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Root number
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515481 |
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Semester
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FS2026 |
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Type of course
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Lecture |
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Allocation to subject
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English Languages and Literatures |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
| Title |
Authority (MA Lecture, BA and MA Lecture International Students: Language & Linguistics and Literature) (GRADED) |
| Description |
Amid political polarisation, institutional distrust, and emerging struggles over voice and legitimacy, the notion of authority defines much of today’s social landscape. This interdisciplinary lecture series brings together literary and linguistic approaches to examine how authority is built, circulated, and contested through language, texts, and culture.
The course explores literary sites of authority — such as narrative voice, persuasion, or representation, the power of the canon, the role of aesthetic form and the dynamics of authorship — alongside those of linguistics and communication studies, specifically manifestations of power in political discourse, institutional processes, and language change. Lectures consider how texts and communicative acts confer validity, mobilise belief, or sustain systems of dominance, as well as how they become tools of resistance, critique, or reinvention.
In addition to lectures by members of the English Department on authority in e.g., modern dystopian novels, the Middle Ages, and state legal procedure, the series includes two guest speakers offering further literary and linguistics perspectives on the topic.
Required Reading: Core readings will be made available via ILIAS. |
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ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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Link to another web site
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| Lecturers |
Prof. Dr.
David Britain, Institute of English Languages and Literatures, Modern English Linguistics ✉
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Dr.
Hannah Joy Black Hedegard, Institute of English Languages and Literatures ✉
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ECTS
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3 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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Yes |
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Grading
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1 to 6 |
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| Dates |
Wednesday 10:15-12:00 Weekly
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Wednesday 13/5/2026 10:15-13:00
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Wednesday 20/5/2026 10:15-13:00
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| Rooms |
Hörsaal 004, Hörsaalgebäude vonRoll
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Seminarraum B 007, Institutsgebäude vonRoll
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| Students please consult the detailed view for complete information on dates, rooms and planned podcasts. |
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