Leuphana Universität Lüneburg: Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Children's Literature I (Seminar)

Termin/e:

wöchentlich | Montag | 10:15 - 11:45 | 10.04.2012 - 23.04.2012 | C 16.222
wöchentlich | Montag | 10:15 - 11:45 | 30.04.2012 - 13.07.2012 | C 5.310

Inhalt:

Children's literature has, since its beginnings in the 18th century, been a source both of entertainment and instruction for child readers as well as a product which reflects adults' perceptions of children and the choices that they make regarding what literature is suitable for the young. It is addressed to a wide range of readers from pre-literate toddlers to young adults and encompasses an equally wide range of genres including picturebooks, traditional folk and fairy tales, novels, poetry, and informational books. In this seminar, you will become familiar with a selection of literature in the English-speaking cultures across time, and learn to appreciate this branch of literature through close reading and work with different critical approaches. You will examine the distinctive qualities of children’s literature, explore the relation of didacticism and entertainment in texts for children at different historical periods, and consider the changing concepts of the child and its influence on the production of children's literature.

Ziel:

To introduce students to children’s literature as a field of critical literary study. To introduce students to a wide range of texts and genres written for children. To develop students' awareness and understanding of critical and theoretical debates that are particular to the field.

SWS:

2

Zuordnungen:

Children's Literature IV (Seminar)

Ulrike Kristina Köhler

Termin/e:

wöchentlich | Dienstag | 18:15 - 19:45 | 10.04.2012 - 13.07.2012 | C 5.310

Inhalt:

Children's literature has, since its beginnings in the 18th century, been a source both of entertainment and instruction for child readers as well as a product which reflects adults' perceptions of children and the choices that they make regarding what literature is suitable for the young. It is addressed to a wide range of readers from pre-literate toddlers to young adults and encompasses an equally wide range of genres including picturebooks, traditional folk and fairy tales, novels, poetry, and informational books. In this seminar, you will become familiar with a selection of literature in the English-speaking cultures across time, and learn to appreciate this branch of literature through close reading and work with different critical approaches. You will examine the distinctive qualities of children’s literature, explore the relation of didacticism and entertainment in texts for children at different historical periods, and consider the changing concepts of the child and its influence on the production of children's literature.

Ziel:

To introduce students to children’s literature as a field of critical literary study. To introduce students to a wide range of texts and genres written for children. To develop students' awareness and understanding of critical and theoretical debates that are particular to the field.

SWS:

2

Zuordnungen:

Grammar in Context I - Pragmatics (Seminar)

Anne Barron

Termin/e:

Inhalt:

“Do you have a watch?”: When might this utterance be used and what might it mean? Might it be to compliment someone on a new watch, or to ask the time or …? What about the utterance “I forgot my watch today”? What does it mean? Should this be interpreted as an apology? Or might it not also be a request for the time? All solutions are possible, of course, you will say. It depends on the context. This course deals with pragmatics, the study of language in context. We look in other words, at the use of grammar (i.e. the abstract formal system of language in Leech’s (1983) terms, involving not only the syntax of a language, but also the phonological, morphological and lexical levels of language) in context. We focus on speech act theory and examine the acquisition of pragmatic competence and the implications of pragmatic research for the language classroom.

Ziel:

SWS:

2

Zuordnungen:

Grammar in Context II - Sociolinguistics (Seminar)

Anne Barron

Termin/e:

wöchentlich | Dienstag | 10:15 - 11:45 | 10.04.2012 - 08.05.2012 | C 5.311
Einzeltermin | Mo, 14.05.2012, 08:15 bis Mo, 14.05.2012, 09:45 | C 3.120 | Gastvortrag
Einzeltermin | Di, 15.05.2012, 10:15 bis Di, 15.05.2012, 11:45 | C 5.311 | Gastvortrag
wöchentlich | Dienstag | 10:15 - 11:45 | 15.05.2012 - 19.06.2012 | C 5.311
Einzeltermin | Mo, 04.06.2012, 08:15 bis Mo, 04.06.2012, 09:45 | C 3.120 | Gastvortrag
Einzeltermin | Di, 26.06.2012, 10:15 bis Di, 26.06.2012, 11:45 | fällt aus !
Einzeltermin | Mi, 27.06.2012, 14:00 bis Mi, 27.06.2012, 18:00 | C HS 5 | Gastvortrag
wöchentlich | Dienstag | 10:15 - 11:45 | 03.07.2012 - 13.07.2012 | C 5.311

Inhalt:

This course deals with the relationship between language and society. In particular, it focuses on the huge diversity found in language use in society, diversity which stems on the one hand from social, regional, gender, age and ethnic variation and on the other hand from stylistic variation.

Ziel:

SWS:

2

Zuordnungen:

Grammar in Context III - Corpus Linguistics (Seminar)

Irina Pandarova

Termin/e:

Inhalt:

Corpus linguistics is the study of language using large, digitalised collections of naturally occurring spoken and written texts, known as language corpora. Rather than a discipline on a par with morphology, syntax or pragmatics, corpus linguistics is, as we shall see, an empirical methodology for exploring language as it is actually used by its speakers. Since its conception in the 1960s, and especially in the 21st century, corpus linguistic methodology has been applied in almost all fields of linguistics, from speech prosody and grammar to semantics, pragmatics and stylistics. Furthermore, the existence of a variety of synchronic and diachronic corpora has been an excellent basis for observing language change and variation. Corpus linguistics has numerous practical applications as well, e.g. in translation, forensics, and, crucially for future teachers, in the foreign language classroom.

