Prof. Dr. Katrin Berndt
Übersicht
Raum 2.11
Tel. 0345 55-23522
E-Mail: katrin.berndt@anglistik.uni-halle.de
Werdegang
Research Areas
- History of the Novel
- Poetics of Virtues and Values
- The British Imagination
- Transcultural Anglophone Writing
- (Meta)Historical Perspectives on East and Central Europe
Theoretical Approaches
- Hermeneutics, Narratology, Feminism, New Historicism
Supervision
Students interested in writing their final theses (BA, MA, WH StEx) in the areas given above are welcome to sign up for the office hour of Professor Berndt (via StudIP) to discuss their ideas.
Examples of previous supervisions
Concepts of Loyalty in Aphra Behn's Narrative Fiction: A Feminist Perspective (MA)
‘Every Age Gets the Bond It Needs’: Representation of Contemporary Britain in the James Bond films Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, and Spectre (MA)
Sisterhood in Jane Austen’s Novels: The Social and Emotional Importance of Female Bonds in Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma (MA)
The Representation of Thatcherism in British Films of the New Labour Years (WH StEx)
A Hero’s Journey – Die Harry Potter Heptalogie im Kontext des Monomythos von Joseph Campbell (WH StEx)
Cuckolding and Seduction in Restoration Drama (BA)
The Concept of Monstrosity in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (BA)
Narrating Under Milk Wood: Storytelling in Fiction and Film (BA)
Between Fact and Fiction – History in Laura Fish’s Strange Music (BA)