking
SLK-BA-AA-VM
(Überblicksmodul)
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Lecture – [Ling - Lange] - Postcolonial Englishes
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Claudia Lange
- Max attendee capacity
- 80
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Friday 3rd double period ABS/0E04/U In-person - Description
- The terms New Englishes, World Englishes, and Postcolonial Englishes allude to the rather obvious fact that English is a global language – but why Englishes rather than English? What is ‘new’ about the New Englishes, and what is the difference between the labels ‘New Englishes’ and ‘Postcolonial Englishes’? Who counts as a native speaker of English, and how do ‘new’ Englishes differ from the ‘old’? This lecture takes you through the fascinating history of the globalization of English and the ensuing social, political, cultural and linguistic consequences. In particular, we will explore the status, form and function of Englishes across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-VM – Überblicksmodul
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Lecture – [AmCult - Junker] - Key Texts in American Cultural History
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Max attendee capacity
- 70
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 4.4.2025 12:00 Uhr
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 4th double period HSZ/403/H In-person - Description
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This survey lecture course provides an overview of US cultural history from the early European colonization of North America to recent moments in a United States that will be considered in transnational perspective. It heightens an understanding of the dynamics of American cultural history by way of focusing on key texts that have contributed to shaping an understanding of it. The lecture takes canonical and uncanonized texts as points of departure for a survey of crucial periods, places, people, and issues in American cultural history, highlighting how these texts generate knowledge about freedom and equality, among other aspects, and how they shape various American counter/publics before and during the process of nation building. It also reflects on the medial and discursive forces that constitute these crucial American texts and shape effects on their times and beyond.
The lecture course begins in the first week of the semester. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-VM – Überblicksmodul
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Lecture – [AmLit - Ingwersen] - Issues in American Literature: Nature and Technology
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Moritz Ingwersen
- Max attendee capacity
- 90
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- OPAL 4.4.2024 ab 11:00 Uhr
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 7th double period W48/004 In-person - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-VM – Überblicksmodul
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Lecture – [BritCult - Wächter] - Cultural Memory
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Max attendee capacity
- 60
- Enrollment
-
- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417729/CourseNode/1721010667455587011
- Enrollment deadline
- From
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 6th double period W48/0004/U In-person - Description
- This lecture explores memory as a socio-cultural process that is inextricably entwined with power dynamics and a key aspect of identity formation. Rather than conceiving of memories as straightforward reflections of the past, the course will analyse how they are constructed, negotiated, and represented within specific cultural and historical contexts. The lecture will address questions such as: How do social and cultural forces shape individual and collective memories in Britain? How is memory deployed in the construction or contestation of British national identity? In what ways can the study of memory provide insights into the experiences of marginalised groups in Britain? How do various media influence the production and consumption of cultural memory? What is the relationship between memory, history, and identity in contemporary British society?
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-VM – Überblicksmodul
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Lecture – [BritLit - Horlacher] - What is Postcolonialism? An Introduction and Survey
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Stefan Horlacher
- Max attendee capacity
- 90
- Enrollment
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Wednesday 3rd double period SCH/A316/H In-person - Description
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Gayatri Spivak has argued that we live in a "post-colonial neo-colonized world" (1990, 166). But what does that really mean? What is colonialism, post-colonialism, globalisation, and what have these phenomena to do with Europe, with the UK, and with English literature?
This lecture provides a comprehensive introduction to postcolonial literature as well as to the methods and approaches of postcolonial theory. During the first part of the lecture we will take a look at the history of British/English colonialism and then explore definitions of colonialism and postcolonialism. During the second part we will concentrate on the main theoretical concepts such as orientalism (Said), knowledge and power (Foucault), and hybridity and 'Third Space' (Bhabha). Finally, we will put our knowledge into practice and work with a representative selection of colonial and postcolonial short stories. - Literature
- A syllabus and comprehensive bibliography will be made available during the first session. Further materials will be provided online (via OPAL).
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-VM – Überblicksmodul
SLK-BA-AA-V-S
(Vertiefungsmodul: Sprachwissenschaft)
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Preliminary seminar – [Ling - Leuckert] - Linguistic Landscapes
- Teacher
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- Dr. Sven Leuckert
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
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Date Clock time Place Event format – In-person - Description
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Language is omnipresent in our lives. While its use is perhaps most obvious in situations like talking to a friend, writing messages on WhatsApp, or listening to music, language represents a highly visible resource both in the public and the private sphere in general. Traditional definitions of linguistic landscapes focus on language use on, for instance, billboards, shops, and street signs, but newer definitions also include contexts such as social media and video games. In this class, we will explore linguistic landscapes from a decidedly empirical approach. After an introduction to linguistic landscapes and conducting empirical fieldwork, you will prepare, carry out, and present your own research projects. Since this class is designed as a compact seminar and the different sessions build on each other, attendance is critical – if you know in advance that you will be unable to participate in several sessions, a different class may be a better option for you.
