Old English Poetry

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course is not only a study of early poetry in English, but a reflection on what we study, how we study it, and why. We will explore the poetry in translation with a view to holding scholarly traditions up to scrutiny. We will analyse texts that have been classed as wisdom poems, battle poems, riddles, elegies, and even charms, and we will consider how useful or appropriate thee designations are.