The course is the first of a two-course sequence that introduces students to the chief features of the language, literature, and civilization of Anglo-Saxon England and prepares them for more advanced linguistic, literary, and cultural studies in this and later periods, and is followed by Introductory Old english: Poetry in the Spring. The sequence of courses is the first in a series of offerings that centers on Old English and Old Icelandic language and literature; it is succeeded by Beowulf and/or Studies in Old English Literature every fourth semester. Every third year, depending on student need and interest, we offer Introductory Old Icelandic and a Seminar in Old English. This constitutes the Early English Medieval portion of courses in Medieval Studies in English at UNM. In addition to translation and the concurrent study of grammar, phonology, and versification, the course will offer lectures on the elements of a Germanic language, on developments into modern English, and slide presentations dealing with art, archaeology, and social and political history. Among the prose readings will be selections from romances, travelogues, medicinal tracts, laws, sermons, saints lives. Quizzes, midterm, final, lexical project for undergraduates; paper for graduates. This course applies toward the Minor in Medieval Studies; the MA and Ph.D. concentrations in English Medieval Studies; and the two- course sequence fulfills the second language requirement for the Ph.D. in English.
The course is the first of a two-course sequence that introduces students to the chief features of the language, literature, and civilization of Anglo-Saxon England and prepares them for more advanced linguistic, literary, and cultural studies in this and later periods, and is followed by Introductory Old english: Poetry in the Spring. The sequence of courses is the first in a series of offerings that centers on Old English and Old Icelandic language and literature; it is succeeded by Beowulf and/or Studies in Old English Literature every fourth semester. Every third year, depending on student need and interest, we offer Introductory Old Icelandic and a Seminar in Old English. This constitutes the Early English Medieval portion of courses in Medieval Studies in English at UNM. In addition to translation and the concurrent study of grammar, phonology, and versification, the course will offer lectures on the elements of a Germanic language, on developments into modern English, and slide presentations dealing with art, archaeology, and social and political history. Among the prose readings will be selections from romances, travelogues, medicinal tracts, laws, sermons, saints lives. Quizzes, midterm, final, lexical project for undergraduates; paper for graduates. This course applies toward the Minor in Medieval Studies; the MA and Ph.D. concentrations in English Medieval Studies; and the two- course sequence fulfills the second language requirement for the Ph.D. in English.