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).
- Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
- Published
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
- Book › Research
- Published
Comparative children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 210 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
- Published
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
- Published
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
- Published
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
- Published
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
- Published
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