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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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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Othering and Same-ing for the Young. Expanding the Theoretical and Material Horizons of Imagology with Children's Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2023, In: CompLit. Journal of European Literature, Arts and Society. 5, 1, p. 99-124 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Over here and over there: das Deutschlandbild in der britischen Literatur vor und nach der Wende
O'Sullivan, E., 2010, Grenzenlos: Mauerfall und Wende in (Kinder- und Jugend-)Literatur und Medien. Dettmar, U. & Oetken, M. (eds.). Heidelberg: Winter Universitätsverlag, p. 277-296 20 p. (Beiträge zur neueren Literaturgeschichte [Dritte Folge]; vol. 279).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Phantastische Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
O'Sullivan, E. & Loidl, S., 2013, Wien: STUBE. 31 p. (Spektrum; no. 08)Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Education
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Phantastische Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
O'Sullivan, E., 2009Research output: Non-textual form types › Data set › Education
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Picture books in teacher training: creative writing and intercultural learning with Das Land der Ecken and Die Englandreise
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2005, Niemals zu früh und selten zu spät: Fremdsprachenunterricht in Schule und Erwachsenenbildung: Festschrift für Jürgen Quetz. Burwitz-Melzer, E. & Solmecke, G. (eds.). Berlin: Cornelsen-Verlag, p. 161-169 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Pinocchio goes postmodern: perils of a puppet in the United States, Richard Wunderlich and Thomas J. Morrissey, Routledge, 2008
O'Sullivan, E., 12.2009, In: International Research in Children's Literature. 2, 2, p. 291-292 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Poetik der Nation: Englishness in der englischen Romantik
Köhler, U. K., 26.09.2019, Leiden/Boston: Brill Rodopi. 254 p. (Studia Imagologica; vol. 25)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Repräsentationen eigener und fremder Kulturen in der (Kinder)Literatur
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Dialoge zwischen den Kulturen. Honnef-Becker, I. (ed.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 127-144 18 p. (Diskussionsforum Deutsch ; vol. 24).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Response to "Review of Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature" Bookbird 50.1 (January 2012) by Bridget Carrington.
O'Sullivan, E., 29.01.2013, In: Bookbird: Journal of International Children's Literature. 51, 1, p. 101-101 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Rezension von Lampariello, Sandro: Literarisches Übersetzen in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im 20. Jahrhundert am Beispiel von Lewis Carrolls Aliceʼs Adventures in Wonderland. – Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2017
O'Sullivan, E., 2018, In: Germanistik. 59, 3-4, p. 750-751 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Rezension von Stichnothe, Hadassah: Der Initiationsroman in der deutsch- und englischsprachigen Kinderliteratur. Heidelberg: Winter, 2017. 300 S. Zugl.: Dissertation, Universität Tübingen, 2016
O'Sullivan, E., 2018, In: Germanistik. 59, 1-2, p. 164 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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
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Rose Blanche, Rose Blanca: a comparative view of a controversial picture book
O'Sullivan, E., 2008, In: Children's Literature Review. 126, p. 130-138 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sabine Bermel: Jonathan Swifts Gulliver's Travels und Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in deutscher Sprache als Kinder- und Jugendbuch
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, In: Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen. 246, 1, p. 155-157 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Shih-Wen Chen: Representations of China in British Children’s Fiction, 1851- 1911 (Ashgate Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present). Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2013. Pp. xiii + 203.
O'Sullivan, E., 2014, In: Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen. 251, 2, p. 447-449 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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S is for Spaniard: the representation of foreign nations in ABCs and picturebooks
O'Sullivan, E., 12.2009, In: European Journal of English Studies. 13, 3, p. 333-349 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sprachliche Identität in Übersetzungen
O'Sullivan, E., 2016, Kulturelle Austauschprozesse in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Zur genrespezifischen Transformation von Themen, Stoffen und Motiven im medialen Kontext . Mairbäurl, G. & Seibert, E. (eds.). Wien: Praesens Verlag, p. 33-55 23 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung in Österreich; vol. 17).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › 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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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Critical reviews › 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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Syngritikē paidikē logotechnia: basismenē sto biblio tes Kinderliterasche Kobaratistik
O'Sullivan, E., 2010, Thessalonikē u.a.: Epikentro. 429 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Talking to the Holy Spirit and Growling with the Bears: Singing Child Characters in Eighteenth-Century Hymn Books for Children
Köhler, U. K., 01.12.2021, In: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung . 2021, p. 36-50 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Same But Different. Ambivalent Internationalism in Early Twentieth-Century Children's Books.
O'Sullivan, E., 01.01.2011, In: The Princeton University Library Chronicle. 72, 3, p. 683-712 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Toward a Production-Oriented Imagology
Köhler, U. K., 01.11.2022, New Perspectives on Imagology. Edtstadler, K., Folie, S. & Zocco, G. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 93-111 19 p. (Studia Imagologica; vol. 30).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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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Translating Pictures: the interaction of pictures and words in the translation of picture books
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The translation of children's literature: a reader. Lathey, G. (ed.). Clevedon [u.a.]: Multilingual Matters , p. 113-121 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Translating pictures (1999)
O'Sullivan, E., 2008, Considering children's literature: A Reader. Schwenke Wyile, A. (ed.). Peterborough, Ontario [u.a.]: Broadview Press, p. 117-126 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › 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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Translation
O'Sullivan, E., 20.11.2023, The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature and Culture . Nelson, C., Wesseling, E. & Wu, A. M-Y. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 327-339 13 p. 27. (Routledge literature companions).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Träume: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung | GKJF 2020
von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2020, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 193 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2020)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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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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Ver- und Zurück-rückungen in und von "Alice in Wonderland"
O'Sullivan, E., 2016, gorkicht im gemank. : Mediale und ästhetische Ver-rückungen (in) der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Lexe, H. (ed.). Wien: STUBE, p. 4-17 14 p. (fokus).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Waldemar Zacharasiewicz. Imagology Revisited. Studia Imagologica. Amsterdam. Studies on Cultural Identity 17. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2010, 571 pp.
O'Sullivan, E., 10.2012, In: Anglia: Zeitschrift für englische Philologie. 130, 3, p. 459–463 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › 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
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“We are Translated Men”: Mobility in Children’s Literature: Maguire, Nora, and Beth Rodgers, eds. Children’s Literature on the Move: Nations, Translations, Migrations
O'Sullivan, E., 07.2016, In: Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures. 8, 1, p. 332-339 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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
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Wenn sich Subjekte und Objekte des Lachens begegnen. Ein kurzer Einstieg anlässlich des Komik-Forums des ersten White Ravens Festivals in der Internationalen Jugendbibliothek.
O'Sullivan, E., 2010, In: Das Bücherschloss. p. 80-85 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › 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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William Shakespeare: Ein Sommernachtstraum. Neu erzählt von Barbara Kindermann mit Bildern von Almud Kunert (Weltliteratur für Kinder). Berlin: Kindermann. 6. Auflage 2013, Pp 36. Kart. € 15.50.
O'Sullivan, E., 2016, In: Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen. 253, 2, p. 376-378 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Wolfram Ette: Das eigensinnige Kind: Über unterdrückten Widerstand und die Formen ungelebten Lebens - ein gesellschaftspolitischer Essay. Marburg: Büchner, 2019
O'Sullivan, E., 24.05.2022, In: Archiv fur das Studium der Neueren Sprachen und Literaturen. 174, 1, p. 159-160 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research