Mannheimer Beiträge zur Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft (MABEL)
The Chair of English Literary and Cultural Studies (Anglistik II) is head of the editorial board of the book series „Mannheimer Beiträge zur Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft“ („Mannheim Contributions to Literary and Cultural Studies“), published by Narr Francke Attempto. The series comprises contributions from the disciplines of English and American, German, and Romance literary studies, including comparative approaches. Publications may deal with literature as well as with other media or aspects related to the mental, material or social dimensions of culture from the Renaissance up until the present. The series is open to monographs or collections of essays written in English, German, French or Spanish.
Recent publications comprise Finance, Terror, and Science on Stage: Current Public Concerns in 21st-Century British Drama (2017) and Community, Seriality, and the State of the Nation: British and Irish Televisision in the 21st Century (2019). A volume on contemporary literature and critiques of capitalism is planned for 2019.
Literarische Perspektiven auf den Kapitalismus
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Über die Epochen hinweg haben sich literarische Werke und Genres explizit oder implizit mit dem Kapitalismus auseinandergesetzt. Doch gerade die vergangenen Jahrzehnte, in welchen der Kapitalismus nach Mark Fisher zum ausweglosen Vorstellungshorizont avanciert ist, zeugen von einer vermehrten Infragestellung des Kapitalismus in der literarischen Produktion sowie der Literaturwissenschaft. Vor diesem Hintergrund vereint der interdisziplinäre Sammelband Beiträge aus der Germanistik, Romanistik, Amerikanistik und Anglistik, die den Blick auf verschiedene zeitgenössische Manifestationen des globalen Kapitalismus und deren literarische oder filmische Repräsentationen richten.
Community, Seriality, and the State of the Nation: British and Irish Television Series in the 21st Century
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Since the turn of the 21st century, the television series has rivalled cinema as the paradigmatic filmic medium. Like few other genres, it lends itself to exploring society in its different layers. In the case of Great Britain and Ireland, it functions as a key medium in depicting the state of the nation. Focussing on questions of genre, narrative form, and serialisation, this volume examines the variety of ways in which popular recent British and Irish television series negotiate the concept of community as a key component of the state of the nation.
Finance, Terror, and Science on Stage: Current Public Concerns in 21st-Century British Drama
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This collection of essays examines the contribution of British plays to key social, political, and intellectual debates since 2000. It explores some of the most pressing concerns that have dominated the public discourse in Britain in the last decade, focusing on their representation in dramatic texts. Each essay provides an in-depth analysis of one play, assessing its particular contribution to the debate in question. The book aims to show how contemporary drama has developed unique ways to present the complexities and ambiguities of certain issues with aesthetic as well as emotional appeal.
Editorial Board
- Anja Bandau
- Justus Fetscher
- Ralf Haekel
- Caroline Lusin
- Cornelia Ruhe
Publications
Mannheimer Beiträge zur Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft
- Lusin, C. und Haekel, R. (Hrsg.) (2019). Community, seriality and the State of the Nation : British and Irish television series in the 21st century. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Frank, K. und Lusin, C. (Hrsg.) (2017). Finance, terror, and science on stage : current public concerns in 21st-century British drama. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Lusin, C. (2021). Der 'Pate' ist tot: Macht, Markt und Moral in der BBC-Serie McMafia (2018). In Literarische Perspektiven auf den Kapitalismus : Fallbeispiele aus dem 21. Jahrhundert (S. 89–112). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Schuhmaier, S. (2021). Wert und Werte im Kapitalismus: Die Songtexte Kae Tempests und Kanos. In Literarische Perspektiven auf den Kapitalismus : Fallbeispiele aus dem 21. Jahrhundert (S. 139–164). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Schwander, L. (2021). „Another world is possible“: Arundhati Roys anti-kaptialistische Vision in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017). In Literarische Perspektiven auf den Kapitalismus : Fallbeispiele aus dem 21. Jahrhundert (S. 211–230). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Glomb, S. (2019). 'You wonderful priest': Community as the essence of Christianity in Broken (2017). In Community, seriality and the State of the Nation : British and Irish television series in the 21st century (S. 239–260). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Gonnermann, A. (2019). 'With great power comes'... nothing: Superheroes, teenage delinquents, and dysfunctional community structures in Misfits (2009–2013). In Community, seriality and the State of the Nation : British and Irish television series in the 21st century (S. 213–238). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Lusin, C. (2019). Drugs, sheep, and broken lives: Dysfunctional families, violence, and the subversion of nostalgia in Happy Valley (2014-). In Community, seriality and the State of the Nation : British and Irish television series in the 21st century (S. 167–191). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Lusin, C. und Haekel, R. (2019). 'This is England' : Community, the State of the Nation, and seriality in contemporary British and Irish television series. In Community, seriality and the State of the Nation : British and Irish television series in the 21st century (S. 9–23). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Schuhmaier, S. (2019). Tommy Shelby's modern family business: The ethics of community in Peaky Blinders (2013-). In Community, seriality and the State of the Nation : British and Irish television series in the 21st century (S. 27–50). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Schwander, L. (2019). 'He's one of us': Community, imperialism, and the narrative of progress in Indian Summers (2015–2016). In Community, seriality and the State of the Nation : British and Irish television series in the 21st century (S. 119–142). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Frank, K. und Lusin, C. (2017). Introduction : Current debates and British drama since 2000. In Finance, terror, and science on stage : current public concerns in 21st-century British drama (S. 9–15). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Glomb, S. (2017). „No view from Nnowhere“: Science, freedom, and determinism in Nick Payne's Incognito (2014). In Finance, terror, and science on stage (S. 185–210). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Gonnermann, A. (2017). Homo Homini Rhino Est : April De Angelis’ Wild East (2005) and the Deconstruction of Responsibility in Corporate Culture. In Finance, terror, and science on stage : current public concerns in 21st-century British drama (S. 101–123). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Lusin, C. (2017). Surviving boom and bust : finance, responsibility, and the state of the world in Nicholas Pierpan's You can still make a killing (2012). In Finance, terror, and science on stage : current public concerns in 21st-century British drama (S. 79–100). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Schwander, L. (2017). Re-visiting the British Empire: Neo-Victorian perspectives on multicultural Britain in Tanika Gupta's The Empress (2013). In Finance, terror, and science on stage : current public concerns in 21st-century British drama (S. 211–232). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.
- Schwanecke, C. (2017). Data streams, post-human lives, and (virtual) realities : Jules Horne's Gorgeous Avatar (2006). In Finance, terror, and science on stage : current public concerns in 21st-century British drama (S. 145–165). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto.