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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Translation
O'Sullivan, E., 12.01.2021, Keywords for Children's Literature. Nel, P., Paul, L. & Christensen, N. (eds.). 2. ed. New York: New York University Press, p. 184-187 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Wertenbaker, Timerberlake: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Vil-Z. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 17. p. 350 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Alice: Metamorphosen einer weltliterarischen Figur
O'Sullivan, E., 2019, Bilder zu "Klassikern". Dettmar, U., Pecher, C. M. & Anker, M. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 67-89 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Imagology: The Cultural Construction and Literary Representation of National Characters : a Critical Survey. Beller, M. & Leerssen, J. (eds.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Rodopi, p. 290-294 5 p. (Studia Imagologica; vol. 13).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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De "la république universelle de l'enfance" à la globalisation de la culture des enfants: une perspective comparatiste de la littérature pour la jeunesse
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Rencontres européennes de la littérature pour la jeunesse: Actes du colloque organisé à la BNF les 27 et 28 Novembre 2008. Beau, N. & Lorant-Jolly, A. (eds.). [Paris ]: Bibliothèque Nationale de France / Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse - La Joie par les livres, p. 21-31 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Der Zauberlehrling im Internat: Harry Potter im Kontext der britischen Literaturtradition
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, Harry Potter - ein Literatur- und Medienereignis im Blickpunkt interdisziplinärer Forschung. Garbe, C. & Philipp, M. (eds.). Hamburg: LIT Verlag, p. 27-48 22 p. (Literatur - Medien - Rezeption : Studien zur Rezeption und Wirkung von Literatur und Medien ; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Does Pinocchio have an Italian passport? What is specifically national and what is international about classics of children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The translation of children's literature: A Reader. Lathey, G. (ed.). Clevedon [u.a.]: Multilingual Matters , p. 146-162 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ein übersetztes Rezept ohne Original.
O'Sullivan, E., 11.12.2023, Kulinarische Welten der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur.: Delikatessen aus erster Hand - eine Freundschaftsgabe für Carola Pohlmann.. Putjenter, S. (ed.). Berlin: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, p. 190-191 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Erich und die Übersetzer. Eine komparatistische Analyse der Übersetzungen von Kästerns Kinderromanen.
O'Sullivan, E., 2005, "Laboratorium Vielseitigkeit". Zur Literatur der Weimarer Republik.: Festschrift für Helga Karrenbrock zum 60. Geburtstag.. Josting, P. & Fähnders, W. (eds.). Bielefeld: Aisthesis Verlag, p. 393-411 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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From the particular to the universal (and back again?): Irish children's literature in Germany
O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Ireland and the Irish in Germany – Reception and Perception. O’Reilly, C. & O’Regan, V. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 103-124 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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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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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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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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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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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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