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106-224 Introductory Old English Language and Literature | |
Note | Available as 106-324 at 3rd-year level. |
Credit Points | 16.7 2nd and 3rd year |
Coordinator | Bernard Muir. |
Semester | 1 |
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. |
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