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 106-029 Introduction to Old English B

Note

Formerly available as 106-224/324. Students who have completed 106-224/324 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Bernard Muir

Prerequisites

106-024 Introduction to Old English A.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1.5-hour seminars 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, which is read in the original. Students will be taught advanced Old English grammar and syntax, and will examine Medieval poetic and rhetorical theory. The subject also investigates the intellectual and institutional history of the period in order to contextualise the literary developments. On completion of the subject students should have acquired a sound linguistic knowledge of Old English and should also have developed a sense of the significance of Medieval literature to the history, and further study, of English literature and language.

Assessment

Written work of 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • B Mitchell & F A Robinson, Guide to Old English. (5th ed) Blackwell.
  • A J Bradley, Anglo-Saxon Poetry. Dent/Everyman.
  • D Whitelock, The Beginnings of English Society. The Pelican History of England 2.
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