Fall 2017  |  ENGL 4612 Section 001: Old English I (34528)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
MEST 4612 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon, Wed, Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Appleby Hall 319
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to the language through 1150 A.D. Culture of Anglo-Saxons. Selected readings in prose/poetry.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ascheil+ENGL4612+Fall2017
Class Description:
"I am learning Anglo-Saxon and it is a vastly superior thing to what we have now" (Gerard Manley Hopkins, letter to fellow poet Robert Bridges, 1882). This course is an introduction to the rich language and literature of Anglo-Saxon England (circa. 500-1100). "Old English," or as it is sometimes known, "Anglo-Saxon," is the earliest form of the English language; therefore, the primary course goal will be to acquire the ability to read Old English texts in the original. No previous experience with Old English or any other language is necessary or expected; undergraduates and graduate students from all departments are welcome. For graduate students in English, Old English I may count for the rhetoric/language/literacy distribution area. This course also fulfills the literary theory/linguistic requirement for the undergraduate English Major. A knowledge of Old English will allow you to touch the most ancient literary sensibilities in the English tradition; these sensibilities are familiar and strange at the same time, as we sense our deep cultural connection to these texts across the centuries, yet also find that the past is a strange place indeed. The power of Old English literature has profoundly influenced authors such as Tennyson, Pound, Graves, Wilbur, Hopkins, Gunn, Auden, Seamus Heaney, C.S. Lewis, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien.
Exam Format:
20% Midterm Exam
35% Final Exam
15% Reports/Papers
15% Quizzes
15% Class Participation
Class Format:
50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34528/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
7 April 2015

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