SCAN 5701 is also offered in Fall 2022
SCAN 5701 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2022 | SCAN 5701 Section 001: Old Norse Language and Literature (18840)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Exclude fr or soph 5000 level courses
- Meets With:
MEST 5701 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 118
- Enrollment Status:
Open (2 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Acquisition of a reading knowledge of Old Norse; linguistic, philological and literary study of Old Norse language and literature.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?aliber+SCAN5701+Fall2022
- Class Description:
- Old Norse is like any other language course, with the difference that students are not taught to write or speak the language. In Old Norse (mainly in Old Icelandic) some of the greatest stories and poems of the Middle Ages were recorded. At the end of the year, students will be able to read the sagas, even if slowly and with a dictionary. One semester will give sufficient exposure to those who want to read Old Icelandic on their own, but security will come only in spring. The book to be used is E. V. Gordon's An Introduction to Old Norse. Those who will stay for both semesters will learn a good deal about one of the main Old Germanic languages and about some of the most memorable literatures preserved in Germanic. There will be day to day reading assignments: first very short, in the second semester between two and three pages a week. In the Fall Semester, there will be a midterm and a final. The grade will depend on class participation (40%: regular attendance is crucial), the results of the midterm (25%) and final (35%).
- Grading:
- 40% Participation
25% Midterm
35% Final
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18840/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 May 2015
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