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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    Studies in children's literature, 1500 - 2000, editors Celia Keenan ... Studies in children's literature, 1500 - 2000 /

    O'Sullivan, E., 2006, In: The Irish Review. 34, 1, p. 175-177 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Writing for the rising generation, British fiction for young people, 1672 - 1839

    O'Sullivan, E., 2005, In: Anglia. 123, 3, p. 526-528 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Der implizite Übersetzer in der Kinderliteratur: Ein Beitrag zur Theorie des kinderliterarischen Übersetzens

    O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Text-Notationen: Übersetzung und Mehrsprachigkeit im Bereich der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur . Lexe, H. & Cevela, I. (eds.). 2. ed. Wien: STUBE, p. 4-13 10 p. (Fernkurs Kinder- und Jugendliteratur : Projekte).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  17. Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › Peer-reviewed
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    Comparative Children's Literature

    O'Sullivan, E., 2011, Children's Literature Studies. A Research Handbook. O. Grenby, M. & Reynolds, K. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 142-150 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review

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    A sense of place? The Irishness of Irish children's literature in translation

    O'Sullivan, E., 2011, Young Irelands: studies in children's literature. Thompson, M. S. (ed.). Dublin: Four Courts Press, p. 137-153 17 p.

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    Bilderwelten - Weltbilder : intermediale Repräsentation fremder und eigener Nationen in ABC- und Bilderbüchern

    O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung international: Ansichten und Aussichten ; Festschrift für Hans-Heino Ewers. von Glasenapp, G., Dolle-Weinkauff, B. & Dettmar, U. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 89-108 20 p. (Kinder- und Jugendkultur, -literatur und -medien: Theorie - Geschichte - Didaktik ; vol. 93).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Children's classics and translation

    O'Sullivan, E., 08.02.2024, Translation and the Classic. Bandia, P. F., Hadley, J. & McElduff, S. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 73-91 19 p. 4

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    Children's literature and translation studies

    O'Sullivan, E., 2013, The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies. Millan-Varela, C. & Bartrina, F. (eds.). London, New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 451-463 13 p.

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    Das lyrische Ich mag keinen Brokkoli: komische Kinderlyrik von Michael Rosen

    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. 107-124 18 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Sprachenunterricht; vol. 6).

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    Einfachheit im (kinder)literaturtheoretischen Diskurs

    O'Sullivan, E., 2016, Einfachheit in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Ein Gewinn für den Fremdsprachenunterricht. Burwitz-Melzer, E. & O'Sullivan, E. (eds.). Wien: Praesens Verlag, p. 17-32 16 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Sprachenunterricht; vol. 3).

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    Einleitung

    Burwitz-Melzer, E. & O'Sullivan, E., 2016, Einfachheit in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Ein Gewinn für den Fremdsprachenunterricht. Burwitz-Melzer, E. & O'Sullivan, E. (eds.). Wien: Praesens Verlag, p. 7-14 8 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Sprachenunterricht; vol. 3).

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    Einleitung

    Burwitz-Melzer, E., Caspari, D. & 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. 7-15 9 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Sprachenunterricht; vol. 6).

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    Fun and Military Games: The War in German Picturebooks, 1914-1915

    O'Sullivan, E., 2016, Children's Literature and Culture of the First World War. Paul, L., Johnston, R. R. & Short, E. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 197-213 17 p.

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    German 1869: Back-translation of a passage from the German translation of Alice in Wonderland of 1869. 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. 3 Vols.. Lindseth, J. A. & Tannenbaum, A. (eds.). 1 ed. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, Vol. 2: Back-Translations. p. 224-227 4 p.

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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.

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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).

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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).

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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.

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    Picturing the World for Children: Early Nineteenth-Century Images of Foreign Nations

    O'Sullivan, E., 09.2017, Imagining Sameness and Difference in Children’s Literature: From the Enlightenment to the Present Day. O'Sullivan, E. & Immel, A. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 51-70 20 p. (Critical Approaches to Children's Literature).

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    Sameness and Difference in Children's Literature: An Introduction

    O'Sullivan, E. & Immel, A., 2017, Imagining Sameness and Difference in Children's Literature : From the Enlightenment to the Present Day. O'Sullivan, E. & Immel, A. (eds.). London, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-25 25 p. (Critical Approaches to Children's Literature).

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    Shifting images: Germans in postwar British children's fiction

    O'Sullivan, E., 2008, Under fire: Childhood in the Shadow of War. Goodenough, E. & Immel, A. (eds.). Detroit: Wayne State University Press, p. 77-89 13 p.

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    Strange signs. Invented languages from alienation to zany

    O'Sullivan, E., 2019, Langue(s) et littérature de jeunesse. Benert, B. & Grutman, R. (eds.). Zürich: LIT Verlag, p. 211-231 21 p.

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    Warren Weaver's Alice in Many Tongues: A Critical Appraisal

    O'Sullivan, E., 2015, Alice in a World of Wonderlands - The Translations of Lewis Carroll's Masterpiece. 3 Vols.: Vol. 1:Essays. Lindseth, J. A. & Tannenbaum, A. (eds.). 1 ed. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, Vol. 1. p. 29-41 13 p.

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    Was wirkt? Der Plakatparcours - ein Erfahrungsbericht

    Hanemann, N. & Woltjen, G., 2009, Kultur | Natur. Kunst und Philosophie im Kontext der Stadtentwicklung: Textband. Haarmann, A. & Lemke, H. (eds.). Berlin: Jovis Verlag, p. 187-198 12 p.

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    插畫與跨符號翻譯:無稽詩文的視覺呈現

    O'Sullivan, E., 2022, 跨界.成長.間/介: 當代兒童文學研究思潮. Mei-Ying Wu, A. & Chia-Yen Ku, C. (eds.). National Cheng Kung University, p. 185-207 23 p.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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