Intro to Old English Language & Literature

(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.