Kommentierte Lehrveranstaltungen
Gesamtansicht – Wintersemester 2024/2025
SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-S
(Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Sprachwissenschaft)
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Seminar – [Ling - Leuckert] - Pronouns in English and Beyond
- Lehrperson
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- Dr. Sven Leuckert
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 40
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 3. Doppelstunde W48/004/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Pronouns in English are fascinating for many reasons: They belong to the ‘closed’ word classes but, at the same time, they carry important social meaning and indicate social hierarchies. Despite being a closed word class, they have undergone significant change from the earliest forms to the forms used in the present day, with a major example being the shift from th-forms, such as thou, to y-forms, such as you. In this class, we will investigate the history, forms, and functions of pronouns in English. We will discuss why we need pronouns, how they are used, and why they are such a good example of language at the interface of grammar and society. We will also discuss phenomena such as ‘bronouns’ and compare pronoun usage in English to pronoun usage in other languages. Attention will also be given to neopronouns and current debates on pronouns in relation to gender identities.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-S – Erweiterungsmodul – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-S – Ausbaumodul – Sprachwissenschaft
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Seminar – [SSW - Kuße] Neueste Slavistische Linguistik
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Holger Kuße
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 15
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Über URL einschreiben
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Donnerstag 4. Doppelstunde BSS/0E41/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Die slavistische Linguistik ist eine lebendige Wissenschaft mit einem breiten Spektrum an Paradigmen von der formalen Beschreibung slavischer Sprachen über politolinguistische, religiolinguistische und anderen kulturwissenschaftlich-linguistische Untersuchungen bis hin zu fachdidaktischen Publikationen. Im Seminar wird die Breite dieser Ansätze und wissenschaftlichen Interessen anhand von Neuerscheinungen der letzten Jahre erfasst. Die Teilnehmer:innen präsentieren einzelne von ihnen selbst gewählte Publikationen. Als schriftliche Prüfungsleistung kann eine Rezension geschrieben werden.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-S – Erweiterungsmodul – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-S – Ausbaumodul – Sprachwissenschaft
SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-L
(Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Literaturwissenschaft)
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Seminar – [AmLit - Ingwersen] – Geo-Stories: Literature and the Elements II (Earth)
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Moritz Ingwersen
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Einschreibung über OPAL am 11.10.2024 ab 11:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 5. Doppelstunde ABS/2-07/U In Präsenz - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-L – Erweiterungsmodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-L – Ausbaumodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [AmLit - Gatermann] - Critical Disney
- Lehrperson
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- Julia Gatermann
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.19.2024 11:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Datum Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung – In Präsenz - Beschreibung
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It is almost impossible to clearly delineate what we mean when we say “Disney” – the iconic signature that might appear in our mind’s eye is evocative of so many things all at once: the man, Walt, an embodiment of the American dream with his ‘from-rags-to riches’ story; the Studios that have produced many generations worth of cultural imagination; theme parks that claim to be “the happiest places on earth”; a canon of popular films with immense mass cultural impact; an ideology that has global reach. Disney’s mythology and cultural capital is dependent on and imbricated in all these manifestations and more, establishing “Disney” almost as a metonym for “America”.
Disney is especially associated with adapting well-known fairy tales and developing their own “Disney version.” But rather than contributing to a diverse and ever-growing body of fairy tale adaptations, many critics feel that Disney films dominate the form in such a way that their renditions take over and rewrite the source text and any other versions. Considering their global reach of audiences, this has immense mass cultural implications. In this seminar, we will take a look at a range of Disney movies across time from the earlier classics to more contemporary reimaginings and explore their ideological charge, reading them both against earlier versions as well as against a selection of key texts in critical theory: How do these Disney films imagine gender roles, how do they represent race? How do they use aesthetics and music to guide our emotional experiences? What imaginative spaces do they open up, and what do they make us hope and dream for? And how have these things changed over time?
DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that this course is a compact course and is structured mainly as four days of intensive class discussion. Students are therefore required to prepare for these sessions with a high degree of self-guided discipline and time management. In-depth knowledge of the reading material and the films is absolutely essential for participation in our four day-long sessions.
Course Requirements:
• attendance and active participation
• in-depth knowledge of the reading material
• written reader responses engaging with the material as preparation for our sessions
• final term paper
Blockseminar:
28.10. 3.DS (11:10-12:40); 04.11. 3.DS–5.DS (11:10-16:20); 05.11. 3.DS-5.DS (11:10-16:20); 18.11. 3.DS-5.DS (11:10-16:20); 19.11. 3.DS–5.DS (11:10-16:20)
Raum: tba - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-L – Erweiterungsmodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-L – Ausbaumodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K
(Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft)
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Seminar – [AmCult - Junker] - Methods and Theories in American Studies: Approaching Democracy in Cultural Studies
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 25
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.10.2024 12:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 4. Doppelstunde BSS/109 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
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The presidential election of 2024 has once again highlighted the central role of democracy as a discourse object in American public debates and, moreover, the study of American culture(s). The legitimacy of American democracy, its stability, its promises are matters of urgent debates that go back to the founding of the nation. The seminar will zoom in on select aspects of democracy in the United States from a decidedly cultural-studies point of view, such as mediatized struggles of demographic groups for access to participation in public life, textual strategies of authorizing demands for fundamental civil rights, and modes of organizing campaigns that redress grievances and call for the recognition of group-based interests. By reading a variety of historical sources, cultural texts, and secondary literature that shape discourses of democracy, we will approach questions concerning, among other things, the values and shortcomings of democracy and the implications of this for today. We will do so by combing through one of the foundational and state-of-the-art works in American cultural studies scholarship of recent years: Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors. A New Literary History of America. Harvard UP, 2012, https://doi-org.wwwdb.dbod.de/10.4159/9780674054219. We will examine how select essays in this volume put a spotlight on various personas, texts, and thematic aspects of debates on American democracy at different moment in time. A willingness to engage in history and theory will be mandatory for participation in the seminar.
The seminar begins in the first week of the semester. - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [AmCult - Junker] - Collaboration in US Culture
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.10.2024 12:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 7. Doppelstunde W48/103 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
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The seminar is prompted by the ongoing privileging of expressive individualism that is expressed not least through notions of singular authorship in US American cultural history. Against the backdrop of the emergence of singular authorship around 1800, due in part to the passing of copyright laws, the course aims to review and assess co-written texts and artifacts that were created in the United States from the late eighteenth century to the present. We will examine various types of collaborative authorship and co-making, their historical formations, and their medial manifestations in written texts, the performance arts, film, the internet, etc. with an eye on their manifest and latent functions. Models of cultural collaboration challenge normative dimension of singular authorship and its link to individualism so prominent in the U.S. Seminar participants will thus explore and contribute to debates on the nexus of cultural production and discursive authorization.