The dates are as follows:
11.04.2025, Fr(3)
25.04.2025, Fr(3)-Fr(4)
02.05.2025, Fr(3)-Fr(4)
23.05.2025, Fr(3)-Fr(4)
27.06.2025, Fr(3)-Fr(5)
18.07.2025, Fr(3)-Fr(5)
The class features a small fieldwork day in Dresden as well as individual consultations during the semester. More details will be provided in the first session on 11 April. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-V-S – Vertiefungsmodul: Sprachwissenschaft
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Preliminary seminar – [Ling - Eichhorn] - Discourse Linguistics
- Teacher
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- Martin Eichhorn
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
- Enrollment
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- Ab 04.04.2025, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 5th double period W48/0101/U In-person - Description
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What is discourse? While in everyday language it is mostly considered a synonym for dialogue, the linguistic approach towards the term is more varied and complex. In this course, we will try to define this extremely broad concept and use it by applying discourse linguistic models in order to show and understand the relation between language, knowledge, and social structures. By doing so we will go beyond analysing mere words, sentences or even single texts for none of these exist in isolation but within a semantic sphere that is characterised by intertextual links as well as agents that take part in establishing social discourses. Still, not only do the participants influence and shape the many discourses of our daily lives, but the agents themselves are defined and determined by these verbal as well as non-verbal structures.
We will, using models, theory and concrete examples, try to unravel this multi-directional and multi-modal web of social interaction to find the answer to the initially posed question of what discourse is. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-V-S – Vertiefungsmodul: Sprachwissenschaft
SLK-BA-AA-V-L
(Vertiefungsmodul: anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft)
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Preliminary seminar – [AmLit - engelmann-kewitz] - Queerness and Radical Thought for Future Visions of America
- Teacher
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- Svenja Engelmann-Kewitz
- Max attendee capacity
- 28
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 4.4.2025 11:00 Uhr
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Date Clock time Place Event format – W48/001 In-person - Description
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The current political efforts of eradicating queer visibility are not new in U.S. contexts. For a long time, queer scholars, artists and writers have asked, and continue to ask: What might a radically different future for America look like through the lens of queerness? How can queerness help to push boundaries and open up possibilities for a future that is more just, inclusive, and radically imaginative?
In this compact course, we aim to make these visions, quite literally, audible. In collaboration with the SLUB podcast studio, we will familiarize ourselves with the equipment, software and skills necessary to create a podcast. Through queer literature, theory and philosophy, we will (re)imagine the future and explore how queerness has shaped, and continues to shape, alternative visions of society, politics, and identity in the U.S. By reading fiction, non-fiction, and foundational queer theoretical texts, we’ll critically examine the ways in which queer thinkers have challenged dominant norms and proposed new ways of being, living, and relating full of radical possibilities. Thus, throughout this compact course, we will create a short podcast series on “Queerness and Radical Thought for Future Visions of America,” which will explore the intersections of queerness with radical thought.
Please note: this is an intensive compact course that requires a high level of time management and dedication from students, as well as efficient and thorough in-depth preparation for sessions at home. Additionally, we will read texts in this course which contain references to sexual violence, racism and hate crimes.
Fr., 11.04., 09:00-12:30 Uhr; W48/001
Fr., 25.04., 09:00-12:30 Uhr, 15.00-18.00 Uhr ;W48/001
Fr., 09.05., 09:00-12:30 Uhr, 15.00-18.00 Uhr ;W48/001
Sa., 10.05., 10:00-17:00 Uhr, W48/001
Fr., 16,05., 09:00-12.30 Uhr, 15:00-18:00 Uhr
Fr., 23.05. 09:00-12.30 Uhr, 15:00-18:00 Uhr ;W48/001
Sa., 24.05. 10.00-13.00 Uhr - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-V-L – Vertiefungsmodul: anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft
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Preliminary seminar – [BritLit - Schmidt] – ‘There Are Two Sides to Every Story’: The Power of Storytelling in (Post-)Civil War Sri Lanka
- Teacher
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- Céline Schmidt
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Thursday 5th double period W48/0004/U In-person - Description
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Lasting for nearly three decades and only ending in 2009, the Sri Lankan civil war is considered one of the most gruesome armed conflicts in recent history. Although it has been repeatedly framed as the violent power struggle between two of the island’s most prominent ethnic groups, literature about the war has highlighted its multi-faceted nature, drawing attention to numerous smaller conflicts and points of struggle on a collective, national as well as individual, and even international, level.
