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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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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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).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Other › 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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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).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › 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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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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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