The seminar begins in the first week of the semester. - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [BritCult - Wächter] - Queer Theory and Its Impact on British Cultural Studies
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 35
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417728/CourseNode/1721010667434410011
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 4. Doppelstunde BZW/B101 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Over the past decades, queer theory has gained increasing significance for the field of cultural studies beyond scholarly attention to representations of queer lives. Thus, for instance, conceptions of queer temporalities and queer readings of ‘negative’ affects feed into (affective) ecocriticism, not least of all regarding negotiations of affect in the face of climate disaster. This seminar will introduce students to (excerpts from) key works of queer theory, which we will paradigmatically apply to Russell T. Davies’ 2015 series Banana (E4). For each of the theoretical texts, we will also consider its wider implications for the field of (British) cultural studies.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [BritCult - Wächter] - Critical Psychiatry, Mad Studies and the Popular Imagination
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 35
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417730/CourseNode/1721010667466098011
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
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Datum/Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 3. Doppelstunde W48/0001/U In Präsenz – In Präsenz – In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- This seminar aims to challenge pervasive biomedical understandings of mental distress by exploring the socio-political dimensions of psychiatric practice and public attitudes towards mental distress and people living with psychiatric diagnoses. We will begin with a historical overview of the evolution of psychiatric practices, paying particular attention to the operation of power, control, and the medicalisation of human experience. Students will then be introduced to key texts from the fields of critical psychiatry, mad studies and neurodiversity studies. Finally, we will turn to the role of various media in shaping public perceptions of mental distress and people labelled as mentally ill. The seminar culminates in a two-day student conference (22 & 23 February). In their papers, students will critically analyse media representations of their choice to uncover the stereotypes, myths, and tropes that perpetuate stigmatising views of mental distress – or texts which challenge precisely these. Papers should explore how these representations influence societal attitudes and reinforce or challenge dominant discourses regarding mental distress and/or madness. Throughout the seminar, students will be encouraged to critically reflect on their own assumptions and biases regarding mental health, as well as the broader cultural and societal implications of psychiatric practices and representations of mental distress.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S
(Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft)
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Vorlesung – [RSW1 - De Cesare] - Geschlechtergerechte Sprache im Italienischen: Formen, Funktionen und Anwendungen
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria De Cesare Greenwald
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 15
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Über URL einschreiben
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 2. Doppelstunde W48/102 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
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Beginn: 15. Oktober 2024
Die Vorlesung widmet sich den Formen, Funktionen und Anwendungen geschlechtergerechter Sprache im Italienischen. Nach der Definition der Begriffe „Geschlecht“ und „Gender“ bietet sie einen Überblick darüber, wie die italienische Sprache Geschlecht in seinem grammatikalischen und lexikalischen System kodifiziert, bevor innovative typografische Strategien (wie das „Schwa“) beschrieben werden, die entwickelt wurden, um geschlechtergerechte Texte zu erstellen, welche auch nicht-binäre Personen einschließen. Die Vorlesung beschreibt zudem, wie gendergerechte Formen in verschiedenen Texttypen, Genres und Registern (von E-Mails bis zu juristischen Texten), Diskurskontexten (Mensch-Roboter-Interaktion) sowie in den Ausgaben automatischer maschineller Übersetzungen (wie Google Translate und DeepL) ausgedrückt werden.
Die Vorlesung richtet sich an alle Studienjahre (B.A. + M.A. / LA)
EuroS Schwerpunkte: Sprachgeschichte, sprachl. Räume und Systeme, kommunikatives Handeln
EuroS Tracks: Sprachtheorie und Sprachenvielfalt
Prüfungsleistung: Klausur/Testat
Einschreibung / OPAL - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft
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Seminar – [Ling - Leuckert] - Pronouns in English and Beyond
- Lehrperson
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- Dr. Sven Leuckert
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 40
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 3. Doppelstunde W48/004/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Pronouns in English are fascinating for many reasons: They belong to the ‘closed’ word classes but, at the same time, they carry important social meaning and indicate social hierarchies. Despite being a closed word class, they have undergone significant change from the earliest forms to the forms used in the present day, with a major example being the shift from th-forms, such as thou, to y-forms, such as you. In this class, we will investigate the history, forms, and functions of pronouns in English. We will discuss why we need pronouns, how they are used, and why they are such a good example of language at the interface of grammar and society. We will also discuss phenomena such as ‘bronouns’ and compare pronoun usage in English to pronoun usage in other languages. Attention will also be given to neopronouns and current debates on pronouns in relation to gender identities.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-S – Erweiterungsmodul – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-S – Ausbaumodul – Sprachwissenschaft
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Seminar – [SSW - Kuße] Neueste Slavistische Linguistik
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Holger Kuße
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 15
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Über URL einschreiben
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Donnerstag 4. Doppelstunde BSS/0E41/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Die slavistische Linguistik ist eine lebendige Wissenschaft mit einem breiten Spektrum an Paradigmen von der formalen Beschreibung slavischer Sprachen über politolinguistische, religiolinguistische und anderen kulturwissenschaftlich-linguistische Untersuchungen bis hin zu fachdidaktischen Publikationen. Im Seminar wird die Breite dieser Ansätze und wissenschaftlichen Interessen anhand von Neuerscheinungen der letzten Jahre erfasst. Die Teilnehmer:innen präsentieren einzelne von ihnen selbst gewählte Publikationen. Als schriftliche Prüfungsleistung kann eine Rezension geschrieben werden.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-S – Erweiterungsmodul – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-S – Ausbaumodul – Sprachwissenschaft
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Vorlesung – [SSW - Kuße] Von Humboldt zum Diskurs. Einführung in die kulturwissenschaftliche Linguistik und die Diskurslinguistik
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Holger Kuße
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 16
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Über URL einschreiben
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 2. Doppelstunde BSS/0E41/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Sowohl in der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Linguistik als auch in der Diskurslinguistik werden die Zusammenhänge von sprachlichen Phänomenen und kulturellen und gesellschaftlichen Zuständen, Ereignissen und Entwicklungen untersucht. In der Diskurslinguistik stehen oft gesellschaftliche Großereignisse und Umbrüche im Vordergrund, die intermedial versprachlicht und debattiert werden und eine große Öffentlichkeit haben (thematische Diskurse) oder aber institutionalisierte kommunikative Domänen wie ‚Politik‘, ‚Wissenschaft‘ oder ‚Wirtschaft‘ bilden (institutionalisierte Diskurse). In der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Linguistik werden die diskurlinguistischen Ansätze und Analysen sowohl mit soziolinguistischen Untersuchungen als auch mit kulturlinguistischen Ansätzen der Verbindung von Sprache, Denken und Mentalitäten verbunden, die in der Tradition Wilhelm von Humboldts oder auch des ‚sprachlichen Relativitätsprinzips der amerikanischen Linguisten Benjamin Whorf und Edward Sapir stehen (Sapir-Whorf-Hypothese). Die Kulturwissenschaftliche Linguistik versteht sich deshalb als „integrative Linguistik“. In der Vorlesung werden die Paradigmen vorgestellt und an Fallbeispielen aus den slavischen Sprach- und Kulturräumen illustriert.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft
SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-L
(Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Literaturwissenschaft)
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Seminar – [AmLit - Ingwersen] – Geo-Stories: Literature and the Elements II (Earth)
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Moritz Ingwersen
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Einschreibung über OPAL am 11.10.2024 ab 11:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 5. Doppelstunde ABS/2-07/U In Präsenz - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-L – Erweiterungsmodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-L – Ausbaumodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Vorlesung – [AmLit - Ingwersen] - Issues in American Literature: Nature and Technology
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Moritz Ingwersen
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 70
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- OPAL 11.10.2024 ab 11:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Montag 7. Doppelstunde W48/004 In Präsenz - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Literaturwissenschaft
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Seminar – [AmLit - Gatermann] - Critical Disney
- Lehrperson
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- Julia Gatermann
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.19.2024 11:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Datum Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung – In Präsenz - Beschreibung
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It is almost impossible to clearly delineate what we mean when we say “Disney” – the iconic signature that might appear in our mind’s eye is evocative of so many things all at once: the man, Walt, an embodiment of the American dream with his ‘from-rags-to riches’ story; the Studios that have produced many generations worth of cultural imagination; theme parks that claim to be “the happiest places on earth”; a canon of popular films with immense mass cultural impact; an ideology that has global reach. Disney’s mythology and cultural capital is dependent on and imbricated in all these manifestations and more, establishing “Disney” almost as a metonym for “America”.
