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).
- Data set › Education
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Phantastische Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
O'Sullivan, E., 2009Research output: Non-textual form types › Data set › Education
- Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Around the World in a Jiffy: Humorous Treatments of Around-the-World Travel in German Children’s Books and Games
O'Sullivan, E., 01.10.2019, The World of Children: Foreign Cultures in Nineteenth-Century German Education and Entertainment. Lässig, S. & Weiß, A. (eds.). New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, p. 203-227 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Discourses of Internationalism in Children’s Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2017, Child autonomy and child governance in children's literature: Where Children Rule. Kelen, C. & Sundmark, B. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 30-42 13 p. (Children's literature and culture).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Englishness in German translations of Alice in Wonderland
O'Sullivan, E., 2016, Interconnecting Translation Studies and Imagology. van Doorslaer, L., Flynn, P. & Leerssen, J. (eds.). Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 87-107 21 p. (Benjamins Translation Library; vol. 119).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › 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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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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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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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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Toward a Production-Oriented Imagology
Köhler, U. K., 01.11.2022, New Perspectives on Imagology. Edtstadler, K., Folie, S. & Zocco, G. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 93-111 19 p. (Studia Imagologica; vol. 30).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Translation
O'Sullivan, E., 20.11.2023, The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature and Culture . Nelson, C., Wesseling, E. & Wu, A. M-Y. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 327-339 13 p. 27. (Routledge literature companions).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Two languages, two children’s literatures: Translation in Ireland today
O'Sullivan, E., 01.09.2020, Children's Literature in Translation: Texts and contexts. van Coillie, J. & McMartin, J. (eds.). Leuven: Leuven University Press, p. 55-70 16 p. (Translation, Interpreting and Transfer; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Walt O’Disney and the Little People: Playing to the Irish-American Diaspora
O'Sullivan, E., 01.01.2022, On Disney: Deconstructing Images, Tropes and Narratives. Dettmar, U. & Tomkowiak, I. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: J.B. Metzler, p. 115-129 15 p. (Studien zu Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und -medien; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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„’weep!’weep!“ – Schornsteinfegerkinder in der britischen Literatur des Langen 19. Jahrhunderts
O'Sullivan, E., 01.01.2022, Das ganze Leben – Repräsentationen von Arbeit in Texten über Kindheit und Jugend. Roeder, C. & Lötscher, C. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: J.B. Metzler, p. 145-160 16 p. (Studien zu Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und -medien; vol. 12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Comparative children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 210 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Comparative Children's Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 05.03.2005, Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 256 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
- Scientific review articles › Research
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Rose Blanche, Rosa Weiss, Rosa Bianca: A comparative view of a controversial picture book
O'Sullivan, E., 01.04.2005, In: The Lion and the Unicorn. 29, 2, p. 152-170 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
- Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Editorial
von Glasenapp, G., O'Sullivan, E., Roeder, C., Staiger, M. & Tomkowiak, I., 2019, In: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung . 2019, p. 6-9 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
- Journal articles › Transfer › Not peer-reviewed
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Auswahlbibliografie zur Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
Caspari, D., O´Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2008, In: Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht : Basisheft. 5, 6, p. 57 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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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
- Journal articles › Education › Peer-reviewed
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For Young Readers and Adults Alike? Children's Books in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2013, In: Hard Times . 93, p. 59-63 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Education › peer-review
- Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Comparative Children's Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 01.2011, In: PMLA . 126, 1, p. 189-196 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Eine Maus und ein Kaninchen als Identifikationsfiguren für das Ausleben des Verbotenen: Dorothy Kilners „The Life and Perambulations of a Mouse“ (1783) und Beatrix Potters „Peter Rabbit“ (1902)
Köhler, U. K., 2021, In: Kjl & m forschung.schule.bibliothek. 73, 4, p. 28-33 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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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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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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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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Othering and Same-ing for the Young. Expanding the Theoretical and Material Horizons of Imagology with Children's Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2023, In: CompLit. Journal of European Literature, Arts and Society. 5, 1, p. 99-124 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Rose Blanche, Rose Blanca: a comparative view of a controversial picture book
O'Sullivan, E., 2008, In: Children's Literature Review. 126, p. 130-138 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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S is for Spaniard: the representation of foreign nations in ABCs and picturebooks
O'Sullivan, E., 12.2009, In: European Journal of English Studies. 13, 3, p. 333-349 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Talking to the Holy Spirit and Growling with the Bears: Singing Child Characters in Eighteenth-Century Hymn Books for Children
Köhler, U. K., 01.12.2021, In: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung . 2021, p. 36-50 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Translating children’s literature: what, for whom, how, and why. A basic map of actors, factors and contexts
O'Sullivan, E., 25.07.2019, In: Belas Infiéis . 8, 3, p. 13-35 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wat imagologie kan betekenen vor de jeugdliteratuur
O'Sullivan, E. & Ros, B., 2015, In: Literatuur zonder leeftijd. 29, 96, p. 8-28 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Journal articles › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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Cross-Translation
O'Sullivan, E., 2005, In: Eselsohr. 24, 11, p. 14 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Der Sprachverliebte: Am 15. Juni 2015 verstarb Harry Rowohlt 70-jährig nach langer Krankheit in Hamburg. Der geniale Übersetzer und Performer gehörte zu den bekanntesten Stimmen der deutschen Literatur. Ein Nachruf.
