Professorship for English Literature
Organisational unit: Section
Organisation profile
In the English Literature section, our research and teaching focusses on a wide range of topics from a broadly Cultural Studies perspective. Areas of particular interest in our research include narratology, image studies, literary translation and adaptation, transnational phenomena, Irish literature, children’s literature as well as literature of the Romantic period and eighteenth-century literature situated at the interface of literature and music. In our teaching we offer courses in the Bachelor and Master programmes in Teacher Education and Cultural Studies. Seminar topics range from a general Introduction to English Literature to literary translation, transmedia storytelling, contemporary Irish short stories, children’s literature, the picturebook and other multimodal texts, literary nonsense, specific writers such as Oscar Wilde or genres such as eighteenth-century travel. We explore how literature works between and beyond the book covers in research-based seminars and project seminars in cooperation with partners in literary institutions, in theatre excursions and through guest lectures by contemporary authors and translators as well as by representatives of publishing houses and from the local theatre. Committed to our teaching, we employ different didactic approaches and methods, including blended learning, and use a variety of teaching materials specifically tailored to our students’ needs and interests.
Topics
Areas of research are comparative literature, translation studies, image studies, children's literature and literature in the classroom (intercultural aspects and children's literature in foreign language learning and teaching).
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German 1963: Back-translation of a passage from the German translation of Alice in Wonderland of 1963. With notes by Emer O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan, E. & Brodesser, B., 2015, Alice in a World of Wonderlands : The Translations of Lewis Carroll's Masterpiece ; Back-Translations. Lindseth, J. A. & Tannenbaum, A. (eds.). 1 ed. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, Vol. 2. p. 228-231 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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German and Irish childrens's literature: a comparative perspective
O'Sullivan, E., 2008, Intercultural connections within German and Irish children's literature. Tebbutt, S. & Fischer, J. (eds.). Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, p. 25-45 21 p. (Irish German studies; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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German Children's Literature Planting a Hope
O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Literature Planting Dreams in Children: Papers presented at the 3rd World Children's Literature Convention in Changwon. 8-12 August 2014. p. 206-217 12 p. (Publications of the Asian Children's Literature Convention).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Gezähmtes Naturkind und dankbarer Sklave. Figurenstereotypen in den Harry Potter-Romanen. Aus der Arbeit des Instituts und der Bibliothek für Kinder- und Jugendbuchforschung.
Köhler, U. K., 2005, In: Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung Frankfurt. 2, 2, p. 20-24 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gillian Lathey. The role of translators in children's literature: Invisible storytellers. New York: Routledge, 2010. Reviewed by Emer O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan, E., 2013, In: Target: International Journal of Translation Studies. 25, 2, p. 281-285 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Grahame, Kenneth: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 6. p. 527 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Historical dictionary of children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2010, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 372 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2023, 2 ed. Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Rowmann & Littlefield . 409 p. (Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Idylle und Ernüchterung: eine imagologische Analyse des Irlandbilds in der deutschsprachigen Literatur nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Horizonte verschmelzen: zur Hermeneutik der Vermittlung ; Hartmut Eggert zum 70. Geburtstag. Brittnacher, H. R. (ed.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 117-128 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Imagined Geography: Strange Places and People in Children’s Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 06.2017, In: The Wenshan Review of Literature and Culture. 10, 2, p. 1-32 32 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Imagining Sameness and Difference in Children’s Literature: From the Enlightenment to the Present Day
O'Sullivan, E. (ed.) & Immel, A. (ed.), 09.2017, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 268 p. (Critical Approaches to Children's Literature)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Imagologie, kinderliterarische Komparatistik und Digital Humanities – mögliche Synergien
O'Sullivan, E., 01.01.2021, BildWissen – KinderBuch : Historische Sachliteratur für Kinder und Jugendliche und ihre digitale Analyse . Schmideler, S. & Helm, W. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 83-97 15 p. (Studien zu Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und -medien; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Imagology Meets Children's Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 01.07.2011, In: International Research in Children's Literature. 4, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Insularity and Internationalism: Between Local Production and the Global Marketplace
O'Sullivan, E., 01.01.2011, Irish Children's Literature and Culture: New Perspectives on Contemporary Writing. Coghlan, V. & O'Sullivan, K. (eds.). London, New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 183-196 14 p. (Children's Literature and Culture).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Introduction: Children's Literature Global and Local
O'Sullivan, E., Reynolds, K. & Romoren, R., 2005, Children's Literature Global and Local: Social and Aesthetic Perspectives. O'Sullivan, E., Reynolds, K. & Romoren, R. (eds.). Oslo: Novus Press, p. 11-22 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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In zwei Sprachen erzählen
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, In: Buch&Maus. 2, p. 2-4 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan or The boy who would not grow up
Gebsattel, J. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Bal - Bot. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 2. p. 143-144 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Jenny and Abigail on the rocks: censorship and children's literature in Britain
O'Sullivan, E., 2008, In: Journal for the Study of British Cultures. 15, 2, p. 109-120 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Jonathan Swift, A modest proposal for preventing the children of poor people of Ireland from beeing a burden to their parents or the country, and for making them beneficial to the public
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha - Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 795 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Jonathan Swift, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World: by Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha-Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 793-794 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Kenneth Grahame, The wind in the willows
Dittmar, W. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Gaa - Hah. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 6. p. 527 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2010, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik. Surkamp, C. (ed.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 129-131 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2017, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik: Ansätze-Methoden-Grundbegriffe. Surkamp, C. (ed.). 2 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 155-157 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 07.2019, Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Literaturdidaktik. Lütge, C. (ed.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 302-318 17 p. (Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur auch im Deutsch als Fremdsprache-Unterricht für Erwachsene?
