Institute of English Studies

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

At the interface of cultural studies and education, the Institute contributes to a number of different BA, MA and M.Ed. degree courses, e.g. Bachelor Lehren und Lernen, Master of Education, Leuphana Bachelor (Major Cultural Studies).

The Institute comprises the fields of English Linguistics, English Literature, Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Area Studies & Language Skills.

Main research areas

The Institute of English Studies' research reflects the diversity of English and Englishes, English literature and literatures, English culture and cultures, and the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).

We focus on the heterogeneous and hybrid nature of these research areas and the application of our findings in various contexts. Current projects reflect this inter- and transdisciplinary approach. Research in the field of TEFL deals with personal and affective factors of the learner personality and with the intercultural structure of acquisition and communication situations. Competence orientation and assessment are important aspects of our research.

  1. 2004
  2. Published

    Blumenbergs anthropologische Weltbewältigung als Ästhetik der Entängstigung im literarischen Neo-Realismus

    Moss, M., 2004, Komparatistik als Arbeit am Mythos. Schmitz-Emans, M. & Lindemann, U. (eds.). Synchron Verlag, p. 319-333 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Neorealism: Between Innovation and Continuation

    Claviez, T. (Editor) & Moss, M. (Editor), 2004, Heidelberg: Winter Universitätsverlag. (Amerika-Studien : American studies ; a quarterly; vol. 49, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  4. Published

    The Search for Sanctuary: Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping and E. Annie Proulx's the shipping news

    Moss, M., 2004, In: Amerikastudien. 49, 1, p. 79-90 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. 2003
  6. Published

    Das Schaudern ist der Menschheit bestes Teil: The Sublime as Part of the Mythic Strategy in Don DeLillo's The Names

    Moss, M., 2003, Don DeLillo. Bloom, H. (ed.). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, p. 39-41 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  7. 2002
  8. Published

    Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Deutschunterricht

    O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2002, In: Fremdsprache Deutsch. 27, p. 5-9 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    "Why, White Man, Why?" White Australia as the addressee of apostrophe in contemporary aboriginal writing

    West, R., 2002, In: Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. 50, 2, p. 166-178 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. 2001
  11. Published

    Karl Kroeber: Artistry in Native American Myths

    Moss, M., 2001, In: Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. 49, 2, p. 202-203 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  12. Published

    Ondaatje's and Minghella's 'English Patients': Different Perspectives on Violence

    Moss, M. & Fraunholz, J., 2001, In: Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien. 21, 1, p. 125-138 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    'You're-like-wind-blowing-over-the-land-and-passing-on': Strategies of national identity formation in the US-made Mexico Western

    Glasenapp, J., 2001, In: Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. 49, 4, p. 331-349 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. 2000
  15. Published

    The suicide of schoolchildren in turn-of-the-century German literature. Non-vitae-sed-scholae-discimus

    Volz, S., 05.2000, In: German Studies Review. 23, 2, p. 351-352 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch