Introductory Old English

(4 Credits)

Study of the language, literature, and culture of the Anglo-Saxons from about AD 500-1066. Oral readings of the original texts and a survey of basic grammar. Representative prose selections are read, but emphasis is on the brilliant short poems?Caedmon?s Hymn, The Battle of Maldon, The Seafarer, The Wanderer, and The Dream of the Rood?that prepare the reader for the epic Beowulf.