Through a close reading of Nayomi Munaweera’s Island of a Thousand Mirrors (2012), this seminar examines the role and potential of art and literature in contexts of violent conflict. Primarily drawing on Michel Foucault’s conceptualisations of power, the discussion will focus on individual as well as collective economic, social, and political agendas related to the island’s conflict situation, the relation between violence and hate, issues of class, gender, ethnicity and age, and problems of nation-building and national identity. - Literature
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- Please buy and read:
- Munaweera, Nayomi (2012/2016). Island of a Thousand Mirrors. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin. [ISBN 978-1-250-05187-5]
- Additional material will be provided during the term. Please sign up for this class via OPAL.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-V-L – Vertiefungsmodul: anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft
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Preliminary seminar – [BritLit - Mavengano] - ‘We’ve Got the Power’: African Women Writers and the Call for New Voices and Visions
- Teacher
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- Dr. Esther Mavengano
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 4th double period W48/0101/U In-person - Description
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The African literary landscape has been deeply shaped by its colonial history, the struggle for independence and the subsequent socioeconomic-political challenges. Within this context, African women writers have emerged as powerful voices, whose works present unique perspectives on migration, national and transnational consciousness, conditions of African womanhood and power imbalances, challenging dominant narratives that undermine the common well-being.
This seminar explores the literary contributions of Chika Unigwe and NoViolet Bulawayo who are among the most prominent female African authors in the twenty-first century and have attracted critical attention at both regional and international levels. Through a close reading of On Black Sisters’ Street (2009) and We Need New Names (2013) we will critically engage with questions of power pertaining to matters of audience, voice, and agency. In doing so, we will specifically discuss issues of identity, language and representation, and new visions of humanity tendered in African women´s writing. - Literature
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- In preparation for the seminar, please buy and read:
- Bulawayo, NoViolet (2013). We Need New Names. London: Chatto & Windus. ISBN. 978-0-09-958188-8. Libri GmbH
- Unigwe, Chika (2009). On Black Sisters’ Street. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 10 0099523949·
- Additional material will be provided during the term. Please sign up for this class via OPAL.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-V-L – Vertiefungsmodul: anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft
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Preliminary seminar – [BritLit - Röber] – Murder, Mayhem, Mystery: A Critical Perspective on Crime Fiction
- Teacher
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- Franziska Röber
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 2nd double period W48/0101/U In-person - Description
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When The Cuckoo’s Calling was published in 2013 under the name Robert Galbraith, it received a decidedly lukewarm response. Reviews were scarce, and critics were divided on whether its protagonist – Cormoran Strike, a one-legged, down-on-his-luck, curmudgeonly private detective – was a refreshing take on the genre or merely an overly familiar trope. On the brink of being relegated to the bargain bin, the novel became an overnight bestseller when its true author was revealed to be J.K.R owling who had – once again – resorted to using a pseudonym aiming to distance herself from her Harry Potter fame and to navigate a genre traditionally dominated by male authors.
In this seminar, we will critically examine British detective fiction, exploring excerpts from authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. We will analyse the genre’s conventions and consider how The Cuckoo’s Calling interacts with and challenges these traditions. We will also explore broader questions of authorship, the "Death of the Author", and transformative works as a form of "writing back." Additionally, we will analyse how the novel addresses themes of nationality, gender, age, class, ethnicity, and sexuality. - Literature
- The texts will be provided in the beginning of the semester.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-V-L – Vertiefungsmodul: anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft
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Preliminary seminar – [AmLit - ingwersen] - American Dystopia
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Moritz Ingwersen
- Max attendee capacity
- 28
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 4.4.2025 11:00 Uhr
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 4th double period W48/003 In-person - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-V-L – Vertiefungsmodul: anglistische/amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft
SLK-BA-AA-V-K
(Vertiefungsmodul: anglistische/amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft)
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Preliminary seminar – [AmCult - Aydin] - Indigenous Experiences on Turtle Island
- Teacher
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- Can Aydin
- Max attendee capacity
- 30
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL 4.4.25 ab 12:00 Uhr
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 3rd double period BSS/0E41/U In-person - Description
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North America or Turtle Island, as many Indigenous populations have named the continent, is home to hundreds of Indigenous groups with distinct languages, cultures, religions, and societal structures. Even though each Indigenous community is unique, they all share a crucial historical experience, namely settler colonialism. There is not a single Indigenous group on Turtle Island that did not experience settler colonialism and the forms of systemic violence accompanying it one way or the other. Patrick Wolfe famously argued that settler colonialism is a “structure rather than an event” (390), highlighting its scope, depth, and ongoing impact on the daily lives of Indigenous peoples globally. In this seminar, we will look at how Indigenous peoples respond, resist, make fun of, disrupt, and overall complicate the settler colonial project. We will zoom in on particular events and Indigenous cultural works as responses in the history of the US and Canada. Moreover, we will look at Hollywood’s fascination with Indigeneity in the twentieth century, the Native American occupation of Alcatraz of 1969, the role of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and more. Additionally, we will address the “Indianthusiam” in Germany and more broadly in Europe, as manifested in Karl May’s Winnetou and Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin, among others. We will set the scene with terminology and definitions, then move to more specific themes such as institutional interventions, i.e., allotment and the assimilation era and residential schools. We will also take a closer look at Indigenous stereotypes such as the “noble savage” and discuss Hollywood’s role in making these stereotypes mainstream.
