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Schaff / Schlegel / Surkamp The Institution of English Literature

Formation and Mediation

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The contributions investigate the ways in which numerous institutions of English literature shape the literary field. While they cover an extensive historical field, ranging from the Early Modern period to the 18th century to the contemporary, they focus not only on literary texts, but also on extra-literary ones, including literary prizes, literary histories and anthologies, and highlight the various ways in which these negotiate the processes that constitute the literary field. All contributions assert that there is no such thing as literature outside of institutions. Great emphasis is therefore put on different acts of mediation.

Prof Dr Barbara Schaff teaches English Literature and Culture at the University of Göttingen.
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1;Title Page;4
2;Copyright;5
3;Table of Contents;6
4;Body;8
5;Johannes Schlegel: By Way of Introduction. Stoner, Black Boxes, Institutions;8
5.1;1 Introduction;8
5.2;2 Black Boxes;10
5.3;3 Institutions of Literature;11
5.4;4 Instituting Politics;14
5.5;5 Institution and Mediation;15
5.6;On this Volume;16
5.7;Works Cited;22
6;Konrad Schröder: “Hardly has a university had a more distinguished master of languages than Tompson was.” (Johann David Michaelis, 1768) – John Tompson's Personality, his Biography, and his Significance for English Language Teaching and English Studies in Germany;26
6.1;1 Few historical sources and a tentative approach;26
6.2;2 The bare facts;27
6.3;3 Foreign Language Politics and Policies in Early Modern Times and the role of Goettingen University;30
6.4;4 Pre-1750 teaching of English in Germany: its spread, teachers and targets;33
6.5;5 John Tompson – an evaluation of his late years;36
6.6;6 De mortuis nil nisi vere;39
6.7;7 A brief note on Tompson's English Miscellanies;40
6.8;Works Cited;43
7;Barbara Schaff: John Tompson's English Miscellanies 1737–1766 in the Context of Eighteenth-Century British-German Cultural Relations;46
7.1;1 The Context;46
7.2;2 The English Miscellanies;48
7.3;3 Tompson's Legacy;55
7.4;Works Cited;56
8;Susan Bassnett: The Pleasures and Pains of Anthologies;58
8.1;Works Cited;69
9;Martina Witt-Jauch: Miscellany or Masterpiece? – Defining the Discipline of Comparative Literature Through Its Anthologies;70
9.1;Works Cited;86
10;Christian Schmitt-Kilb: Envisioning Cultural Imperialism and the Invention of English Literature in Elizabethan England;90
10.1;1 Introduction;90
10.2;2 Richard Tottel's Miscellany (1557);91
10.3;3 Edmund Spenser's The Shepheardes Calender (1579);93
10.4;4 Samuel Daniel, “Musophilus” (1599) and Defence of Ryme (1603);95
10.5;5 Cultural Identity – Linguistic Identity – National Identity;96
10.6;6 “Imperialism”;99
10.7;7 Conclusion;101
10.8;Works Cited;103
11;Frauke Reitemeier: Navigation Guides for the Vast Ocean of Literature: Writing and Teaching the History of (English) Literature in 1800;106
11.1;1 Introduction: Students' Miscellanies and the State of English Literary History;106
11.2;2 The Trailblazer: Johann Gottfried Eichhorn;109
11.3;3 Colleague and Rival: Friedrich Bouterwek;112
11.4;4 Hayden White's Theory of Historiography;113
11.5;5 1799: Eichhorn's Early Litterärgeschichte;114
11.6;6 1805–1812: Eichhorn's later Geschichte der Litteratur;117
11.7;7 1805–1819: Bouterwek's Geschichte der schönen Wissenschaften;120
11.8;8 Comparison and Conclusion;124
11.9;Works Cited;125
12;Karolin Echarti: Late 18th Century Women Translators as Actors in the Literary Field: Margarethe Forkel-Liebeskind and Therese Forster-Huber;128
12.1;I;128
12.2;II;129
12.3;III;132
12.4;IV;144
12.5;Works Cited;145
12.5.1;Primary Sources;145
12.5.1.1;Edited;145
12.5.1.2;Not edited;145
12.5.2;Secondary Sources;145
13;Elizabeth Bracker: Negotiating Literary Texts – a Nexus between Different Realms of Competence? Examples of a Qualitative Case Study with Advanced EFL Learners;148
13.1;1 Introduction;148
13.2;2 Literary Texts in the English Language Classroom Between Marginalization and High Hopes;149
13.3;3 Bringing Together English Literature and EFL Learners: An Outline of the Empirical Design and the Literary Text as Tertium Comparationis;151
13.4;4 Interplay of Competences: Presentation of Key Findings by Letting the Students Speak;154
13.4.1;The story of success;157
13.4.2;The story of communicative break-down;158
13.5;5 Conclusion and Open Questions;160
13.6;Works Cited;161
13.6.1;Online sources;162
14;Christine Gardemann: Literary Aesthetics and Classroom Realities: English Teachers' Practices in Hamburg's Secondary Schools;164