Disney is especially associated with adapting well-known fairy tales and developing their own “Disney version.” But rather than contributing to a diverse and ever-growing body of fairy tale adaptations, many critics feel that Disney films dominate the form in such a way that their renditions take over and rewrite the source text and any other versions. Considering their global reach of audiences, this has immense mass cultural implications. In this seminar, we will take a look at a range of Disney movies across time from the earlier classics to more contemporary reimaginings and explore their ideological charge, reading them both against earlier versions as well as against a selection of key texts in critical theory: How do these Disney films imagine gender roles, how do they represent race? How do they use aesthetics and music to guide our emotional experiences? What imaginative spaces do they open up, and what do they make us hope and dream for? And how have these things changed over time?
DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that this course is a compact course and is structured mainly as four days of intensive class discussion. Students are therefore required to prepare for these sessions with a high degree of self-guided discipline and time management. In-depth knowledge of the reading material and the films is absolutely essential for participation in our four day-long sessions.
Course Requirements:
• attendance and active participation
• in-depth knowledge of the reading material
• written reader responses engaging with the material as preparation for our sessions
• final term paper
Blockseminar:
28.10. 3.DS (11:10-12:40); 04.11. 3.DS–5.DS (11:10-16:20); 05.11. 3.DS-5.DS (11:10-16:20); 18.11. 3.DS-5.DS (11:10-16:20); 19.11. 3.DS–5.DS (11:10-16:20)
Raum: tba - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-L – Erweiterungsmodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-L – Ausbaumodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K
(Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft)
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Vorlesung – [AmCult - Junker] - American Cultural Historiography: Constituting Subjects and Groups in the U.S.
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 70
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.10.2024 12:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 4. Doppelstunde HSZ/304/Z In Präsenz - Beschreibung
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his survey lecture course provides a general overview of US cultural history from the early European colonial settlement of North America to recent moments in a transnationally situated United States. It will heighten an understanding of the writing of American cultural history by way of focusing on the ways in which the (textual and visual) material through which history can be understand also constitutes notions of “American subjects” and demographic groups. The lecture provides insights into how crucial dates, periods, sites, and issues of American culture shape concepts of American selves and groups and this way also points to general dynamics of cultural differentiation and the de/stabilization of social inequalities. The lecture will address how central texts of American cultural history constitute various American counter/publics before and during the process of nation building. It will also provide reflections on the medial and discursive effects of these texts on constituting subject and group positions during their times and beyond.
All PPT slides and additional material will be made available on OPAL.
The content of the survey lecture course will be relevant for the oral exam in the “Überblicksmodul.” For students who need to do an “Prüfungsleistungen,” this course offers a “Klausur” (90 minutes) and a “Kurzüberprüfung” (45 minutes). Both exam formats will be given during the last session of the semester. Details on the mode of these exams will be provided in advance. Students who wish to have their attendance of the lecture course certified do not need to take any test.
The lecture course begins in the first week of the semester. - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
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Seminar – [AmCult - Junker] - Methods and Theories in American Studies: Approaching Democracy in Cultural Studies
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 25
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.10.2024 12:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 4. Doppelstunde BSS/109 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
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The presidential election of 2024 has once again highlighted the central role of democracy as a discourse object in American public debates and, moreover, the study of American culture(s). The legitimacy of American democracy, its stability, its promises are matters of urgent debates that go back to the founding of the nation. The seminar will zoom in on select aspects of democracy in the United States from a decidedly cultural-studies point of view, such as mediatized struggles of demographic groups for access to participation in public life, textual strategies of authorizing demands for fundamental civil rights, and modes of organizing campaigns that redress grievances and call for the recognition of group-based interests. By reading a variety of historical sources, cultural texts, and secondary literature that shape discourses of democracy, we will approach questions concerning, among other things, the values and shortcomings of democracy and the implications of this for today. We will do so by combing through one of the foundational and state-of-the-art works in American cultural studies scholarship of recent years: Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors. A New Literary History of America. Harvard UP, 2012, https://doi-org.wwwdb.dbod.de/10.4159/9780674054219. We will examine how select essays in this volume put a spotlight on various personas, texts, and thematic aspects of debates on American democracy at different moment in time. A willingness to engage in history and theory will be mandatory for participation in the seminar.
The seminar begins in the first week of the semester. - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [AmCult - Junker] - Collaboration in US Culture
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.10.2024 12:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 7. Doppelstunde W48/103 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
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The seminar is prompted by the ongoing privileging of expressive individualism that is expressed not least through notions of singular authorship in US American cultural history. Against the backdrop of the emergence of singular authorship around 1800, due in part to the passing of copyright laws, the course aims to review and assess co-written texts and artifacts that were created in the United States from the late eighteenth century to the present. We will examine various types of collaborative authorship and co-making, their historical formations, and their medial manifestations in written texts, the performance arts, film, the internet, etc. with an eye on their manifest and latent functions. Models of cultural collaboration challenge normative dimension of singular authorship and its link to individualism so prominent in the U.S. Seminar participants will thus explore and contribute to debates on the nexus of cultural production and discursive authorization.