Works Cited
Wolfe, Patrick. “Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native.” Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 8, no. 4, 2006, pp. 387–409. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623520601056240. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-V-K – Vertiefungsmodul: anglistische/amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft
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Preliminary seminar – [AmCult - Druschke] - Hegemony and Resistance: The Changing Faces of American Empire
- Teacher
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- Paul Druschke
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL 4.4.24 ab 12:00 Uhr
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 4th double period In-person - Description
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From their beginnings as revolutionary colonies on the East Coast, the expansionists of the United States legitimized the new republic’s territorial ambitions with ideologies, destinies, and narratives that continuously adapted to changing circumstances and prospects. While the 19th century saw the conquest of the North American continent and the acquisition of overseas territories, American imperialism did not end there. Instead, it evolved, taking on new forms in the 20th and 21st centuries—from military interventions and economic dominance to cultural hegemony and strategic territorial claims. Despite its historical criticism of ‘Old World’ colonialism, the United States has continuously expanded its influence beyond its borders, often in the name of democracy, security, or economic opportunity.
This seminar examines the transformation of the “American Empire” from the 19th century to today, with a focus on both hegemony and resistance. We will explore key moments of imperial expansion, from Manifest Destiny and the Spanish-American War to more contemporary geopolitical struggles. Special attention will be paid to anti-imperialist movements, both past and present, and to recent debates surrounding U.S. territorial ambitions, including the rhetoric and policies of the second Trump presidency.
Participants are expected to engage with the contents of the seminar actively and critically. This includes the work on given as well as independently researched literature, the work on assignments as well as the active participation in all other course elements.
This course is supported by the lecturer’s original research conducted at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
Workload, Assignments, and Grading:
(cf. Studienordnungen)
The in-person seminar is based on weekly readings and in-class discussion.
Students with disabilities will be appropriately accommodated and should inform the lecturer of their needs in advance. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-V-K – Vertiefungsmodul: anglistische/amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft
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Preliminary seminar – [BritCult - Jephcote] - A Window into Victorian Britain
- Teacher
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- Edgar Jephcote
- Max attendee capacity
- 50
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 12 Uhr bei OPAL
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Friday 4th double period – Online - Description
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While windows form the central theme of this seminar, they also serve as an effective framing device for exploring key aspects of Victorian British culture. Through this lens, various topics of Victorian cultural history can be explored, such as the railways, literary tourism, museums, galleries, and consumerism, considering also contributions by figures like Augustus Pugin, John Ruskin, and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in discussions of art and architecture.
Windows also appear as a popular motif in Victorian literature.
Therefore, brief references will be made also to novels, the works of which themselves operate as metaphorical windows into this cultural period (or as houses with many windows, as Henry James argued in his preface to The Portrait of a Lady). Using the window theme students will be encouraged to engage with various theoretical frameworks, such as liminality, gender, the Gothic, or spatial theory, fostering diverse approaches to perception, focalisation, and ways of seeing. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-V-K – Vertiefungsmodul: anglistische/amerikanistische Kulturwissenschaft
SLK-BA-AA-SP3
(Language Competences – Writing/Application)
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Language learning seminar – Writing
- Teacher
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- Andrea Stubenrauch
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892169/CourseNode/91134119662321
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 2nd double period BSS/133 In-person - Description
- This course is to be taken by year 2 B.A. students and year 3 B.Ed. and Lehramt students. Year 2 B.Ed. and Lehramt students may also take this course in year 2 if places are available. This course will teach and practise various types of written tasks and texts. Although it will focus primarily on argumentative writing (i.e. presenting arguments), it will also deal with descriptive as well as expository writing (i.e. explaining, describing, and giving information), formal letters, summaries, CVs/resumes, as well as some translation from German into English. Students may be required to give a short presentation on a controversial topic chosen at random. This exercise in weighing up and presenting arguments and counter-arguments aims to improve the organisation of ideas in both formal writing and presentations in university and work situations. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the Grammar and Vocabulary courses must have already been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP3 – Language Competences – Writing/Application
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Language learning seminar – Writing
- Teacher
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- Andrea Stubenrauch
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892169/CourseNode/91134119662321
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Friday 1st double period – Online - Description
- This course is to be taken by year 2 B.A. students and year 3 B.Ed. and Lehramt students. Year 2 B.Ed. and Lehramt students may also take this course in year 2 if places are available. This course will teach and practise various types of written tasks and texts. Although it will focus primarily on argumentative writing (i.e. presenting arguments), it will also deal with descriptive as well as expository writing (i.e. explaining, describing, and giving information), formal letters, summaries, CVs/resumes, as well as some translation from German into English. Students may be required to give a short presentation on a controversial topic chosen at random. This exercise in weighing up and presenting arguments and counter-arguments aims to improve the organisation of ideas in both formal writing and presentations in university and work situations. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the Grammar and Vocabulary courses must have already been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP3 – Language Competences – Writing/Application
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Language learning seminar – Writing
- Teacher
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- Andrea Stubenrauch
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892169/CourseNode/91134119662321
