INGL 6478 Old English - Recinto Universitario de … 6478 Old English ØLearn to read and translate...
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INGL 6478 Old English Ø Learn to read and translate the writings of the Anglo-Saxons. You will leave this course with a specific skill. Ø Experience a student-centered approach to the acquisition of a historical language, with a focus on games, jokes, riddles, etc. Ø Read the fascinating “early novel” Apollonius of Tyre,” OE Elegies like The Wanderer and explore the shape-shifting universe of The Riddles of the Exeter Book. Ø Course concludes with a consideration of Old English in contemporary English literature and cinema, focusing in particular on the mini-series The Last Kingdom and Paul Kingsnorth’s revolutionary new novel, The Wake, written in a “shadow tongue” of Old English, comprehensible to all modern readers. Fall 2017; Wednesdays 6:00-8:45 Language and Literature Study Poems and Prose in the Original Old English! (Painlessly!)
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INGL 6478
Old English Ø Learntoreadandtranslatethewritingsof
theAnglo-Saxons.Youwillleavethiscourse
withaspecificskill.
Ø Experienceastudent-centeredapproachto
theacquisitionofahistoricallanguage,with
afocusongames,jokes,riddles,etc.
Ø Readthefascinating“earlynovel”
ApolloniusofTyre,”OEElegieslikeThe
Wandererandexploretheshape-shifting
universeofTheRiddlesoftheExeterBook.
Ø Courseconcludeswithaconsiderationof
OldEnglishincontemporaryEnglish
literatureandcinema,focusinginparticular
onthemini-seriesTheLastKingdom and
Paul Kingsnorth’s revolutionary new novel,
The Wake, written in a “shadow tongue” of Old
English, comprehensible to all modern readers.
Fall2017;Wednesdays6:00-8:45LanguageandLiterature
StudyPoemsandProseintheOriginalOldEnglish!
(Painlessly!)
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