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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Historical dictionary of children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2010, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 372 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research