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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Jonathan Swift, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World: by Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha-Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 793-794 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Kenneth Grahame, The wind in the willows
Dittmar, W. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Gaa - Hah. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 6. p. 527 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2010, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik. Surkamp, C. (ed.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 129-131 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2017, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik: Ansätze-Methoden-Grundbegriffe. Surkamp, C. (ed.). 2 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 155-157 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Lear, Edward: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Kes-Len. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 9. p. 744 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Maar, Paul
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature: Vol. 3: Luca - Slot. Zipes, J. D. (ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press, p. 9 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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O'Brien, Edna: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 12. p. 238 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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O'Casey, Sean: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 12. p. 246 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Oscar Wilde, The happy prince and other tales
Drews, J. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Vil-Z. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 17. p. 429-430 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Stereotyp
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2010, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik. Surkamp, C. (ed.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 298 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Stereotyp
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2017, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik: Ansätze-Methoden-Grundbegriffe. Surkamp, C. (ed.). 2 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 339-340 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Swift, Jonathan: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha-Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 789 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Translation
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature: Vol. 4: Smad - Zwer. Zipes, J. D. (ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press, p. 107-108 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Translation
O'Sullivan, E., 12.01.2021, Keywords for Children's Literature. Nel, P., Paul, L. & Christensen, N. (eds.). 2. ed. New York: New York University Press, p. 184-187 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Wertenbaker, Timerberlake: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Vil-Z. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 17. p. 350 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur auch im Deutsch als Fremdsprache-Unterricht für Erwachsene?
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2011, Deutsch bewegt: Entwicklungen in der Auslandsgermanistik und Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache : Dokumentation der Plenarvorträge. Barkowski, H., Demmig, S., Funk, H. & Würz, U. (eds.). Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 315-325 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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At the periphery of the periphery: children's literature, global and local
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Global fragments: (dis)orientation in the new world order. Bartels, A. & Wiemann, D. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 241-258 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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German Children's Literature Planting a Hope
O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Literature Planting Dreams in Children: Papers presented at the 3rd World Children's Literature Convention in Changwon. 8-12 August 2014. p. 206-217 12 p. (Publications of the Asian Children's Literature Convention).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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1968: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2018
Dettmar, U. (ed.), von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2018, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 199 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2018)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Fakt, Fake und Fiktion: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2019
von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.), Staiger, M. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 01.12.2019, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 220 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2019)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research