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Friday 2nd double period – Online - Description
- This course is to be taken by year 2 B.A. students and year 3 B.Ed. and Lehramt students. Year 2 B.Ed. and Lehramt students may also take this course in year 2 if places are available. This course will teach and practise various types of written tasks and texts. Although it will focus primarily on argumentative writing (i.e. presenting arguments), it will also deal with descriptive as well as expository writing (i.e. explaining, describing, and giving information), formal letters, summaries, CVs/resumes, as well as some translation from German into English. Students may be required to give a short presentation on a controversial topic chosen at random. This exercise in weighing up and presenting arguments and counter-arguments aims to improve the organisation of ideas in both formal writing and presentations in university and work situations. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the Grammar and Vocabulary courses must have already been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP3 – Language Competences – Writing/Application
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Language learning seminar – Writing
- Teacher
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- Andrea Stubenrauch
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892169/CourseNode/91134119662321
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Friday 3rd double period BSS/133 In-person - Description
- This course is to be taken by year 2 B.A. students and year 3 B.Ed. and Lehramt students. Year 2 B.Ed. and Lehramt students may also take this course in year 2 if places are available. This course will teach and practise various types of written tasks and texts. Although it will focus primarily on argumentative writing (i.e. presenting arguments), it will also deal with descriptive as well as expository writing (i.e. explaining, describing, and giving information), formal letters, summaries, CVs/resumes, as well as some translation from German into English. Students may be required to give a short presentation on a controversial topic chosen at random. This exercise in weighing up and presenting arguments and counter-arguments aims to improve the organisation of ideas in both formal writing and presentations in university and work situations. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the Grammar and Vocabulary courses must have already been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP3 – Language Competences – Writing/Application
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Language learning seminar – Option: Creative Writing
- Teacher
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- Michael Calabranno Pérez
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892172/CourseNode/91134119677660
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Thursday 2nd double period SE1/0218/P In-person - Description
- This course is offered as an Option course to both B.A. and State Exam candidates and also as an extra voluntary course to any other students. Foreign exchange students of English are very welcome. The course will be a workshop for the writing of creative texts of different sorts, whereby the focus is on creativity. Regular participation and the fulfilling of homework assignments are of utmost importance. Materials will be provided on OPAL. Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the courses in Pronunciation and Intonation, Grammar, and Vocabulary must have been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP3 – Language Competences – Writing/Application
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Language learning seminar – Option: Theatre Workshop
- Teacher
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- Marc Lalonde
- Max attendee capacity
- 15
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892171/CourseNode/91134119675225
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 3rd double period BSS/0109/U In-person Tuesday 4th double period BSS/0109/U In-person Thursday 3rd double period BSS/0109/U In-person Thursday 4th double period BSS/0109/U In-person - Description
- This course is offered as an Option course to both B.A. and State Exam candidates and also as an extra voluntary course to any students who feel they need some extra support. Foreign exchange students of English are very welcome. In this course we will be practising some basic play-writing, acting and directing techniques, as well as pronunciation, intonation and voice projection. A presentation in the form of a public performance will be organised for the end of the semester. Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the courses in Pronunciation and Intonation, Grammar, and Vocabulary must have been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP3 – Language Competences – Writing/Application
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Language learning seminar – Writing
- Teacher
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- Marc Lalonde
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892169/CourseNode/91134119662321
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Thursday 1st double period BSS/109/U In-person - Description
- This course is to be taken by year 2 B.A. students and year 3 B.Ed. and Lehramt students. Year 2 B.Ed. and Lehramt students may also take this course in year 2 if places are available. This course will teach and practise various types of written tasks and texts. Although it will focus primarily on argumentative writing (i.e. presenting arguments), it will also deal with descriptive as well as expository writing (i.e. explaining, describing, and giving information), formal letters, summaries, CVs/resumes, as well as some translation from German into English. Students may be required to give a short presentation on a controversial topic chosen at random. This exercise in weighing up and presenting arguments and counter-arguments aims to improve the organisation of ideas in both formal writing and presentations in university and work situations. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the Grammar and Vocabulary courses must have already been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP3 – Language Competences – Writing/Application
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Language learning seminar – Reading
- Teacher
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- Marc Lalonde
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892168/CourseNode/91134119649326
- Enrollment deadline
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Friday 1st double period BSS/109/U In-person - Description
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This course is specifically designed for the old B.A. (till SS 2013) and B.Ed. courses, which are running out. State Exam and candidates on the new B.A. programme (from WS 2013) can also take this course as an option.
The aim of this course is to raise familiarity with a range of text types, including academic texts, and to practise efficient reading techniques. As reading constitutes a major part of the studies, we hope that this course will support students in their academic careers. The course will build on the skills and knowledge gained in the Grammar and the Vocabulary courses. Students will be given both intensive assignments (shorter texts and extracts) as well as an extensive reading assignment (a whole novel).
Materials:
The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting
Prerequisites:
- the Entry Test must have been passed.