The seminar begins in the first week of the semester. - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [BritCult - Wächter] - Queer Theory and Its Impact on British Cultural Studies
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 35
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417728/CourseNode/1721010667434410011
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 4. Doppelstunde BZW/B101 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Over the past decades, queer theory has gained increasing significance for the field of cultural studies beyond scholarly attention to representations of queer lives. Thus, for instance, conceptions of queer temporalities and queer readings of ‘negative’ affects feed into (affective) ecocriticism, not least of all regarding negotiations of affect in the face of climate disaster. This seminar will introduce students to (excerpts from) key works of queer theory, which we will paradigmatically apply to Russell T. Davies’ 2015 series Banana (E4). For each of the theoretical texts, we will also consider its wider implications for the field of (British) cultural studies.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Vorlesung – [BritCult - Wächter] - Cultural Memory
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 60
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417729/CourseNode/1721010667455587011
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 6. Doppelstunde W48/0004/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- 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?
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
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Seminar – [BritCult - Wächter] - Critical Psychiatry, Mad Studies and the Popular Imagination
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 35
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417730/CourseNode/1721010667466098011
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
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Datum/Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 3. Doppelstunde W48/0001/U In Präsenz – In Präsenz – In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- This seminar aims to challenge pervasive biomedical understandings of mental distress by exploring the socio-political dimensions of psychiatric practice and public attitudes towards mental distress and people living with psychiatric diagnoses. We will begin with a historical overview of the evolution of psychiatric practices, paying particular attention to the operation of power, control, and the medicalisation of human experience. Students will then be introduced to key texts from the fields of critical psychiatry, mad studies and neurodiversity studies. Finally, we will turn to the role of various media in shaping public perceptions of mental distress and people labelled as mentally ill. The seminar culminates in a two-day student conference (22 & 23 February). In their papers, students will critically analyse media representations of their choice to uncover the stereotypes, myths, and tropes that perpetuate stigmatising views of mental distress – or texts which challenge precisely these. Papers should explore how these representations influence societal attitudes and reinforce or challenge dominant discourses regarding mental distress and/or madness. Throughout the seminar, students will be encouraged to critically reflect on their own assumptions and biases regarding mental health, as well as the broader cultural and societal implications of psychiatric practices and representations of mental distress.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
SLK-MA-AA-1-E-S
(Erweiterungsmodul – Sprachwissenschaft)
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Seminar – [Ling - Leuckert] - Pronouns in English and Beyond
- Lehrperson
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- Dr. Sven Leuckert
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 40
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 3. Doppelstunde W48/004/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Pronouns in English are fascinating for many reasons: They belong to the ‘closed’ word classes but, at the same time, they carry important social meaning and indicate social hierarchies. Despite being a closed word class, they have undergone significant change from the earliest forms to the forms used in the present day, with a major example being the shift from th-forms, such as thou, to y-forms, such as you. In this class, we will investigate the history, forms, and functions of pronouns in English. We will discuss why we need pronouns, how they are used, and why they are such a good example of language at the interface of grammar and society. We will also discuss phenomena such as ‘bronouns’ and compare pronoun usage in English to pronoun usage in other languages. Attention will also be given to neopronouns and current debates on pronouns in relation to gender identities.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-S – Erweiterungsmodul – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-S – Ausbaumodul – Sprachwissenschaft
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Seminar – [SSW - Kuße] Neueste Slavistische Linguistik
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Holger Kuße
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 15
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Über URL einschreiben
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Donnerstag 4. Doppelstunde BSS/0E41/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Die slavistische Linguistik ist eine lebendige Wissenschaft mit einem breiten Spektrum an Paradigmen von der formalen Beschreibung slavischer Sprachen über politolinguistische, religiolinguistische und anderen kulturwissenschaftlich-linguistische Untersuchungen bis hin zu fachdidaktischen Publikationen. Im Seminar wird die Breite dieser Ansätze und wissenschaftlichen Interessen anhand von Neuerscheinungen der letzten Jahre erfasst. Die Teilnehmer:innen präsentieren einzelne von ihnen selbst gewählte Publikationen. Als schriftliche Prüfungsleistung kann eine Rezension geschrieben werden.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-S – Erweiterungsmodul – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-S – Ausbaumodul – Sprachwissenschaft
SLK-MA-AA-1-E-L
(Erweiterungsmodul – Literaturwissenschaft)
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Seminar – [AmLit - Ingwersen] – Geo-Stories: Literature and the Elements II (Earth)
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Moritz Ingwersen
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Einschreibung über OPAL am 11.10.2024 ab 11:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 5. Doppelstunde ABS/2-07/U In Präsenz - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-L – Erweiterungsmodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-L – Ausbaumodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [AmLit - Gatermann] - Critical Disney
- Lehrperson
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- Julia Gatermann
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.19.2024 11:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Datum Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung – In Präsenz - Beschreibung
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It is almost impossible to clearly delineate what we mean when we say “Disney” – the iconic signature that might appear in our mind’s eye is evocative of so many things all at once: the man, Walt, an embodiment of the American dream with his ‘from-rags-to riches’ story; the Studios that have produced many generations worth of cultural imagination; theme parks that claim to be “the happiest places on earth”; a canon of popular films with immense mass cultural impact; an ideology that has global reach. Disney’s mythology and cultural capital is dependent on and imbricated in all these manifestations and more, establishing “Disney” almost as a metonym for “America”.
Disney is especially associated with adapting well-known fairy tales and developing their own “Disney version.” But rather than contributing to a diverse and ever-growing body of fairy tale adaptations, many critics feel that Disney films dominate the form in such a way that their renditions take over and rewrite the source text and any other versions. Considering their global reach of audiences, this has immense mass cultural implications. In this seminar, we will take a look at a range of Disney movies across time from the earlier classics to more contemporary reimaginings and explore their ideological charge, reading them both against earlier versions as well as against a selection of key texts in critical theory: How do these Disney films imagine gender roles, how do they represent race? How do they use aesthetics and music to guide our emotional experiences? What imaginative spaces do they open up, and what do they make us hope and dream for? And how have these things changed over time?
DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that this course is a compact course and is structured mainly as four days of intensive class discussion. Students are therefore required to prepare for these sessions with a high degree of self-guided discipline and time management. In-depth knowledge of the reading material and the films is absolutely essential for participation in our four day-long sessions.
