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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : English

106-224/324 Introductory Old English Language and Literature

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Bernard Muir

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

One 1-hour lecture and two 1.5-hour tutorials per week

Subject Description:

This subject is an introduction to the language and literature of the Anglo-Saxons from 750 to 1150, focusing on both prose and poetry, read in the original. Students who complete this subject successfully will have acquired a basic knowledge of the English language in its earliest form; 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 work on an oral culture; and will be equipped to undertake more advanced research in this and related areas of literary studies and language acquisition.

Assessment:

Written work of not more than 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts:

  • B Mitchell and F A Robinson, Guide to Old English, 5th ed. Blackwell.
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