- the Grammar and Vocabulary courses must have already been completed. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP3 – Language Competences – Writing/Application
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Language learning seminar – Option Links Abroad
- Teacher
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- Marc Lalonde
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/9285271559/CourseNode/92040786189073
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Friday 2nd double period BSS/109/U In-person - Description
- This course is offered as an Option course to both B.A. and State Exam candidates and also as an extra voluntary course to any students who feel they need extra support. Foreign exchange students of English are very welcome. The course will analyse the typical errors made by learners in spoken and written English. The course will also try to establish the strengths and weaknesses of each participant and then suggest strategies and provide materials to help overcome any problems. The course will involve discussion topics based on reading texts, exercises in grammar, pronunciation/intonation and vocabulary, as well as writing assignments. Regular participation and the fulfilling of homework assignments are of utmost importance. Materials: The Mistakes Clinic by G. Parkes (please bring €12.50 to the first meeting) Course materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting. Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the courses in Pronunciation and Intonation, Grammar, and Vocabulary must have been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP3 – Language Competences – Writing/Application
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Language learning seminar – Option Links Abroad
- Teacher
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- Marc Lalonde
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 01.04.2025, 10:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/9285271559/CourseNode/92040786189073
- Enrollment deadline
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- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Friday 3rd double period BSS/109/U In-person - Description
- This course is offered as an Option course to both B.A. and State Exam candidates and also as an extra voluntary course to any students who feel they need extra support. Foreign exchange students of English are very welcome. The course will analyse the typical errors made by learners in spoken and written English. The course will also try to establish the strengths and weaknesses of each participant and then suggest strategies and provide materials to help overcome any problems. The course will involve discussion topics based on reading texts, exercises in grammar, pronunciation/intonation and vocabulary, as well as writing assignments. Regular participation and the fulfilling of homework assignments are of utmost importance. Materials: The Mistakes Clinic by G. Parkes (please bring €12.50 to the first meeting) Course materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, 01217 Dresden. Please bring these materials to the first meeting. Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: the courses in Pronunciation and Intonation, Grammar, and Vocabulary must have been completed.
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-SP3 – Language Competences – Writing/Application
SLK-BA-AA-A-S
(Ausbaumodul: Sprachwissenschaft)
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Seminar – [Ling - Lange] - Good Language, Bad Language
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Claudia Lange
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
- Appointments
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Thursday 2nd double period W48/0101/U In-person - Description
- For a linguist, the labels ‘good’ or ‘bad’ cannot meaningfully be applied to language(s), dialects, or specific usages, since they all serve their specific function(s) within their communicative contexts. The general public, however, begs to differ: many people look down upon speakers of nonstandard dialects and ridicule grammar and/or spelling mistakes, some languages are considered more ‘ugly’, ‘harsher’, or ‘sloppier’ than others, there are societies devoted to keeping the language ‘pure`, and children are told off for using slang or swear words. This course will try to close the gap between the linguistic and the everyday evaluation of language(s) and language in use by focussing on ‘bad’ language in its many forms, such as slang, swearing and taboo expressions past and present. We will further investigate the debates around instances of ‘bad’ language such as racist and sexist language, and look at the different legal norms for hate speech and free speech, censorship and freedom of expression. Finally, we will critically examine the notion of ‘purity’ with respect to language.
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-A-S – Ausbaumodul: Sprachwissenschaft
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Seminar – [Ling - Lange] - Pragmatics
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Claudia Lange
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Thursday 4th double period W48/0101/U In-person - Description
- More often than not, there is a gap between what we say and what we mean: we try to be polite; we use irony, sarcasm, humour; we exaggerate or resort to understatement, we speak metaphorically. The discipline of Pragmatics is concerned with studying meaning in context, trying to explain how we manage to recover speakers’ communicative intentions. We will begin by considering several approaches to the study of meaning in language and then zoom in on pragmatic theories which deal with how we create meanings in our everyday communicative interactions. Topics to be covered include politeness and impoliteness, speech acts past and present, irony, humour, intercultural pragmatics and the pragmatics of computer-mediated communication (CMC).
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-A-S – Ausbaumodul: Sprachwissenschaft
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Seminar – [Ling - Lange] - Language Research Lab
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Claudia Lange
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
- Appointments
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Date Clock time Place Event format to W48/ABS/BSS In-person to W48/ABS/BSS In-person to W48/ABS/BSS In-person to W48/ABS/BSS In-person to W48/ABS/BSS In-person to W48/ABS/BSS In-person - Description
- This course will take you straight into the fascinating world of research on language(s). We will work together to explore different approaches to doing empirical research, among them corpuslinguistic tools and resources, methods for studying language attitudes such as surveys and dialect maps, ideas for investigating language contact phenomena and multilingualism, linguistic landscape research, and other fields that you would like to tackle – bring your ideas and interests along! We will also consider how to come up with a research hypothesis, how to handle empirical data, and how to present your research project in the form of a poster.