Course Requirements:
• attendance and active participation
• in-depth knowledge of the reading material
• written reader responses engaging with the material as preparation for our sessions
• final term paper
Blockseminar:
28.10. 3.DS (11:10-12:40); 04.11. 3.DS–5.DS (11:10-16:20); 05.11. 3.DS-5.DS (11:10-16:20); 18.11. 3.DS-5.DS (11:10-16:20); 19.11. 3.DS–5.DS (11:10-16:20)
Raum: tba - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-L – Erweiterungsmodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-L – Ausbaumodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K
(Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft)
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Seminar – [AmCult - Junker] - Methods and Theories in American Studies: Approaching Democracy in Cultural Studies
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 25
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.10.2024 12:00 Uhr
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 4. Doppelstunde BSS/109 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
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The presidential election of 2024 has once again highlighted the central role of democracy as a discourse object in American public debates and, moreover, the study of American culture(s). The legitimacy of American democracy, its stability, its promises are matters of urgent debates that go back to the founding of the nation. The seminar will zoom in on select aspects of democracy in the United States from a decidedly cultural-studies point of view, such as mediatized struggles of demographic groups for access to participation in public life, textual strategies of authorizing demands for fundamental civil rights, and modes of organizing campaigns that redress grievances and call for the recognition of group-based interests. By reading a variety of historical sources, cultural texts, and secondary literature that shape discourses of democracy, we will approach questions concerning, among other things, the values and shortcomings of democracy and the implications of this for today. We will do so by combing through one of the foundational and state-of-the-art works in American cultural studies scholarship of recent years: Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors. A New Literary History of America. Harvard UP, 2012, https://doi-org.wwwdb.dbod.de/10.4159/9780674054219. We will examine how select essays in this volume put a spotlight on various personas, texts, and thematic aspects of debates on American democracy at different moment in time. A willingness to engage in history and theory will be mandatory for participation in the seminar.
The seminar begins in the first week of the semester. - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [AmCult - Junker] - Collaboration in US Culture
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.10.2024 12:00 Uhr
- Termine
-
Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 7. Doppelstunde W48/103 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
-
The seminar is prompted by the ongoing privileging of expressive individualism that is expressed not least through notions of singular authorship in US American cultural history. Against the backdrop of the emergence of singular authorship around 1800, due in part to the passing of copyright laws, the course aims to review and assess co-written texts and artifacts that were created in the United States from the late eighteenth century to the present. We will examine various types of collaborative authorship and co-making, their historical formations, and their medial manifestations in written texts, the performance arts, film, the internet, etc. with an eye on their manifest and latent functions. Models of cultural collaboration challenge normative dimension of singular authorship and its link to individualism so prominent in the U.S. Seminar participants will thus explore and contribute to debates on the nexus of cultural production and discursive authorization.
The seminar begins in the first week of the semester. - Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [BritCult - Wächter] - Queer Theory and Its Impact on British Cultural Studies
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 35
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417728/CourseNode/1721010667434410011
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
-
Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 4. Doppelstunde BZW/B101 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Over the past decades, queer theory has gained increasing significance for the field of cultural studies beyond scholarly attention to representations of queer lives. Thus, for instance, conceptions of queer temporalities and queer readings of ‘negative’ affects feed into (affective) ecocriticism, not least of all regarding negotiations of affect in the face of climate disaster. This seminar will introduce students to (excerpts from) key works of queer theory, which we will paradigmatically apply to Russell T. Davies’ 2015 series Banana (E4). For each of the theoretical texts, we will also consider its wider implications for the field of (British) cultural studies.
- Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [BritCult - Wächter] - Critical Psychiatry, Mad Studies and the Popular Imagination
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 35
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417730/CourseNode/1721010667466098011
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
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Datum/Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 3. Doppelstunde W48/0001/U In Präsenz – In Präsenz – In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- This seminar aims to challenge pervasive biomedical understandings of mental distress by exploring the socio-political dimensions of psychiatric practice and public attitudes towards mental distress and people living with psychiatric diagnoses. We will begin with a historical overview of the evolution of psychiatric practices, paying particular attention to the operation of power, control, and the medicalisation of human experience. Students will then be introduced to key texts from the fields of critical psychiatry, mad studies and neurodiversity studies. Finally, we will turn to the role of various media in shaping public perceptions of mental distress and people labelled as mentally ill. The seminar culminates in a two-day student conference (22 & 23 February). In their papers, students will critically analyse media representations of their choice to uncover the stereotypes, myths, and tropes that perpetuate stigmatising views of mental distress – or texts which challenge precisely these. Papers should explore how these representations influence societal attitudes and reinforce or challenge dominant discourses regarding mental distress and/or madness. Throughout the seminar, students will be encouraged to critically reflect on their own assumptions and biases regarding mental health, as well as the broader cultural and societal implications of psychiatric practices and representations of mental distress.
- Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
SLK-MA-AA-1-SP
(Sprachpraxis – Language Applications)
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Sprachlernseminar – Advanced Essay Writing
- Lehrperson
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- Andrea Stubenrauch
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 25
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 07.10.2024, 13:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892176/CourseNode/91134119703723
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 4. Doppelstunde BSS/133 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- This course is aimed at all Master and State Exam students. Foreign students whose English is at an advanced level may also participate. This course will develop the work of the Writing course and will focus particularly on writing argumentative essays. The course will examine what makes a good essay and practise the planning, structuring, style and checking of essays. A key aspect will be the practice of new lexis and idiom typical of formal writing style. Texts which provide both excellent models of English writing and provocative topics for debate will be studied with the aim of transferring the writing skills and language encountered into active usage. 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: either you are matriculated for Master or for State Exam 3: all courses in years 1-3 except Options courses have been completed
- Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-SP – Sprachpraxis – Language Applications
-
Sprachlernseminar – Advanced Essay Writing
- Lehrperson
-
- Andrea Stubenrauch
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 25
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 07.10.2024, 13:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/8236892176/CourseNode/91134119703723
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Donnerstag 1. Doppelstunde – Virtuell - Beschreibung
- This course is aimed at all Master and State Exam students. Foreign students whose English is at an advanced level may also participate. This course will develop the work of the Writing course and will focus particularly on writing argumentative essays. The course will examine what makes a good essay and practise the planning, structuring, style and checking of essays. A key aspect will be the practice of new lexis and idiom typical of formal writing style. Texts which provide both excellent models of English writing and provocative topics for debate will be studied with the aim of transferring the writing skills and language encountered into active usage. 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: either you are matriculated for Master or for State Exam 3: all courses in years 1-3 except Options courses have been completed
- Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-SP – Sprachpraxis – Language Applications
-
Sprachlernseminar – Advanced Translation
- Lehrperson
-
- Michael Calabranno Pérez
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 25
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 07.10.2024, 13:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/21583233024/CourseNode/100489926572838
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 4. Doppelstunde W48/0002/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- This course is aimed at all Master and State Exam students. Foreign students whose English is at an advanced level may also participate. Students will be introduced to some theories and techniques of translating and there will be systematic practice of particular structures and lexis which are difficult to translate. Students will be given texts to translate in class and at home. Students should have a good grammar book and a good monolingual dictionary. Materials: The materials should be purchased at EMF Bürotechnik, Zellescher Weg 21, and should be brought to the first meeting. Prerequisites: 1: the Entry Test must have been passed. 2: either you are matriculated for Master or for State Exam 3: all courses in years 1-3 except Options courses have been completed.
- Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-SP – Sprachpraxis – Language Applications
-
Sprachlernseminar – Option: JABS
- Lehrperson
-
- Michael Calabranno Pérez
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 25
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 07.10.2024, 13:00 Uhr https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/43606769664/CourseNode/1709523081015653004
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Donnerstag 1. Doppelstunde SE1/0218/P In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- 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 journalistic writing and will develop or deepen the journalistic, research and writing skills of participants. 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.
- Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-SP – Sprachpraxis – Language Applications
SLK-MA-AA-2-A-L
(Ausbaumodul – Literaturwissenschaft)
-
Seminar – [AmLit - Ingwersen] – Geo-Stories: Literature and the Elements II (Earth)
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Moritz Ingwersen
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Einschreibung über OPAL am 11.10.2024 ab 11:00 Uhr
- Termine
-
Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 5. Doppelstunde ABS/2-07/U In Präsenz - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-L – Erweiterungsmodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-L – Ausbaumodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [AmLit - Gatermann] - Critical Disney
- Lehrperson
-
- Julia Gatermann
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.19.2024 11:00 Uhr
- Termine
-
Datum Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung – In Präsenz - Beschreibung
-
It is almost impossible to clearly delineate what we mean when we say “Disney” – the iconic signature that might appear in our mind’s eye is evocative of so many things all at once: the man, Walt, an embodiment of the American dream with his ‘from-rags-to riches’ story; the Studios that have produced many generations worth of cultural imagination; theme parks that claim to be “the happiest places on earth”; a canon of popular films with immense mass cultural impact; an ideology that has global reach. Disney’s mythology and cultural capital is dependent on and imbricated in all these manifestations and more, establishing “Disney” almost as a metonym for “America”.
Disney is especially associated with adapting well-known fairy tales and developing their own “Disney version.” But rather than contributing to a diverse and ever-growing body of fairy tale adaptations, many critics feel that Disney films dominate the form in such a way that their renditions take over and rewrite the source text and any other versions. Considering their global reach of audiences, this has immense mass cultural implications. In this seminar, we will take a look at a range of Disney movies across time from the earlier classics to more contemporary reimaginings and explore their ideological charge, reading them both against earlier versions as well as against a selection of key texts in critical theory: How do these Disney films imagine gender roles, how do they represent race? How do they use aesthetics and music to guide our emotional experiences? What imaginative spaces do they open up, and what do they make us hope and dream for? And how have these things changed over time?
DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that this course is a compact course and is structured mainly as four days of intensive class discussion. Students are therefore required to prepare for these sessions with a high degree of self-guided discipline and time management. In-depth knowledge of the reading material and the films is absolutely essential for participation in our four day-long sessions.
Course Requirements:
• attendance and active participation
• in-depth knowledge of the reading material
• written reader responses engaging with the material as preparation for our sessions
• final term paper
Blockseminar:
28.10. 3.DS (11:10-12:40); 04.11. 3.DS–5.DS (11:10-16:20); 05.11. 3.DS-5.DS (11:10-16:20); 18.11. 3.DS-5.DS (11:10-16:20); 19.11. 3.DS–5.DS (11:10-16:20)
Raum: tba - Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-L – Erweiterungsmodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-L – Ausbaumodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K
(Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft)
-
Seminar – [AmCult - Junker] - Methods and Theories in American Studies: Approaching Democracy in Cultural Studies
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 25
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.10.2024 12:00 Uhr
- Termine
-
Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 4. Doppelstunde BSS/109 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
-
The presidential election of 2024 has once again highlighted the central role of democracy as a discourse object in American public debates and, moreover, the study of American culture(s). The legitimacy of American democracy, its stability, its promises are matters of urgent debates that go back to the founding of the nation. The seminar will zoom in on select aspects of democracy in the United States from a decidedly cultural-studies point of view, such as mediatized struggles of demographic groups for access to participation in public life, textual strategies of authorizing demands for fundamental civil rights, and modes of organizing campaigns that redress grievances and call for the recognition of group-based interests. By reading a variety of historical sources, cultural texts, and secondary literature that shape discourses of democracy, we will approach questions concerning, among other things, the values and shortcomings of democracy and the implications of this for today. We will do so by combing through one of the foundational and state-of-the-art works in American cultural studies scholarship of recent years: Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors. A New Literary History of America. Harvard UP, 2012, https://doi-org.wwwdb.dbod.de/10.4159/9780674054219. We will examine how select essays in this volume put a spotlight on various personas, texts, and thematic aspects of debates on American democracy at different moment in time. A willingness to engage in history and theory will be mandatory for participation in the seminar.
The seminar begins in the first week of the semester. - Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [AmCult - Junker] - Collaboration in US Culture
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.10.2024 12:00 Uhr
- Termine
-
Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 7. Doppelstunde W48/103 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
-
The seminar is prompted by the ongoing privileging of expressive individualism that is expressed not least through notions of singular authorship in US American cultural history. Against the backdrop of the emergence of singular authorship around 1800, due in part to the passing of copyright laws, the course aims to review and assess co-written texts and artifacts that were created in the United States from the late eighteenth century to the present. We will examine various types of collaborative authorship and co-making, their historical formations, and their medial manifestations in written texts, the performance arts, film, the internet, etc. with an eye on their manifest and latent functions. Models of cultural collaboration challenge normative dimension of singular authorship and its link to individualism so prominent in the U.S. Seminar participants will thus explore and contribute to debates on the nexus of cultural production and discursive authorization.
The seminar begins in the first week of the semester. - Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [BritCult - Wächter] - Queer Theory and Its Impact on British Cultural Studies
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 35
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417728/CourseNode/1721010667434410011
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
-
Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 4. Doppelstunde BZW/B101 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Over the past decades, queer theory has gained increasing significance for the field of cultural studies beyond scholarly attention to representations of queer lives. Thus, for instance, conceptions of queer temporalities and queer readings of ‘negative’ affects feed into (affective) ecocriticism, not least of all regarding negotiations of affect in the face of climate disaster. This seminar will introduce students to (excerpts from) key works of queer theory, which we will paradigmatically apply to Russell T. Davies’ 2015 series Banana (E4). For each of the theoretical texts, we will also consider its wider implications for the field of (British) cultural studies.
- Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
-
Seminar – [BritCult - Wächter] - Critical Psychiatry, Mad Studies and the Popular Imagination
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 35
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417730/CourseNode/1721010667466098011
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
-
Datum/Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 3. Doppelstunde W48/0001/U In Präsenz – In Präsenz – In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- This seminar aims to challenge pervasive biomedical understandings of mental distress by exploring the socio-political dimensions of psychiatric practice and public attitudes towards mental distress and people living with psychiatric diagnoses. We will begin with a historical overview of the evolution of psychiatric practices, paying particular attention to the operation of power, control, and the medicalisation of human experience. Students will then be introduced to key texts from the fields of critical psychiatry, mad studies and neurodiversity studies. Finally, we will turn to the role of various media in shaping public perceptions of mental distress and people labelled as mentally ill. The seminar culminates in a two-day student conference (22 & 23 February). In their papers, students will critically analyse media representations of their choice to uncover the stereotypes, myths, and tropes that perpetuate stigmatising views of mental distress – or texts which challenge precisely these. Papers should explore how these representations influence societal attitudes and reinforce or challenge dominant discourses regarding mental distress and/or madness. Throughout the seminar, students will be encouraged to critically reflect on their own assumptions and biases regarding mental health, as well as the broader cultural and societal implications of psychiatric practices and representations of mental distress.
- Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä
(Wissenschaftliche Präsentation)
-
Seminar – [Ling - Leuckert] - Pronouns in English and Beyond
- Lehrperson
-
- Dr. Sven Leuckert
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 40
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
- Termine
-
Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 3. Doppelstunde W48/004/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Pronouns in English are fascinating for many reasons: They belong to the ‘closed’ word classes but, at the same time, they carry important social meaning and indicate social hierarchies. Despite being a closed word class, they have undergone significant change from the earliest forms to the forms used in the present day, with a major example being the shift from th-forms, such as thou, to y-forms, such as you. In this class, we will investigate the history, forms, and functions of pronouns in English. We will discuss why we need pronouns, how they are used, and why they are such a good example of language at the interface of grammar and society. We will also discuss phenomena such as ‘bronouns’ and compare pronoun usage in English to pronoun usage in other languages. Attention will also be given to neopronouns and current debates on pronouns in relation to gender identities.
- Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-S – Erweiterungsmodul – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-S – Ausbaumodul – Sprachwissenschaft
-
Seminar – [AmCult - Junker] - Methods and Theories in American Studies: Approaching Democracy in Cultural Studies
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 25
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.10.2024 12:00 Uhr
- Termine
-
Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 4. Doppelstunde BSS/109 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
-
The presidential election of 2024 has once again highlighted the central role of democracy as a discourse object in American public debates and, moreover, the study of American culture(s). The legitimacy of American democracy, its stability, its promises are matters of urgent debates that go back to the founding of the nation. The seminar will zoom in on select aspects of democracy in the United States from a decidedly cultural-studies point of view, such as mediatized struggles of demographic groups for access to participation in public life, textual strategies of authorizing demands for fundamental civil rights, and modes of organizing campaigns that redress grievances and call for the recognition of group-based interests. By reading a variety of historical sources, cultural texts, and secondary literature that shape discourses of democracy, we will approach questions concerning, among other things, the values and shortcomings of democracy and the implications of this for today. We will do so by combing through one of the foundational and state-of-the-art works in American cultural studies scholarship of recent years: Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors. A New Literary History of America. Harvard UP, 2012, https://doi-org.wwwdb.dbod.de/10.4159/9780674054219. We will examine how select essays in this volume put a spotlight on various personas, texts, and thematic aspects of debates on American democracy at different moment in time. A willingness to engage in history and theory will be mandatory for participation in the seminar.
The seminar begins in the first week of the semester. - Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
-
Seminar – [AmCult - Junker] - Collaboration in US Culture
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.10.2024 12:00 Uhr
- Termine
-
Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 7. Doppelstunde W48/103 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
-
The seminar is prompted by the ongoing privileging of expressive individualism that is expressed not least through notions of singular authorship in US American cultural history. Against the backdrop of the emergence of singular authorship around 1800, due in part to the passing of copyright laws, the course aims to review and assess co-written texts and artifacts that were created in the United States from the late eighteenth century to the present. We will examine various types of collaborative authorship and co-making, their historical formations, and their medial manifestations in written texts, the performance arts, film, the internet, etc. with an eye on their manifest and latent functions. Models of cultural collaboration challenge normative dimension of singular authorship and its link to individualism so prominent in the U.S. Seminar participants will thus explore and contribute to debates on the nexus of cultural production and discursive authorization.
The seminar begins in the first week of the semester. - Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Kolloquium – [AmCult - Junker/Ingwersen] - North American Studies Colloquium
- Lehrpersonen
-
- Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
- Prof. Dr. Moritz Ingwersen
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 15
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.10.2024 12:00 Uhr
- Termine
-
Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 6. Doppelstunde W48/002 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
-
This colloquium aims to provide an informal forum in which students, especially those in the advanced stages of their studies, can present their current or planned theses (Staatsexamen, BA, MA, doctoral) and discuss them with fellow students. For MA students, attendance of this colloquium may count toward the module ”Forschungslaboratorium”. All other students can “only” learn a lot from participating in this colloquium, they can earn no credits here.
The colloquium begins in the first week of the semester.
ating in this colloquium, they can earn no credits here. - Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
-
Seminar – [AmLit - Ingwersen] – Geo-Stories: Literature and the Elements II (Earth)
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Moritz Ingwersen
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Einschreibung über OPAL am 11.10.2024 ab 11:00 Uhr
- Termine
-
Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 5. Doppelstunde ABS/2-07/U In Präsenz - Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-L – Erweiterungsmodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-L – Ausbaumodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
-
Seminar – [BritCult - Wächter] - Queer Theory and Its Impact on British Cultural Studies
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 35
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417728/CourseNode/1721010667434410011
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
-
Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Dienstag 4. Doppelstunde BZW/B101 In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Over the past decades, queer theory has gained increasing significance for the field of cultural studies beyond scholarly attention to representations of queer lives. Thus, for instance, conceptions of queer temporalities and queer readings of ‘negative’ affects feed into (affective) ecocriticism, not least of all regarding negotiations of affect in the face of climate disaster. This seminar will introduce students to (excerpts from) key works of queer theory, which we will paradigmatically apply to Russell T. Davies’ 2015 series Banana (E4). For each of the theoretical texts, we will also consider its wider implications for the field of (British) cultural studies.
