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).
- Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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- Journal articles › Research › Not peer-reviewed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