O'Sullivan, E., 2015, In: JuLit. 3, p. 69-71 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Der Übersetzer als Performer: Harry Rowohlt erhält den Sonderpreis des Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreises 2005 für sein übersetzerisches Gesamtwerk
O'Sullivan, E., 2005, In: JuLit. 31, 4, p. 8-14 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › 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., 2008, In: Children's Literature Review. 135, p. 179-189 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › 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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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 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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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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The Same But Different. Ambivalent Internationalism in Early Twentieth-Century Children's Books.
O'Sullivan, E., 01.01.2011, In: The Princeton University Library Chronicle. 72, 3, p. 683-712 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Wenn sich Subjekte und Objekte des Lachens begegnen. Ein kurzer Einstieg anlässlich des Komik-Forums des ersten White Ravens Festivals in der Internationalen Jugendbibliothek.
O'Sullivan, E., 2010, In: Das Bücherschloss. p. 80-85 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Zuhause im fremden Text. Sprachliche Identität in Übersetzungen.
O'Sullivan, E., 2013, In: 1000 und 1 Buch. 1, p. 4-13 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- Critical reviews › Transfer
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Coghlan, Valerie/Parkinson Siobhan (Eds.): Irish Children's Writers and Illustrators 1986-2006. Dublin: Church of Ireland College of Education Publications/Children's Books Ireland 2007 and Thompson, Mary Shine/Coghlan, Valerie (Eds.): Divided Worlds. Studies in children's literature.Dublin: Four Courts Press 2007.
O'Sullivan, E., 22.09.2007, In: The Irish Times. Weekend Review, p. 10 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Transfer
- Critical reviews › Research
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Beatrix Potter, writing in code: Beatrix Potter / M. Daphne Kutzer
O'Sullivan, E., 2005, In: Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen. 242, 1, p. 428-430 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Children’s Literature On The Move: Nations, Translations, Migrations. Edited by Nora Maguire and Beth Rodgers
O'Sullivan, E., 01.09.2014, In: Inis. 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Die Geschichte(n) gefalteter Bücher: Leporellos, Livres-Accordéon und Folded Panoramas in Literatur und bildender Kunst. Ed. Christoph Benjamin Schulz. Hildesheim: Olms, 2019
O'Sullivan, E., 26.05.2021, In: Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen. 173, 1, p. 199-201 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Divided Worlds: Studies in Children’s Literature.Edited by Mary Shine Thompson andValerie Coghlan. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007. 224 pages
O'Sullivan, E., 01.07.2008, In: International Research in Children's Literature. 1, 1, p. 103-104 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Ent-Fernungen, Fremdwahrnehmung und Kulturtransfer in der deutschsprachigen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur seit 1945, Bd. 1, Fremdwahrnehmung, zur Thematisierung kultureller Alterität in der deutschsprachigen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur seit 1945: Fremdwahrnehmung / Gina Weinkauff
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, In: Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. p. 145-148 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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