ANGLISTIK V: ANGLOPHONE LITERATURES AND LITERARY TRANSLATION
Dr. Michael Heinze
Wiss. Mitarbeiter
Gebäude 23.21, Ebene 00, Raum 68
Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf
Tel: +49 (0)211 81-15922
Fax: +49 (0)211 81-12244
Sprechstunde (Vorlesungszeit): Montag, 14.30 - 16.00 Uhr
Sprechstunde (vorlesungsfreie Zeit): nach Vereinbarung
Research Profil
The focus of my research is on contemporary texts from gay literature (also, but not exclusively, in the context of Queer Theories) from all over the English-speaking world. In the Canadian context I concentrate on contemporary Canadian drama. Minority identities and identity formation processes are underlying concepts to all these approaches. Last but not least, didactic approaches are of interest to me.
To the student
Getting started and sitting down to write a paper
The departmental website offers detailed information on how to write a paper, be it a Hausarbeit or a BA thesis. For those who set out to write their first paper or get down to research on a topic the following publication might be useful:
Whitla, William. The English Handbook. A Guide to Literary Studies. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell 2010.
There are dozens of style guides on the market, but I was particularly impressed with the following work, which is not a style guide per se:
Sword, Helen. Stylish Academic Writing. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP 2012.
Books, books, books…
In the following, I would like to suggest some books on a number of subjects which come up time and again in my seminars.
Postcolonial Theory
McLeod, John. Beginning Postcolonialism. Manchester: Manchester UP 22010.
Chambers, Iain / Curti, Lidia (ed.s). The Post-colonial Question. Common Skies – Divided Horizons. Abingdon: Routledge 1996.
Lazarus, Neil. The Postcolonial Unconscious. Cambridge: CUP 2011.
Canadian Literature
Grace, Sherrill / Glaap, Albert-Reiner (ed.s). Performing National Identities. International Perspectives on Contemporary Canadian Theatre. Vancouver: Talonbooks 2003.
Kröller, Eva-Marie. The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature. Cambridge: CUP 2004.
Nischik, Reingard M. (ed.). The Canadian Short Story. Interpretations. Rochester, NY: Camden House 2007.
Queer Theories – Introductions and selected theoretical texts
Edelman, Lee. No future. Queer theory and the death drive. Durham NC: Duke University Press 2004.
Freeman, Elizabeth. Time Binds. Queer Temporalities, Queer Histories. Durham and London: Duke University Press 2010.
Goldie, Terry. In a Queer Country. Gay & Lesbian Studies in the Canadian Context. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press 2001.
Halberstam, Judith. The Queer Art of Failure. Durham and London: Duke University Press 2011.
Halley, Janet / Parker, Andrew (ed.s). After Sex? On Writing since Queer Theory. Durham and London: Duke University Press 2011.
Morland, Iain / Willox, Annabelle (ed.s). Queer Theory. London: Palgrave Macmillan 2005.
Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. Epistemology of the Closet. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press 2010.
Sullivan, Nikki. A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 2010.
Sinfield, Alan. Cultural Politics, Queer Reading. London: Routledge 1994.
Special Recommendation:
The following history of gay writers in the U.S. has just been published (a copy for the university library has been ordered):
Bram, Christopher. Eminent Outlaws. The Gay Writers Who Changed America. New York/Boston: Twelve 2012.
Dr. Michael Heinze – Selected Publications
Heinze, Michael. Love, Sexuality, Identity. The Gay Experience in Contemporary Canadian Drama. Trier: WVT 2007.
Heinze, Michael (ed.). Literature on the Move. Cultural Migration in Contemporary Literature. Trier: WVT 2010.
Glaap, Albert-Reiner / Heinze, Michael / Johnstone, Neil. Words as Windows on English Life and Culture. Trier: WVT 2012.
Articles
“Culture Transfer – Brad Fraser’s Cold Meat Party at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, England.” In: Heinze, Michael / Müller-Schneck, Elke (ed.s). Canadian, Literary and Didactic Mosaic. Essays in Honour of Albert-Reiner Glaap on the Occasion of his 75th Birthday. Trier: WVT 2004, 47-58.
“A Long Way from Hame – Layers of Identity in Jonathan Wilson’s Kilt.” In: LISA e-journal, Vol. III, 2/2005, 64-77.
(www.unicaen.fr/mrsh/anglais/lisa).
“Communication or Failed Communication? – Michael Frayn’s Towards the End of the Morning.” In: Bach, Susanne / Glaap, Albert-Reiner (ed.s). Frayn in Germany. Plays and Novels. Trier: WVT 2008, 123-133.
“From Canada to Manchester, England, and Back. Brad Fraser at the Royal Exchange Theatre.” In: Heinze, Michael (ed.). Literature on the Move. Cultural Migration in Contemporary Literature. Trier: WVT 2010, 113-137.
“Unsolved Mystery. Agatha Christie’s Play Chimneys in Calgary.” In: Heinze, Michael (ed.). Literature on the Move. Cultural Migration in Contemporary Literature. Trier: WVT 2010, 167-178.
“Kanada – die etwas andere multikulturelle Gesellschaft. Short stories und ein short play als Einstieg.” (with Albert-Reiner Glaap) In: Praxis Englisch 6-2011, 44-46.