Comparative Literature

Bachelor Comparative Literature (670 [2] - Version 2011)

• 135001 OV 0 ECTS ( OV ) Orientation Course for beginners of BA Comparative Literature
  Syrovy, Mo 06.10. 15:00-16:30, Mo 26.01. 16:45-18:15
• 135000 UE 5 ECTS UE Mentoring
  Syrovy
• 133004 KU 2 ECTS ( STEOP ON-SITE ) Grammatical and literary basics
  Bärner, Fr 13:15-14:45 (7×)

Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

• 135001 OV 0 ECTS ( OV ) Orientation Course for beginners of BA Comparative Literature
  Syrovy, Mo 06.10. 15:00-16:30, Mo 26.01. 16:45-18:15

Module 1a: Introduction to the Subject (10 ECTS)

• EXAM REMOTE STEOP Modulprüfung M 1a:Einführung in das Fach
• 135011 VO 5 ECTS ( STEOP ) STEOP: General Literature
  Syrovy, Mo 16:45-18:15 (9×)
• 135012 VO 5 ECTS ( STEOP ) STEOP: Comparative Literature
  Kutzenberger, Mo 15:00-16:30 (8×)

Modul 1b: Scientific Literature Techniques (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Literary Research I
• 135015 VO 5 ECTS ( STEOP ) STEOP: Literary Research I
  Danielczyk, Th 18:30-20:00 (13×)

Compulsory Modules (75 ECTS)

Module II: Other Basic Scientific Literary Skills (5 ECTS)

• 135021 UE 5 ECTS Literary Research II
  Gugler, Mo 18:30-21:00 (13×)
• 135022 UE 5 ECTS Literary Research II
  Ferstl, Tu 14:15-15:45 (13×)

Module 3: Literary Theory (10 ECTS)

• 135030 VO 5 ECTS Literary Theory (VO): The Indetermination of Literature - About the Fantastic of Writing
  Just, Th 13:15-14:45 (15×)
• 135031 PS 5 ECTS [ en ] Lit. Theory: De-centering the Colonial Library: Mudimbe and Ngugi’s Theoretical/Cultural Legacies
  Tchokothe, We 16:00-17:30 (16×)
• 135032 PS 5 ECTS [ en ] Postcolonial Literary Theory
  Pucherova, Mo 15:15-16:45 (13×)
• 135033 PS 5 ECTS Through Wor(l)ds - Literary and Cultural Translation
  Werner, Th 15:00-16:30 (13×)
• 135034 PS 5 ECTS Narrative Techniques of Fantastic Literature
  Syrovy, Tu 13:30-15:00 (14×)

Module 4: Literary Transfer (15 ECTS)

• 135040 VO 5 ECTS VO: Literature and Psychoanalysis: Comparative Perspectives
  Stemberger, Mo 06.10. 16:45-18:15, Mo 15:00-16:30 (9×)
• 134132 PS 5 ECTS [ de en ] Animals in Dutch Literature. Narrative Encounters with the Non-Human.
  Prusova, Mo 15:00-16:30 (13×)
• 135041 PS 5 ECTS Publishing after 1945: literary transfer and the role of publishing houses and publishers - in and outside Europe
  Gnoato, Mo 13:15-14:45 (8×), Sa 09:00-14:15 (2×)
• 135042 PS 5 ECTS Narrating One's Roots: Memory and Post-Migrant Identity in Contemporary Literature
  Hell, Th 09:45-11:15 (15×), Th 11.12. 09:00-11:15
• 135043 PS 5 ECTS Monks, Devils, and Doppelgaenger - Intertextual Readings of M.G. Lewis’ ‚The Monk‘ and E.T.A. Hoffmann's ‘Die Elixiere des Teufels’
  Wojcik, Tu 11:45-13:15 (14×)
• 135044 PS 5 ECTS European Port City Narratives in Maritime Transfer
  Brandlechner, Mo 11:45-13:15 (13×)

Module 5: Social History of Literature (15 ECTS)

• 134006 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Culture, Society, and History of the Low Countries Reflected in Literature
  Besamusca-Douwes, Mo 13:15-14:45 (11×)
• 135050 VO 5 ECTS VO: History of Reading: Overview and Challenges
  Syrovy, Tu 16:45-18:15 (13×)
• 135051 PS 5 ECTS Theory and practice of social reportage
  Grabovszki, Fr 09:00-10:30 (15×)
• 135052 PS 5 ECTS The Novel - Conditions of production, publication and reception (18th-20th cent.)
  Schütz, Mo 13:30-15:00 (13×)
• 135053 PS 5 ECTS [ en ] Fashioning Fiction: Dress in Literature From Past to Present
  Mochar, Tu 10:00-11:30 (14×)
• 135055 PS 5 ECTS Gerhard Roth and the Archives of Writing
  Müller, Mo 18:30-20:00 (12×)
• 135056 PS 5 ECTS Earthquakes, Thunderstorms, and other Natural Disasters in Modernist Literature
  Wimmer, We 15:00-16:30 (16×)
• 135057 PS 5 ECTS [ en ] Duels and Whispers: Russian Literature and the European Imagination (1800-1855)
  Brantner, We 19:30-21:00 (14×)

Module 6: English for Students of Literature (15 ECTS)

• 120010 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Approaching Literatures in English
  Zettelmann, Fr 08:00-09:30 (14×)
• 123020 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Literature Survey 1
  Fuchs, Tu 08:00-09:30 (13×)
• 123030 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Literature Survey 2
  Ganser-Blumenau, Tu 09:45-11:15 (12×)
• 124070 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Culture, Society and the Media - Culture, Health and Justice
  Pietrzak-Franger, Mo 16:45-18:15 (12×)
• 134006 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Culture, Society, and History of the Low Countries Reflected in Literature
  Besamusca-Douwes, Mo 13:15-14:45 (11×)
• 143069 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Topics in African Literature: Past and Present
  Pucherova, Mo 13:00-15:00 (12×)
• 290605 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Climate Change and Climate Crisis - Towards the Eco-Sociological Transformation
  Schleper, We 18:30-20:00 (15×)

Module 7: Second Foreign Language (15 ECTS)

• 134013 UE 10 ECTS [ de nl ] Dutch Language Acquisition I
  Sommer, We 09:45-11:15 (16×), Tu 13:15-16:30 (14×)
• 134031 UE 5 ECTS [ nl ] Dutch Language Acquisition II
  Sommer, Mo 11:30-13:00 (13×)
• 135071 UE 5 ECTS [ de it ] Italian for Literature Students
  Zeni, Th 08:00-09:30 (16×)
• 135072 UE 5 ECTS [ de fr ] French for Students of Literature
  Wagner, Fr 13:15-14:45 (16×)
• 135074 UE 5 ECTS [ de es ] Spanish for Students of Literature
  Kutzenberger, Tu 15:00-16:30 (13×)
• 135075 UE 5 ECTS [ en ru ] Russian I for Students of Literature
  Brantner, We 17:45-19:15 (14×)
• 133277 UE 6 ECTS [ sv ] Swedish 2
  Bergström, Mo 09:45-11:15 (13×), Tu 09:45-11:15 (14×)
• 133275 UE 6 ECTS [ no ] Norwegian 2
  Hauglund, We 13:15-14:45 (16×), We 15:00-16:30 (16×)
• 133273 UE 6 ECTS [ de is ] Icelandic 2
  Gudmundsson, We 15:00-16:30 (16×), Mo 15:00-16:30 (13×)
• 133283 UE 3 ECTS [ is ] Icelandic 4
  Gudmundsson, Mo 13:15-14:45 (13×)
• 133271 UE 6 ECTS [ da ] Danish 2
  Marbjerg, We 15:00-16:30 (15×), Th 13:15-14:45 (15×)

Elective Modules Group (15 ECTS)

Module 8: Comparative Literary History (15 ECTS)

• 100026 UV 2 ECTS History of Literature 1848 - Present
  Millner, Tu 11:30-13:00 (12×)
• 100027 UV 2 ECTS History of Literature 1600 - 1848
  Hildebrandt, We 11:30-13:00 (10×), Sa 15:00-18:30 (2×)
• 100028 UV 2 ECTS History of Literature 750 - 1600
  von Lüpke, Fr 09:45-11:15 (11×), Fr 15:00-16:30 (2×)
• 123020 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Literature Survey 1
  Fuchs, Tu 08:00-09:30 (13×)
• 123030 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Literature Survey 2
  Ganser-Blumenau, Tu 09:45-11:15 (12×)
• 132007 VO 4 ECTS Introduction to the History of Finnish Literature 2
  Kajander, Tu 13:15-14:45 (13×)
• 132016 VO 4 ECTS Introduction to the History of Hungarian Literature 2
  Kokai, Th 09:45-11:15 (14×)

Module 9: Knowledge of World Literature (15 ECTS)