Ziel:

The aim of this course is to acquaint students with existing language corpora and their design. Students will learn how to operate corpus linguistic software and carry out their own empirical investigations in areas such as lexis, grammar, discourse, language variation and change. In the process, they will expand their knowledge of descriptive and theoretical categories they have acquired in the module “Introduction to Linguistics”. They will also develop a critical awareness with regard to both data and analysis.

SWS:

2

Zuordnungen:

Sonstiges:

Students are warmly invited to contact the LinA-Lab (Centre for Empirical Research on Language in Action). LinA-Lab is a special facility dedicated to students wishing to conduct linguistic assignments, term papers or indeed BA/MA theses. It is a space for individual or group work and is meant to provide help with data collection. The following resources are available: • two computers (of course, you can also bring your own) • large range of language corpora and corpus analysis software • recording equipment (e.g. for conducting and recording roleplays) • transcription software (Audacity) • statistics software (SPSS, R) • user guides Our lab assistant Milena Skupin will offer you help with technical issues and other questions you may have. LinA-Lab is located at C.4.001 and is open approximately 10 hours a week during term time. A regular office hour is offered every Wednesday from 14h to16h. Please contact linalab@leuphana.de to book your visit in advance. Alternative appointments are also available on request.

Grammar in Context IV - (Seminar)

Insa Wippermann

Termin/e:

Inhalt:

Grammar in Context: Pragmatics and Language Learning In order to converse succesfully in a foreign language, one has to be able to use it appropriately. Thus pragmatic competence is key for succesful communication. However, L2 learners often develop grammatical competence without the accompanying pragmatic competence (Bardovi-Harling & Hartford 1996), one reason being that general classroom discourse lacks the opportunity to realize a great variety of pragmatic functions (Kasper 2000) and pragmatics are generally not the focus of teaching. But what is pragmatic competence, why is it key for successful communication and what does cross-cultural communication have to do with it? This seminar deals with pragmatics, the study of language in context, with a focus on learner language. After establishing a theoretical background in pragmatics, we are going to look at pragmatics across languages and cultures as well as interlanguage pragmatics. Researching pragmatics and the question if pragmatic competence should (and can) actually be taught, will also be examined over the course of this seminar.

Ziel:

SWS:

2

Zuordnungen:

Nonsense - from Edward Lear to Monty Python (Seminar)

Emer O'Sullivan

Termin/e:

wöchentlich | Montag | 16:15 - 17:45 | 10.04.2012 - 13.07.2012 | C 5.311

Inhalt:

Nonsense verse is a centuries-old form that delights in the incongruous or implausible, and in playing with language itself. While it is to be found in most literatures, it is particularly associated with English literature since elevated to a literary form in the 19th century by Edward Lear (1812-1888), the 'laureate of nonsense' who, with his limericks, nonsense alphabets, geography, natural history, botany etc. defined the whole repertoire. In this seminar we will address definitions and typologies of nonsense and examine Lear's work and that of some of his contemporaries and successors - amongst them Lewis Carroll, Hilaire Belloc, Flann O'Brien and the modern masters of nonsense, Monty Python and Dr. Seuss - tracing the development of nonsense from the 19th century to the present. The final choice of authors we deal with will be decided in the first session, students are welcome to bring along suggestions of their own.

Ziel:

To have students engage with Nonsense writing as a specific Victorian invention in the context of its emergence and to follow its development, across a range of media, to the present day. To develop students’ analytical skills in developing criteria for the critical analysis of nonsense texts. To acquaint students with a range of theories about nonsense and to encourage their application in the seminar.

SWS:

2

Zuordnungen:

The Harry Potter Phenomenon (Seminar)

Emer O'Sullivan

Termin/e:

wöchentlich | Dienstag | 08:15 - 09:45 | 10.04.2012 - 08.05.2012 | C 5.311
Einzeltermin | Di, 15.05.2012, 08:15 bis Di, 15.05.2012, 09:45 | C 5.310
wöchentlich | Dienstag | 08:15 - 09:45 | 22.05.2012 - 13.07.2012 | C 5.311

Inhalt:

'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' appeared in 2007 bringing J.K. Rowling’s septology to a close, a highly original sequence of novels which cover the seven years Harry spends as a pupil at the Hogwarths School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was greeted with the same amount of almost hysterical enthusiasm which has marked the publication of the previous volumes in the series. What is it about Harry Potter that has hit such a nerve amongst readers young and old? What is the secret of the success of what is now called "The Harry Potter Phenomenon"? In this seminar we will be focussing especially, but not exclusively, on literary aspects of the novels: on narrative structure and the narrative features of the series, on Rowling’s use of comic elements, on the conventions and genres of children’s literature which she draws upon, on the treatment of thematic aspects such as the struggle between the forces of good and evil and the development of identity during adolescence, as well as the topics of gender, class and national stereotypes. We will also be look at issues relating to the 'phenomenon' such as reasons for the popularity of the novels, marketing, fan culture, censorship, and the films.

Ziel:

To introduce students to a best-selling series of children’s novels as a field of critical study of literature, of popular culture and of the conditions in which they flourish. To introduce students to a wide range of secondary texts which engage with aspects of the series from intertextuality, to translation and ethics. To develop students’ analytical skills in close reading.

SWS:

2

Zuordnungen:

Leuphana

Universität Lüneburg

Leuphana Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Vorlesungsverzeichnis