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-A-S – Ausbaumodul: Sprachwissenschaft
SLK-BA-AA-A-BS
(Ausbaumodul: British Studies)
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Seminar – [BritCult - Wächter] - Cognitive Cultural Studies
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Max attendee capacity
- 35
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417728/CourseNode/1721010667434410011
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Monday 4th double period W48/0004/U In-person - Description
- According to Lisa Zunshine, the goal of cognitive cultural studies is “to understand the evolving relationship between two immensely complex, historically situated systems – the human mind and cultural artifacts, such as novels, poems, or paintings” (3). In order to do so, the field draws upon a wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience, philosophy of mind, or clinical psychology to comparative psychology and political science. This theory-heavy course will explore how human perception, emotion, and cognition shape – and are shaped by – cultural narratives. We will address questions such as: How do narratives structure thought? How do cognitive biases and memory shape artistic production? And how does embodied experience influence cultural interpretation?
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-A-BS – Ausbaumodul: British Studies
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Seminar – [BritCult - Wächter] - Happiness: Desire, Promise, and Critique
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Max attendee capacity
- 35
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Ab 04.04.2025, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417730/CourseNode/1721010667466098011
- Enrollment deadline
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Date Clock time Place Event format – In-person – In-person – In-person – In-person – In-person - Description
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Blockseminar: 21., 23., 25., 28. & 30.07. 11:10-16:20 Uhr
What does it mean to be happy, and who gets to define happiness? This seminar will explore the construction of happiness as a cultural and political concept, discussing both its promises and its limitations. Engaging with thinkers such as Zygmunt Bauman, Sara Ahmed and Lauren Berlant, we will interrogate the ideologies that shape our understanding of happiness and well-being, from the pressures of toxic positivity to the commodification of self-care and the moralisation of happiness. Topics include the object that are supposed to make us happy, emotional labor of maintaining social harmony, the politics of happiness and its intersections with power and privilege. We will explore happiness not as a neutral state, but as a site of negotiation, resistance, and critique. - Literature
- Blockseminar: 21., 23., 25., 28. & 30.07. 11:10-16:20 Uhr
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-A-BS – Ausbaumodul: British Studies
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Advanced seminar – [BritLit - Horlacher] – The Decline of the Empire: Heart of Darkness and A Passage to India
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Stefan Horlacher
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Enroll via url
- Enrollment deadline
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 3rd double period CHE/0183/U In-person - Description
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This seminar is designed for third year BA students as well as for LikWa and “Staatsexamen” students.
This seminar takes a dual approach to text analysis by focusing on two major but also contested (post-)colonial texts: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and A Passage to India by E. M. Forster. Through close readings of these texts, as well as of their film versions – particularly Apocalypse Now (Redux) –, we will explore the various perspectives on the colonial and postcolonial question they offer, ranging from racism, feminism and conservatism to profound philosophical issues such as the existence of mankind or the meaning of life. Equally striking is that, on the surface, these texts may appear traditional, and perhaps even conservative. However, in this seminar, we will challenge this interpretation not only through the lens of their film adaptations, which serve as creative intermedial interpretations, but also by applying narratological, deconstructive, and postcolonial approaches in our analyses.
This seminar is a compact seminar, i.e. we will meet in week one and two of the term, on May 27 and then on June 28 and 29 (weekend). - Literature
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- Please buy the Penguin classics editions:
- Conrad, Joseph (1899/2007 and later). Heart of Darkness. London: Penguin Classics.
- Forster, E. M. (1924/2005 and later). A Passage to India. London: Penguin Classics.
- A syllabus and comprehensive bibliography will be made available in the beginning of the semester. Further materials will be provided online (via OPAL).
- NB: This course prepares students for the "Schriftliches Staatsexamen: Klausur Englische Literaturwissenschaft".
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-A-BS – Ausbaumodul: British Studies
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Advanced seminar – [BritLit - Horlacher] - The Student’s Guide to Literature, or: "How to read a novel?" Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things as an Exercise in Close Reading
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Stefan Horlacher
- Max attendee capacity
- 40
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Enroll via url
- Enrollment deadline
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Thursday 3rd double period W48/0004/U In-person - Description
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This seminar is designed for third year BA students as well as for LikWa and “Staatsexamen” students.
If you have ever wondered how literature works and how to interpret complex but fascinating texts, this is the seminar for you. The goal is to critically examine the unique characteristics of literature, to understand how texts produce meaning, and to examine why different interpretations of one and the same text are possible. We will, of course, also discuss the limits of interpretation and how they can be defined.
As a practical example we will focus on Arundhati Roy’s Booker Prize-winning novel The God of Small Things (1997), a mesmerizing book which John Updike has not only called "a work of highly conscious art" but also compared to a "a devotionally built temple." Other critics have described Roy’s novel as "a masterpiece, utterly exceptional in every way" and as "a banquet for all the senses we bring to reading." It goes without saying that The God of Small Things is also one of the most influential postcolonial novels published over the last 30 years and gives great insight into the problems India and the 'developing world' face today. - Literature
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- Please buy:
- Arundhati Roy. The God of Small Things. London: Harper Perennial, 2009 (or any other edition).