• 060003 SE 8 ECTS Jewish Narratives: Textual Analysis and Interpretation
  Cordoni de Gmeinbauer, Th 14:00-15:30 (14×)
• 090087 VO 5 ECTS Greek literature of the Early Modern Period
  Stassinopoulou, Tu 10:45-12:15 (11×)
• 090098 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Medieval Greek Fiction: Love, Fight, and Recycling
  Kulhankova, Th 16:00-19:00 (6×)
• 090108 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] Icons, Intrigue, and Investigation: Detecting Byzantium in Modern Greek Fiction - also as Reading Modern Greek Texts
  Kulhankova, Fr 09:00-12:00 (6×)
• 090109 PS 6 ECTS [ de en ] Byzantine Historiography. Narrative Histories as Literary Works and Historical Documents
  Kubina, Tu 09:00-10:30 (14×), Fr 24.10. 09:00-10:00
• 143038 VO+UE 5 ECTS Introduction to the Study of African Literatures
  Tchokothe, Th 11:00-13:00 (10×)
• 143069 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Topics in African Literature: Past and Present
  Pucherova, Mo 13:00-15:00 (12×)
• 143071 VO 3 ECTS Black Europe, Black Literature: An Intersectional Approach
  Adeaga, Mo 17:00-19:00 (10×)
• 480252 KO 4 ECTS Intoxicated Central Europe: West Slavic Drug Texts of the 20th and 21st Centuries
  Seidel, Th 11:30-13:00 (13×), Mo 12.01. 11:30-13:00

Module 10: Applied Literature Studies (15 ECTS)

• 135101 UE 5 ECTS Public Relations
  Leitner, We 16:45-18:15 (16×)
• 135051 PS 5 ECTS Theory and practice of social reportage
  Grabovszki, Fr 09:00-10:30 (15×)
• 190120 PR 5 ECTS M16 Science Practicum - Library placement - Students tutoring students
  Sobel, Th 02.10. 15:00-16:00, Sa 10:00-17:00 (2×), Su 05.10. 10:00-17:00, We 09:45-11:15 (3×)

Bachelormodule (15 ECTS)

Module 11: Bachelor's Theses (15 ECTS)

• 135111 SE 7.5 ECTS BA-SE: Like an Eternity: Tales of Immortality
  Werner, Th 16:45-18:15 (13×)
• 135112 SE 7.5 ECTS BA-SE: Food Storytelling: Culinary Motifs in Literature, Film and Pop Culture
  De Michele, Tu 16:00-17:30 (13×)
• 135113 SE 7.5 ECTS BA-SE: Colonies, maps, captains. Joseph Conrad and the imagination of global modernism
  Kutzenberger, Mo 16:45-18:15 (12×)
• 135114 SE 7.5 ECTS BA-SE: Gender and Genre: Autofiction, Autotheory, Autosociobiography
  Stemberger, Tu 16:45-20:00 (5×), Tu 16.12. 16:45-20:30

Master Comparative Literature (870)

Module 1: Literary Cross-Currents (30 ECTS)

KO

• 135813 KO 6 ECTS KO: Literature and the Museum
  Werner, We 16:45-19:45 (7×)
• 135814 KO 6 ECTS [ en ] KO: Poets of Panglobal Pluridentities: African-Diasporic Literary Voices in Austria (Part I)
  Tchokothe, Th 16:15-17:45 (16×)
• 060003 SE 8 ECTS Jewish Narratives: Textual Analysis and Interpretation
  Cordoni de Gmeinbauer, Th 14:00-15:30 (14×)

SE

• 135811 SE 9 ECTS MA-SE: Marcel Proust
  Hölter, Th 11:30-13:00 (14×)
• 135812 SE 9 ECTS MA-SE: Japanese folk tales in Western languages - from romanticization and orientalization to contemporary global pop culture
  Frank, Mo 10:00-11:30 (11×), Mo 24.11. 08:30-11:30
• 135826 SE 9 ECTS Utopias and Dystopias in Literature
  Italiano, Fr 16:30-19:45 (7×)

Module 2: Social History of Literature/Literature and Media (30 ECTS)

Konversatorien

• 135824 KO 6 ECTS KO: From Carrie to Cardi B: Menstruation as Taboo and Transgression in Literature and Pop Culture
  Wittfeld, We 10:45-12:15 (15×)
• 135825 KO 6 ECTS [ en ] KO: The Cultural Cold War in Literature and Ideas
  Crawford, Mo 15:00-16:30 (13×)

Seminare

• 135822 SE 9 ECTS MA-SE: Latin American Jewish Literature
  Stemberger, Tu 16:45-20:00 (5×), Th 18.12. 16:45-20:30
• 135823 SE 9 ECTS A comparison of female writing in Western and Eastern European modernism and avant-garde
  Cybenko, Tu 09:45-11:15 (14×)
• 135826 SE 9 ECTS Utopias and Dystopias in Literature
  Italiano, Fr 16:30-19:45 (7×)

Module 3: In-Depth Studies Module (30 ECTS)