14.1;1 Introduction: Of Riddles and Jigsaws;164
14.2;2 Assessing Self-Presentations and Self-Reports;165
14.3;3 ?English' and ?Literature': Teachers as Mediators;168
14.4;4 An Insight Into the LITES 1 Mixed Methods Design;169
14.5;5 The Role of Literature in the Educational Standards and School Curricula;172
14.6;6 LITES 1: First Results;173
14.7;7 Outlook;175
14.8;Works cited;176
15;Laurenz Volkmann: Functions of Literary Texts in the Tradition of German EFL Teaching;180
15.1;1 Functions of Literature – Functions of Literature in Foreign Language Teaching;180
15.2;2 Literature up to ca. 1900: Educational Value vs. Practical Usefulness – An Unbridgeable Gap?;185
15.3;3 Literature up to the 1980s: The Philological Paradigm – Academic Instruction at the School Level;189
15.4;4 The Last Decades: Recent Positions of Literaturdidaktik – On the Defense or Competence-compatible?;202
15.5;Works Cited;205
16;Daniel Xerri: Teachers' Beliefs and Literature Teaching: The Case of Poetry;208
16.1;1 Introduction;208
16.2;2 Teachers and Poetry;209
16.2.1;2.1 Teachers as Poetry Readers;209
16.2.2;2.2 Poetry's Cachet;210
16.2.3;2.3 Teachers as Gatekeepers;212
16.3;3 Why Teach Poetry?;214
16.3.1;3.1 Language-based Model;214
16.3.2;3.2 Personal Growth Model;216
16.4;4 The Study;218
16.4.1;4.1 Definitions of Poetry;219
16.4.2;4.2 Experiencing Poetry;219
16.4.3;4.3 Poetry as a Course Component;221
16.4.4;4.4 Reasons for Teaching Poetry;222
16.4.5;4.5 Poetry Lessons;223
16.4.6;4.6 Analysing Poetry;224
16.4.7;4.7 The Enigma of Poetry;226
16.4.8;4.8 Torturing Poetry;226
16.5;5 Conclusion;227
16.6;Works Cited;228
17;Janice Bland: Radical Children's Literature in English Education: Escaping Disney with Dialogic Fairy Tales;232
17.1;1 Introduction;232
17.2;2 The Savage (David Almond, illus. Dave McKean): A Complex and Powerful Microform;237
17.3;3 Teaching the Significance of Focalisation and Agency with Me and You (Anthony Browne);241
17.4;4 The Rough-Face Girl (Rafe Martin, illus. David Shannon): An Empowered Cinderella;245
17.5;5 Playing Havoc with Metanarratives: I was a Rat! (Philip Pullman);249
17.6;6 Conclusion;254
17.7;Works Cited;255
18;Carola Surkamp: On the History of the Canons of English Literature at German Schools;258
18.1;1 Introduction;258
18.2;2 From the Beginning of Institutionalised Language Teaching to Modern Language Reforms;259
18.3;3 From Culturally Oriented Foreign Language Teaching to the First Years After the Second World War;263
18.4;4 Literary Texts in Communicative and Intercultural Language Teaching;266
18.5;5 The Canon Issue in Times of Competence Orientation;268
18.6;6 Final Considerations;270
18.7;Works Cited;270
19;Thomas Kullmann: Canon Formation in English Literature Studies: A Comparison of Britain and Germany;274
19.1;1 Books Studied and Books Read: Two Lists;274
19.2;2 The Establishment of the English Literature canon in Britain;280
19.3;3 The Establishment of the English Literature canon in Germany;287
19.4;4 Conclusions;291
19.5;Works Cited;294
19.5.1;Main Sources;294
19.5.2;Critical Literature;295
20;Georgia Christinidis: Genre, Canon-Formation, and Bildung: Transformations of a Critical Category;296
20.1;1 Introduction;296
20.2;2 Interiority and the German Sonderweg;298
20.3;3 Feminist Challenges to the Canon: Appropriating Bildung;304
20.4;4 Rethinking Bildung;307
20.5;Works Cited;309
21;Anna Auguscik: Sharing Strains: The Booker Prize and the Institution of Literary Prizes;312
21.1;1 Introduction;312
21.2;2 The Proliferation of Prizes (and of Prize Commentary);313
21.3;3 “Voilà, let me pull a rabbit out of my hat, let's create a literary institution!” The Booker Prize as One of Many Institutions in the Literary Field;317
21.4;4 “It should be criticized but also cherished”: The Booker Prize as (a British) Institution;321
21.5;5 The Institutionalization of Prizes and the Power of Institutions;325
21.6;Works Cited;329
22;Notes on Contributors;332


Volkmann, Laurenz
Laurenz Volkmann ist Professor für Englische Fachdidaktik an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.

Schlegel, Johannes
Johannes Schlegel is a Research Associate at the University of Göttingen.

Schaff, Barbara
Prof Dr Barbara Schaff teaches English Literature and Culture at the University of Göttingen.

Schaff, Barbara
Prof Dr Barbara Schaff teaches English Literature and Culture at the University of Göttingen.

Surkamp, Carola
Prof Dr Carola Surkamp holds the chair of English as a Foreign Language at the University of Göttingen.

Surkamp, Carola
Prof Dr Carola Surkamp holds the chair of English as a Foreign Language at the University of Göttingen.


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