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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : English

106-405 The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry

Credit Points:

16.7 4th year

Coordinator:

Bernard Muir

Prerequisite/s:

Students wishing to enrol in this subject must normally have completed two single-semester subjects in Old English Language and Literature.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

One 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description:

This subject examines selected poems from the earliest English anthology, in the original language, with emphasis on the historical and religious context. Students who complete this subject successfully will have acquired advanced knowledge of Old English; will be familiar with trends in the critical reception of Old English literature over the past four centuries; and will be aware of how to use information technology to assist them in more advanced research.

Assessment:

Written work of not more than 6000 words.

Prescribed Texts:

  • B Muir ed, The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry, U of Exeter P.
  • S Bradley, Anglo-Saxon Poetry, Everyman/Dent.
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