Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis Anglistik Heidelberg SS 2008

4 PROSEMINARE
Native American Literature
Jim Thorson Dienstag 11:15 – 12:45 112 2st.
Description see page 32.
Film and the Holocaust in the U. S. and Eastern Europe
Bettina Kaibach Mittwoch 16:15 – 18:30 113 2st.
Description see page 32.
5 Hauptseminare
5.1 Hauptseminare Sprachwissenschaft
Nur im Lehramts-, Magister und Master-Studiengang (8 Leistungspunkte)
Early Middle English
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Insley Mittwoch 16:15 – 17:45 116 2st.
This course is concerned with a period of fundamental change in the history of English, a period of
phonological and morphological change in which English moved away from being an inflected
language of Germanic type. It is also a period in which the texts show large scale borrowing from
French and Norse. We will examine these developments with reference to text extracts
(Peterborough Chronicle, Laymon’s Brut, Katherine-Group, Havelok), which we will also translate
into German. Although the prime focus of the course is linguistic, due attention will be given to
historical developements, in particular to the effects of the Norman Conquest, and to questions of
textual transmission (libraries, manuscripts, etc.).
Registration: per email: john.insley@as.uni-heidelberg.de.
Text: J. A. W. Bennett, G. V. Smithers, Early Middle English Verse and Prose, 2nd ed. (Oxford,
1968).
Course Requirements: Sprachwiss. PS 1 and PS 2 (Einführung Alt-/Mittelenglisch). Knowledge
of Old or Middle English is essential.
Regular attendance (1CP); preparation/homework (3 CP) and presentation (1 CP); paper (3 CP).
English in the 18th and 19th century
Dr. Nesselhauf Dienstag 11:15 – 12:45 333 2st.
The English language of the 18th and 19th century has recently become the focus of much scholarly
attention, as the differences to Present Day English go much deeper than recognized earlier. In this
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