Upload
dinhkiet
View
215
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
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!)