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106-224/324 "Introductory Old English Language and Literature" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p54) : Next:106-225 | Prev:106-222
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd year
Coordinator: Bernard Muir.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and two 1.5-hour tutorials per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully:
- will have acquired a basic knowledge of the English language in its earliest form;
- will have a basic understanding of the structure of the Indo-European language family, and a more advanced knowledge of the sub-groups of the Germanic branch (to which English belongs);
- will be familiar with the major cultural and linguistic impulses that have shaped English over the past 1000 years;
- will have studied the basic principles of oral-formulaic theory and have an understanding of the impact of the written word on an oral culture;
- will be equipped to undertake more advanced research in this and related areas of literary studies and language acquisition.
Content:
This subject studies the language and literature of the Anglo-Saxons from 750 to 1150, focusing on both prose and poetry, read in the original.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p54) : Next:106-225 | Prev:106-222
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p99) : Next:106-225 | Prev:106-222
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Bernard Muir.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and two 1.5-hour tutorials each week
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully:
- will have acquired a basic knowledge of the English language in its earliest form;
- will have a basic understanding of the structure of the Indo-European language family, and a more advanced knowledge of the sub-groups of the Germanic branch (to which English belongs);
- will be familiar with the major cultural and linguistic impulses that have shaped English over the past 1000 years;
- will have studied the basic principles of oral-formulaic theory and have an understanding of the impact of the written word on an oral culture; and
- will be equipped to undertake more advanced research in this and related areas of literary studies and language acquisition.
Content:
This subject studies the language and literature of the Anglo-Saxons from 750 to 1150, focusing on both prose and poetry, read in the original.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that CONTACT, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p99) : Next:106-225 | Prev:106-222
3. English Language, Faculty of Arts (v3, p63) : Next:106-225 | Prev:106-210
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd year
Coordinator: Bernard Muir.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and two 1.5-hour tutorials per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject:
- will have acquired a basic knowledge of the English language in its earliest form;
- will have a basic understanding of the structure of the Indo-European language family, and a more advanced knowledge of the sub-groups of the Germanic branch (to which English belongs);
- will be familiar with the major cultural and linguistic impulses that have shaped English over the past 1000 years;
- will have studied the basic principles of oral-formulaic theory and have an understanding of the impact of the written word on an oral culture;
- will be equipped to undertake more advanced research in this and related areas of literary studies and language acquisition.
Content:
A study of the language and literature of the Anglo-Saxons from 750 to 1150, both prose and poetry, read in the original.
Assessment:
Written work of up to 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTENT, OBJECTIVES, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
3. English Language, Faculty of Arts (v3, p63) : Next:106-225 | Prev:106-210
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
Maintained by: Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts.
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