- Zuordnungen
-
- Modular
-
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
-
Seminar – [BritCult - Wächter] - Critical Psychiatry, Mad Studies and the Popular Imagination
- Lehrperson
-
- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 35
- Einschreibung
-
- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 12 Uhr bei OPAL https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/45497417730/CourseNode/1721010667466098011
- Einschreibefrist
- Ab
- Termine
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Datum/Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 3. Doppelstunde W48/0001/U In Präsenz – In Präsenz – In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- This seminar aims to challenge pervasive biomedical understandings of mental distress by exploring the socio-political dimensions of psychiatric practice and public attitudes towards mental distress and people living with psychiatric diagnoses. We will begin with a historical overview of the evolution of psychiatric practices, paying particular attention to the operation of power, control, and the medicalisation of human experience. Students will then be introduced to key texts from the fields of critical psychiatry, mad studies and neurodiversity studies. Finally, we will turn to the role of various media in shaping public perceptions of mental distress and people labelled as mentally ill. The seminar culminates in a two-day student conference (22 & 23 February). In their papers, students will critically analyse media representations of their choice to uncover the stereotypes, myths, and tropes that perpetuate stigmatising views of mental distress – or texts which challenge precisely these. Papers should explore how these representations influence societal attitudes and reinforce or challenge dominant discourses regarding mental distress and/or madness. Throughout the seminar, students will be encouraged to critically reflect on their own assumptions and biases regarding mental health, as well as the broader cultural and societal implications of psychiatric practices and representations of mental distress.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-K – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-K – Erweiterungsmodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-K – Ausbaumodul – Kulturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
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Seminar – [SSW - Kuße] Neueste Slavistische Linguistik
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Holger Kuße
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 15
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Über URL einschreiben
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Donnerstag 4. Doppelstunde BSS/0E41/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Die slavistische Linguistik ist eine lebendige Wissenschaft mit einem breiten Spektrum an Paradigmen von der formalen Beschreibung slavischer Sprachen über politolinguistische, religiolinguistische und anderen kulturwissenschaftlich-linguistische Untersuchungen bis hin zu fachdidaktischen Publikationen. Im Seminar wird die Breite dieser Ansätze und wissenschaftlichen Interessen anhand von Neuerscheinungen der letzten Jahre erfasst. Die Teilnehmer:innen präsentieren einzelne von ihnen selbst gewählte Publikationen. Als schriftliche Prüfungsleistung kann eine Rezension geschrieben werden.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-S – Erweiterungsmodul – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-S – Ausbaumodul – Sprachwissenschaft
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Seminar – [AmLit - Gatermann] - Critical Disney
- Lehrperson
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- Julia Gatermann
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 30
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- Einschreibung über
- OPAL ab 11.19.2024 11:00 Uhr
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Datum Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung – In Präsenz - Beschreibung
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It is almost impossible to clearly delineate what we mean when we say “Disney” – the iconic signature that might appear in our mind’s eye is evocative of so many things all at once: the man, Walt, an embodiment of the American dream with his ‘from-rags-to riches’ story; the Studios that have produced many generations worth of cultural imagination; theme parks that claim to be “the happiest places on earth”; a canon of popular films with immense mass cultural impact; an ideology that has global reach. Disney’s mythology and cultural capital is dependent on and imbricated in all these manifestations and more, establishing “Disney” almost as a metonym for “America”.
Disney is especially associated with adapting well-known fairy tales and developing their own “Disney version.” But rather than contributing to a diverse and ever-growing body of fairy tale adaptations, many critics feel that Disney films dominate the form in such a way that their renditions take over and rewrite the source text and any other versions. Considering their global reach of audiences, this has immense mass cultural implications. In this seminar, we will take a look at a range of Disney movies across time from the earlier classics to more contemporary reimaginings and explore their ideological charge, reading them both against earlier versions as well as against a selection of key texts in critical theory: How do these Disney films imagine gender roles, how do they represent race? How do they use aesthetics and music to guide our emotional experiences? What imaginative spaces do they open up, and what do they make us hope and dream for? And how have these things changed over time?
DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that this course is a compact course and is structured mainly as four days of intensive class discussion. Students are therefore required to prepare for these sessions with a high degree of self-guided discipline and time management. In-depth knowledge of the reading material and the films is absolutely essential for participation in our four day-long sessions.
Course Requirements:
• attendance and active participation
• in-depth knowledge of the reading material
• written reader responses engaging with the material as preparation for our sessions
• final term paper
Blockseminar:
28.10. 3.DS (11:10-12:40); 04.11. 3.DS–5.DS (11:10-16:20); 05.11. 3.DS-5.DS (11:10-16:20); 18.11. 3.DS-5.DS (11:10-16:20); 19.11. 3.DS–5.DS (11:10-16:20)
Raum: tba - Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-L – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-L – Erweiterungsmodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-L – Ausbaumodul – Literaturwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
SLK-MA-AA-2-A-S
(Ausbaumodul – Sprachwissenschaft)
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Seminar – [Ling - Leuckert] - Pronouns in English and Beyond
- Lehrperson
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- Dr. Sven Leuckert
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 40
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Ab 11.10.2024, 10 Uhr bei OPAL
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Mittwoch 3. Doppelstunde W48/004/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Pronouns in English are fascinating for many reasons: They belong to the ‘closed’ word classes but, at the same time, they carry important social meaning and indicate social hierarchies. Despite being a closed word class, they have undergone significant change from the earliest forms to the forms used in the present day, with a major example being the shift from th-forms, such as thou, to y-forms, such as you. In this class, we will investigate the history, forms, and functions of pronouns in English. We will discuss why we need pronouns, how they are used, and why they are such a good example of language at the interface of grammar and society. We will also discuss phenomena such as ‘bronouns’ and compare pronoun usage in English to pronoun usage in other languages. Attention will also be given to neopronouns and current debates on pronouns in relation to gender identities.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-S – Erweiterungsmodul – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-S – Ausbaumodul – Sprachwissenschaft
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Seminar – [SSW - Kuße] Neueste Slavistische Linguistik
- Lehrperson
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- Prof. Dr. Holger Kuße
- Maximale Teilnehmeranzahl
- 15
- Einschreibung
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- Einschreibung über
- Über URL einschreiben
- Termine
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Wochentag Uhrzeit Ort Durchführung Donnerstag 4. Doppelstunde BSS/0E41/U In Präsenz - Beschreibung
- Die slavistische Linguistik ist eine lebendige Wissenschaft mit einem breiten Spektrum an Paradigmen von der formalen Beschreibung slavischer Sprachen über politolinguistische, religiolinguistische und anderen kulturwissenschaftlich-linguistische Untersuchungen bis hin zu fachdidaktischen Publikationen. Im Seminar wird die Breite dieser Ansätze und wissenschaftlichen Interessen anhand von Neuerscheinungen der letzten Jahre erfasst. Die Teilnehmer:innen präsentieren einzelne von ihnen selbst gewählte Publikationen. Als schriftliche Prüfungsleistung kann eine Rezension geschrieben werden.
- Zuordnungen
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- Modular
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- SLK-MA-AA-1-S1-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 1 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-S2-S – Spezialisierungsmodul 2 – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-1-E-S – Erweiterungsmodul – Sprachwissenschaft
- SLK-MA-AA-2-WiPrä – Wissenschaftliche Präsentation
- SLK-MA-AA-2-A-S – Ausbaumodul – Sprachwissenschaft