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2011, Deutsch bewegt: Entwicklungen in der Auslandsgermanistik und Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache : Dokumentation der Plenarvorträge. Barkowski, H., Demmig, S., Funk, H. & Würz, U. (eds.). Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 315-325 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Deutschunterricht
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2002, In: Fremdsprache Deutsch. 27, p. 5-9 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Fremdsprachenunterricht
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2013, Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag. 230 p. (Stauffenburg Einführungen; vol. 23)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur in der Ausbildung von Englischlehrern
O'Sullivan, E., 2008, In: Fremdsprachen Lehren und Lernen. 37, 1, p. 197-211 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Klänge: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung | GKJF 2021
von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), Lötscher, C. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 01.12.2021, Frankfurt: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 186 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2021)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Komik im (kinder)literaturtheoretischen Diskurs
O'Sullivan, E., 18.12.2018, Komik in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Subversivität und Vergnügen im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Burwitz-Melzer, E., Caspari, D. & O'Sullivan, E. (eds.). Wien: Praesens Verlag, p. 19-42 24 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Sprachenunterricht; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Komik in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Subversivität und Vergnügen im Fremdsprachenunterricht
Burwitz-Melzer, E. (ed.), Caspari, D. (ed.) & O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), 18.12.2018, Wien: Praesens Verlag. 211 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Sprachenunterricht; vol. 6)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Komparatistik
O'Sullivan, E., 2020, Handbuch Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Kurwinkel, T. & Schmerheim, P. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 334–342 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Lear, Edward: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Kes-Len. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 9. p. 744 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Learning about European neighbours in primary school teacher training: tasks for developing linguistic and cultural awareness
O'Sullivan, E., 2005, Aufgabenorientierung im Fremdsprachenunterricht: Festschrift für Michael K. Legutke.. Müller-Hartmann, A. (ed.). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, p. 433-444 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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L'internationalisme, la république universelle de l'enfance et l'univers de la littérature d'enfance
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, Le livre pour enfants: regards critiques offerts à Isabelle Nières-Chevrel. Presses universitaires de Rennes , p. 23-36 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Literaturbeziehungen: Repräsentationen fremder Nationen und Kulturen in der Literatur
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Beziehungskulturen. Faulstich, W. (ed.). München [u.a.]: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 166-183 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Literatur und Gefühl. Rezension von Emotion in Texts for Children and Young Adults. Moving Stories, ed. Karen Coats and Gretchen Papazian (Benjamins 2023).
O'Sullivan, E., 01.10.2023, In: JuLit. 49, 3, p. 49-50 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Losses and gains in translation: some remarks on the translation of humour in the books of Aidan Chambers
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Reading the novels of Aidan Chambers. Chambers, N. (ed.). Stroud: Thimble Press, p. 111-134 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Maar, Paul
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature: Vol. 3: Luca - Slot. Zipes, J. D. (ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press, p. 9 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Make it Irish! Reprints and hibernicizations for (young) Irish readers in eighteenth-century Dublin.
O'Sullivan, E., 15.08.2023, Transnational Books for Children 1750-1900: Producers, consumers, encounters.. Appel, C., Christensen, N. & Grenby, M. O. (eds.). 1 ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 226–249 24 p. (Children's Literature, Culture, and Cognition; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Meine Sprache wohnt woanders: Sprache als Heimat in Kinderliteratur und Kindheitsautobiographien
O'Sullivan, E., 2008, In: Kjl & m forschung.schule.bibliothek. 60, 4, p. 13-22 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Miss Zimmermann and her Successors: German Versions of Alice in Wonderland
O'Sullivan, E., 2015, Alice in a World of Wonderlands: The Translations of Lewis Carroll's Masterpiece. Vol 1: Essays. Lindseth, J. A. & Tannenbaum, A. (eds.). 1 ed. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, Vol. 1. p. 259-269 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Mit Kinder- und Jugendliteratur arbeiten. Warum und wie?
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2008, In: Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht : Basisheft. 6, p. 3-6 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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More than the sum of its parts? Synergy and picturebook translation
O'Sullivan, E., 2010, Écrire et traduire pour les enfants: voix, images et mots. Di Giovanni, E., Elefante, C. & Pederzoli, R. (eds.). Brüssel: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 133-148 15 p. (Recherches comparatives sur les livres et le multimedia d´enfance; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Narratology meets translation studies, or, the voice of the translator in children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, Children's literature: Vol. 4: International and comparative. Hunt, P. (ed.). London [u.a.]: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 145-157 13 p. (Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Narratology meets translation studies, or, the voice of the translator in children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The Translation of Children's Literature: a reader. Lathey, G. (ed.). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters , p. 98 -109 12 p. (Topics in translation; no. 31).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Natur schreiben: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2022
von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), Lötscher, C. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2022, Frankfurt: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 247 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2022)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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O'Brien, Edna: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 12. p. 238 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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O'Casey, Sean: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 12. p. 246 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Oscar Wilde, "Der glückliche Prinz und andere Märchen"
Drews, J. & O'Sullivan, E., 2010, Wilde, Oscar: Der glückliche Prinz und andere Märchen. Zoozmann, R. (ed.). Frankfurt, M.: Fischer Taschenbuch-Verlag, p. 171-172 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research