- A syllabus and comprehensive bibliography will be made available during the first session in April. You are expected to have read the book before the start of the term.
- Further materials will be provided online (via OPAL).
- Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-A-BS – Ausbaumodul: British Studies
SLK-BA-AA-A-NA
(Ausbaumodul: North American Studies)
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Seminar – [AmCult - Junker] - Land of the Free? Strangers, Exiles, and Refugees in the United States
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Max attendee capacity
- 25
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 4.4.2025 12:00 Uhr
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Wednesday 2nd double period BSS/0E49/U In-person - Description
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Debates about forced migration in a globalized world are not new but ongoing; they find their expression not least in cultural studies that draws attention to the ways in which cultural artifacts and theories raise questions about diaspora and mobility. The paradigm of “transnational American Studies” has shifted scholarly attention to issues including forced migration and displacement, as well as voluntary forms of global movement implied in a concept such as cosmopolitanism. While this wide range of transnational phenomena challenges nation-based paradigms of cultural studies, a large archive of cultural production points to the continuing relevance of the United States as a nation state. Numerous texts reinforce the significance of the US by depicting national citizenship as desirable and framing the country as a land of promise and place of arrival—as an attractive “place called home” (Doreen Massey, 1992). We will study a select number of cultural artifacts in light of current debates about migration; in a mode of research-based learning, students will develop their own research agendas that integrate transnational perspectives into American Studies scholarship.
This seminar begins in the first week of the semester. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-A-NA – Ausbaumodul: North American Studies
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Seminar – [AmCult - Junker] - The Public and the Private: Thinking the Social in a Spatial Way
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Max attendee capacity
- 30
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- OPAL ab 4.4.2024 12:00 Uhr
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 7th double period BSS/0149/U In-person - Description
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The seminar will address dynamics of social relations and cultural differentiations in scenarios of power hierarchies through a spatial lens. Pertinent questions will be: how are social boundaries drawn along spatial lines? How are social and spatial aspects mutually constitutive of one another? How are spaces turned into socially exclusive places? What categories of social differentiation will be necessary to consider in analyzing these dynamics? The seminar will raise such questions by giving insights into historical and theoretical approaches and studies of specific examples. This concerns, for instance, the relationship between public and private spheres and its historical emergence and gendered dimensions and concepts such as “the intimate public sphere” (Lauren Berlant). It will address the drawing of boundaries between groups on grounds of race and class, including Jim Crow segregation or redlining as a practice of discrimination based on government maps that outlined areas where Black residents lived and which white investors deemed risky investments. One concept to examine in this context will be that of “safe spaces.” The disciplinary framework of the seminar is cultural studies, with a strong focus on cultural forms of expression as objects of study. Interdisciplinary approaches and positions from human geography and sociology will also be considered.
While we will meet on a weekly basis in the first half of the semester, the second part of the seminar will take place as a two-day workshop in cooperation with a seminar from Sociology; groups from both seminars will present results of their work and engage in interdisciplinary exchange.
The seminar begins in the first week of the semester. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-A-NA – Ausbaumodul: North American Studies
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Seminar – [AmLit - Ingwersen] – Atmospheric ImaginAIRies: Literature and the Elements III
- Teacher
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- Prof. Dr. Moritz Ingwersen
- Max attendee capacity
- 30
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Einschreibung über OPAL am 4.4.2024 ab 11:00 Uhr
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Tuesday 5th double period W48/103 In-person - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-A-NA – Ausbaumodul: North American Studies
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Seminar – [AmLit - Engelmann-Kewitz] – Reading Waste
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- Svenja Engelmann-Kewitz
- Max attendee capacity
- 30
- Enrollment
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- Enrollment via
- Einschreibung über OPAL am 11.10.2024 ab 11:00 Uhr
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Day of the week Clock time Place Event format Thursday 4th double period BSS/133/U In-person - Description
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Welcome to the Wasteocene, where waste is more than just a byproduct of modern life - it shapes our world in profound ways. From overflowing landfills, crude oil spills, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to the (almost) invisible spread of microplastics and toxic pollutants, waste is a constant presence in the environment, often revealing the legacies of past societies and exposing the inequities of contemporary infrastructures. But waste is not just something we throw away. Discarded materials, elements and things, as well as the undesired byproducts of consumption, are legible, readable, and ever-present in our cultural productions, from literature and film to art and theory. This seminar will explore how waste functions as a lens for understanding colonialism, environmental degradation, and the toxicity embedded in our landscapes.
With the help of recent theories in environmental humanities, we will consider how waste is not just a physical problem but a cultural one, challenging us to rethink how we live with the discarded materials that define our age. In this advanced literary studies seminar, we will read a mix of theoretical texts and literary works that address waste, pollution, and the resulting environmental crises of our time. From fictional narratives to nonfiction accounts from the U.S. and beyond, we’ll explore possibilities to make sense of the ever-growing presence of waste in our world and what it means for the future of our planet. - Assignments
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- Modular
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- SLK-BA-AA-A-NA – Ausbaumodul: North American Studies