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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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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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Around the World in a Jiffy: Humorous Treatments of Around-the-World Travel in German Children’s Books and Games
O'Sullivan, E., 01.10.2019, The World of Children: Foreign Cultures in Nineteenth-Century German Education and Entertainment. Lässig, S. & Weiß, A. (eds.). New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, p. 203-227 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › 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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Auswahlbibliografie zur Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
Caspari, D., O´Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2008, In: Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht : Basisheft. 5, 6, p. 57 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Barrie, James Matthew: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 2. p. 143 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Beatrix Potter, writing in code: Beatrix Potter / M. Daphne Kutzer
O'Sullivan, E., 2005, In: Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen. 242, 1, p. 428-430 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Boie, Kirsten
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature: Vol. 1: Aamu - Duan. Zipes, J. D. (ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press, p. 178-179 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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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. 4Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Children's Literature Global and Local: Social and Aesthetic Perspectives ; [selected papers from the 16th biennal congress of the International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL), held in Kristiansand, Norway in 2003]
O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Reynolds, K. (ed.) & Romoren, R. (ed.), 2005, Oslo: Novus. 301 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Children’s Literature On The Move: Nations, Translations, Migrations. Edited by Nora Maguire and Beth Rodgers
O'Sullivan, E., 01.09.2014, In: Inis. 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Coghlan, Valerie/Parkinson Siobhan (Eds.): Irish Children's Writers and Illustrators 1986-2006. Dublin: Church of Ireland College of Education Publications/Children's Books Ireland 2007 and Thompson, Mary Shine/Coghlan, Valerie (Eds.): Divided Worlds. Studies in children's literature.Dublin: Four Courts Press 2007.
O'Sullivan, E., 22.09.2007, In: The Irish Times. Weekend Review, p. 10 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Transfer
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Comparative children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 210 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Comparative Children's Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 05.03.2005, Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 256 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Comparative Children's Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 01.2011, In: PMLA . 126, 1, p. 189-196 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review