Information primarily for Students

Registration for Courses

Registration for my courses will always be online, via the electronic course catalogue (SPUR). After the registratio period you will be notified if you are accepted into the class ("zugelassen") or not. Even if you are accepted, it is vital that you come to the first session. If you are not present in the first session and did not let me know before, you may lose your place in the course!

Course Materials

All course materials (syllabi, reading-lists, texts, etc) will be placed on GRIPS.
 

Term Paper

To my mind, finding a topic that interests you is one of the most important aspects of writing a term paper. Hence, I do not have lists of possible topics, but if you need help I will try to assist you in finding 'your' topic. For all paper-projects, come and see me during my office hours.

I expect you to hand in a paper proposal (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible) before you start writing your term paper.

In a "Hauptseminar", your paper should be 15 to 20 pages long (using Times New Roman 12 pt, line-spacing 1,5, margins c. 2,5 cm). It should include a table of contents and it has to contain a list of works cited. Please follow the guidelines of this style sheet (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible) when writing a term paper.

If you are registered for the seminar in FlexNow, your term paper is officially an exam, which means that I have to archive it. Please don't hand in the paper with coil binding ("Spiralbindung"); you don't need to put the paper in a folder, it is enough to simply staple the pages together.

There is a more comprehensive introduction on How To Write A Term Paper. (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible)

Feedback on Your Term Paper

I will give you written feedback on your paper and I'll write in the margins of the paper itself. If you need to register the course in FlexNow I will have to archive the paper -- so I will not be able to return it to you. But you can look at your paper for at least four weeks after the grades have been registered (at the Sekretariat Anglistik) and you are allowed to photocopy your paper.

Thinking about writing your final thesis (BA, MA, Staatsexamen) under my supervision?

To my mind, finding a topic that interests you is one of the most important aspects of writing a final thesis. Hence, I do not have lists of possible topics, but if you need help I will try to assist you in finding 'your' topic. For all thesis-projects, come and see me during my office hours.

For all final papers, there are two milestones I will want to discuss with you in an office hour: your outline and your thesis (often but not always, the two go hand in hand).

Please use a consistent (and precise) style for quoting and referencing; if unsure, you can use this style sheet (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible) when writing your thesis.

Specific information on the BA Thesis (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible) 

Specific information on the MA Thesis (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible) 

Specific information on the "Zulassungsarbeit (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible)" (Staatsexamen)

"Zula" im nicht-vertieften Studium (Grund-, Mittel- und Realschulen):

Since you are not required to take a seminar in literary studies, you had little chance to practice writing an academic paper in our field. This is not ideal, but it does not mean that you cannot write your "Zula" in British Studies -- indeed, many students have done so successfully.

Please have a look at my short introduction How to write a term paper (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible) to get an idea of what is expected of you.

Lehramt Grund-, Mittel-, Realschule (nicht vertieft studiert):

Sie müssen eine dreistündige Klausur entweder in Sprachwissenschaft oder in Literaturwissenschaft schreiben (auf Deutsch).

Es werden drei Themen zur Auswahl gestellt, die alle aus dem 19., 20. oder 21. Jahrhundert stammen; bei allen Themen werden Texte zur Interpretation mit literaturgeschichtlicher Situierung vorgelegt. Es werden i.d.R. drei Themen zu jeweils einer der drei Hauptgattungen (Erzählprosa, Drama, Lyrik) gestellt (d.h. alle Hauptgattungen werden abgedeckt). Mindestens ein Thema entstammt dem Bereich der Anglistik bzw. Amerikanistik. Diese Regelung bedeutet, dass Sie vorher nicht wissen, zu welcher Epoche bzw. zu welcher Gattung eine anglistische Aufgabe gestellt wird und ob es eine oder zwei anglistische Aufgabenstellungen gibt.

  

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no current plans :(

Previous Excursions

CS-Adv. "The Jacobite Rebellion in Scottish Culture" with Field-trip to Scotland
19. to 26. February 2019
Edinburgh, Stirling, Inverness (Culloden), Aberdeen

PS 1 "Early Modern Tragedy" with Field-trip to Stratford-upon-Avon
12. to 15. June 2018
Shakespeare, Rome and Juliet
Shakespeare, Macbeth
Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
Pix, The Beau Defeated

CS-Adv. "The Jacobite Rebellion in Scottish Culture" with Field-trip to Scotland
27. February to 6. March 2017
Edinburgh, Stirling, Inverness (Culloden)

  

PS 1 "Early Modern Drama" with Field-trip to Stratford-upon-Avon
8.-11. June 2016
Marlowe, Dr Faustus
Jonson, The Alchemist
Shakespeare, Hamlet
Shakespeare, Cymbeline

CS-Adv. "Scottishness" with Field-trip to Scotland
11.-18. February 2015
Edinburgh, Stirling, Perth, Inverness (Culloden)

Shakespeare-Excursion to Stratford-upon-Avon
8.-13. September 2013
As You Like It
Titus Andronicus
Hamlet
All's Well That Ends Well
A Mad World My Masters (Thomas Middleton)

Constructions of Scottishness - Excursion to Edinburgh
18.-23. February 2013
Part of the HS/CS-Adv. "Constructions of Scottishness" (WS 2012/13)
further information & a few pictures (external link, opens in a new window)

Shakespeare-Excursion to Stratford-upon-Avon and London
9.-15. September 2012
Richard III
King John
The Tempest
Comedy of Errors
Twelfth Night

Shakespeare-Excursion to Stratford-upon-Avon
2.-7. October 2011
The City Madam
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Macbeth
Cardenio