• 135842 SE 5 ECTS Proposal-Seminar for MA-Thesis
  Syrovy, Tu 18:30-20:00 (14×)
• 135844 UE 2 ECTS Perspectives for comparative literature students
  Wojcik
• 128110 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Popular and Media Cultures VO / Cultural Studies - MA M01 - Nonhuman Bodies in Popular Culture: Environments, Animals, Machines
  Fagan, Mo 09:45-11:15 (13×)
• 123210 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Literatures in English - Laughing at the Powerful: British Satire 1660-1750.
  Potter, Fr 16:45-18:15 (14×)
• 060003 SE 8 ECTS Jewish Narratives: Textual Analysis and Interpretation
  Cordoni de Gmeinbauer, Th 14:00-15:30 (14×)
• 090087 VO 5 ECTS Greek literature of the Early Modern Period
  Stassinopoulou, Tu 10:45-12:15 (11×)
• 090098 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Medieval Greek Fiction: Love, Fight, and Recycling
  Kulhankova, Th 16:00-19:00 (6×)
• 090108 UE 5 ECTS [ en ] Icons, Intrigue, and Investigation: Detecting Byzantium in Modern Greek Fiction - also as Reading Modern Greek Texts
  Kulhankova, Fr 09:00-12:00 (6×)
• 090109 PS 6 ECTS [ de en ] Byzantine Historiography. Narrative Histories as Literary Works and Historical Documents
  Kubina, Tu 09:00-10:30 (14×), Fr 24.10. 09:00-10:00
• 143069 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Topics in African Literature: Past and Present
  Pucherova, Mo 13:00-15:00 (12×)
• 143071 VO 3 ECTS Black Europe, Black Literature: An Intersectional Approach
  Adeaga, Mo 17:00-19:00 (10×)
• 143317 KU 6 ECTS [ en ] Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
  Bodomo, Th 13:00-15:00 (15×)
• 480100 KO 5 ECTS Colloquium on Literature and Cultural Studies - Drill, baby, drill made in Europe. The extractive aesthetics of Galician and Upper Silesian narratives of raw materials
  Seidel, We 15:00-16:30 (14×), Fr 09.01. 13:15-14:45
• 480252 KO 4 ECTS Intoxicated Central Europe: West Slavic Drug Texts of the 20th and 21st Centuries
  Seidel, Th 11:30-13:00 (13×), Mo 12.01. 11:30-13:00

Module 4: Final Module (5 ECTS)

• 135841 MA 5 ECTS Master Thesis
  Wojcik, Tu 15:15-18:15 (14×)

Extension Curriculum Comparative Literature: International Transfer (163)

Comparative Literature: International Transfer (15 ECTS)

• 135030 VO 5 ECTS Literary Theory (VO): The Indetermination of Literature - About the Fantastic of Writing
  Just, Th 13:15-14:45 (15×)
• 135040 VO 5 ECTS VO: Literature and Psychoanalysis: Comparative Perspectives
  Stemberger, Mo 06.10. 16:45-18:15, Mo 15:00-16:30 (9×)
• 135050 VO 5 ECTS VO: History of Reading: Overview and Challenges
  Syrovy, Tu 16:45-18:15 (13×)

Extension Curriculum Dutch in a Global Context (637)

Module I Grundkenntnisse (5 ECTS)

Module Ia Basics - Language Acquisition II (5 ECTS)

• 134031 UE 5 ECTS [ nl ] Dutch Language Acquisition II
  Sommer, Mo 11:30-13:00 (13×)

Module Ib Basics - Global Context (5 ECTS)

Module II Circulation of Literature (5 ECTS)

• 134132 PS 5 ECTS [ de en ] Animals in Dutch Literature. Narrative Encounters with the Non-Human.
  Prusova, Mo 15:00-16:30 (13×)

Module III Social History of Dutch Literature (5 ECTS)

• 134006 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Culture, Society, and History of the Low Countries Reflected in Literature
  Besamusca-Douwes, Mo 13:15-14:45 (11×)
• 134132 PS 5 ECTS [ de en ] Animals in Dutch Literature. Narrative Encounters with the Non-Human.
  Prusova, Mo 15:00-16:30 (13×)

Extension Curriculum Dutch Language and Culture (638)

Module I Culture, Literature and History (5 ECTS)

• 134006 VO 5 ECTS [ en ] Culture, Society, and History of the Low Countries Reflected in Literature
  Besamusca-Douwes, Mo 13:15-14:45 (11×)

Module II Language Acquisition I (10 ECTS)

• 134013 UE 10 ECTS [ de nl ] Dutch Language Acquisition I
  Sommer, We 09:45-11:15 (16×), Tu 13:15-16:30 (14×)