Die Einführung gibt einen Überblick über die Literaturdidaktik aus der Perspektive des Faches Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache. Sie kann für die universitäre und außeruniversitäre Aus- und Fortbildung sowie zum Selbststudium verwendet werden. Ziel ist es, unterschiedliche Ansätze für die Arbeit mit literarischen Texten auf den Sprachniveaus A1-C2 vorzustellen. Dabei stehen theoretische Grundlagen wie praktische Unterrichtsvorschläge gleichermaßen im Fokus.

As a foundation for studying Indian English literature at university level, this volume focuses on the recent developments in Anglophone Indian writing. The chapters in this volume give insight into a wide range of novelists, short fiction writers, dramatists, and poets who have been working in this field from the late 20th century to the present and who have significantly contributed to the proliferation of Indian literature in English. Apart from a basic introduction to current trends in Indian English literature, each chapter focuses on specific features and styles of selected writers.

This textbook introduces first-year students systematically and comprehensively to the key theories and concepts of Cultural Studies. It puts particular emphasis on their application, aiming to enable students to do their own analyses of cultural artefacts and practices. The author draws on many examples, mostly taken from American culture, but in each chapter, he applies the ideas introduced to The Hunger Games franchise and the coronavirus pandemic to show how different theories can lead to very different interpretations of the same phenomenon.

This book provides readers with a detailed and accessible introduction to the genre of comedy. It chronicles the history of comedy from the ancients to the present day, addressing key chapters in Anglophone literary history, such as Shakespearean comedy, Restoration comedy, and Theatre of the Absurd. The book summarises key comic techniques (including slapstick, puns, and running gags) and the most important theoretical accounts of laughter. Moreover, current scholarly discussions revolving around awkwardness, cringe humour, and funny women are addressed in detail. Over the course of its 14 chapters, Comedy on Stage and Screen connects traditional comic tropes (like the fool or the marriage plot) to plenty of classic and up-to-date examples.

Dieses Arbeitsbuch präsentiert alle Bereiche der Interkulturellen Literaturwissenschaft und erklärt die grundlegenden literatur- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Begriffe, Theorien und Methoden. In literaturhistorischer Hinsicht wird Interkulturalität von der Aufklärung bis zur Gegenwart ebenso vorgestellt wie in ihren Darstellungsformen in ausgewählten literarischen Textgattungen.

This book offers a hands-on introduction to, and critical engagement with, concepts current in the transcultural field of Anglophone Studies. The book also offers readings of a selection of key texts that tackle transcultural experiences against monodimensional narratives of nation or culture; silenced or complicated memories against established archives and canons; forms of articulating histories of violence and interrogating dominant cultural narratives. This book highlights the potential of literature and art in schooling our critical faculties and our approaches to a complex world.

This publication enables (future) English language teachers to implement series and serials in their classrooms. The three introductory chapters provide substantial theoretical and conceptual considerations on serial narratives, objectives and methods of teaching series and serials. Experts in the field of language teaching introduce 17 selected series and serials from different genres, ranging from comedies to sci-fi. Each chapter provides in-depth analyses of the chosen example as well as practical teaching suggestions. The chapters are accompanied by teaching materials accessible online.

The pedagogic value of picturebooks for teaching English in primary schools is undisputed. However, they also hold immense potential for secondary English language education. Their intricate design, thematic complexity, and rich options for competence development, e.g., in areas such as critical thinking or fostering visual literacy, transcend primary classrooms. This volume engages in a research-based discourse of how the transfer of this supposedly childlike literary medium to the secondary level can succeed. It legitimizes picturebooks as a complex text form that lends itself to competence- and content-oriented learning in English lessons with intermediate and advanced learners.

Die Literatur zeichnet ein buntes Bild von Geschlecht, welches mit den herkömmlichen, patriarchalisch geprägten Lektürebrillen gar nicht richtig erfasst werden kann. Die Autorin des Studienbuches widmet sich der virulenten Frage, die die Literatur in Bezug auf Gender stellt, indem sie feministisch inspirierte Lektüretools an gegenwartskulturellen Textbeispielen vorstellt, die andere Bedeutungsebene des Textes bergen und auch scheinbare Aporien und Widersprüche in der Figurierung zu erklären vermögen. Das Buch ist die erste Monografie im germanistischen Bereich, die diese Art von Lektüretools entwickelt.