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Seminar: 10-76-4-D2/WD2-05 Key Topics in Literature, Media, and Culture: The Fate of Ophelia - Details

Seminar: 10-76-4-D2/WD2-05 Key Topics in Literature, Media, and Culture: The Fate of Ophelia - Details

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Veranstaltungsname Seminar: 10-76-4-D2/WD2-05 Key Topics in Literature, Media, and Culture: The Fate of Ophelia
Untertitel
Veranstaltungsnummer 10-76-4-D2/WD2-05
Semester SoSe 2026
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 30
erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl 30
Heimat-Einrichtung Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Veranstaltungstyp Seminar in der Kategorie Lehre
Nächster Termin Donnerstag, 28.05.2026 12:15 - 13:45, Ort: SFG 0150
Art/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung Ja

Räume und Zeiten

SFG 0150
Donnerstag: 12:15 - 13:45, wöchentlich (13x)

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Kommentar/Beschreibung

In October 2025, we “heard [her] calling on the megaphone”: Shakespeare’s Ophelia experienced a widely discussed revival in popular culture through Taylor Swift. This renewed attention invites us to ask again what the true fate of Ophelia might be. Why has this figure continued to fascinate artists, writers, and audiences for over four centuries?

With this question in mind, this seminar examines the figure of Ophelia throughout the ages. Together, we will read Shakespeare’s Hamlet and then trace Ophelia’s afterlives across paintings, theatre, stage and film adaptations, novels, lyrical texts, and pop culture more broadly. The seminar combines close reading with visual analysis and cultural discussion and encourages students to bring in their own observations and interests.

To receive credit for this course, you must
• have an excellent knowledge of the assigned readings and materials.
• actively participate in discussions and smaller group work.
• attend one mandatory library workshop (June 11, 2026, from 12:15 to 13:45).
• create an annotated bibliography for a potential research paper (due on June 17, 2026).
• make a meaningful contribution to our exhibition at the Day of Sciences on June 27, 2026 (more information will follow in our first session).

If you need a grade in this course, you additionally need to
• submit an abstract for your term paper (due on July 5, 2026 / 0% of final grade for BPO 2025, 20% of final grade for BPO 2011)
• write a term paper (24.000–28.000 characters: text without blanks, cover, table of contents, works cited, affidavit; due on September 15, 2026 / 100% of final grade for BPO 2025, 80% of final grade for BPO 2011).

We’ll deal with the Studienleistungen and exams in our first session as well.

Most of the works will be made accessible on Stud.IP. However, please purchase the following editions:
Klein, Lisa. Ophelia. Bloomsbury Academic, 2008. (ISBN: 9781599902289)
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Edited by Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. (ISBN: 9781472518385)

If you have any questions beforehand, please don’t hesitate to email me (wolfk@uni-bremen.de). In order to be finally accepted into this seminar, you have to show up at the first three sessions.

I’m looking forward to discovering, questioning, and rethinking Ophelia’s fate together with you!

All the best,
Kevin

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Nutzer/-innen, die sich für diese Veranstaltung eintragen möchten, erhalten nähere Hinweise und können sich dann noch gegen eine Teilnahme entscheiden.