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ENGL 521

ADVANCED OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE

3 credits.

An intensive study of a major work or works of Old English, usually focusing on either Beowulf or the poems of a single manuscript. Line-by-line translation of the text will be supplemented by discussion of related issues (whether linguistic, thematic, or contextual) as well as by readings from relevant critical literature. Primary texts will be read in Old English.

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Requisites: MEDIEVAL/ENGL 520 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Honors - Accelerated Honors (!) Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2020 Learning Outcomes: 1. Critique one or more major works of Old English through intensive close reading and translation. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explore related linguistic, thematic or contextual issues. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Identify and apply methods and approaches for analysis of literary and cultural texts to demonstrate literature's contemporary and historical relevance. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Leverage writing as a mode of learning and means of conveying critical analysis. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate and pursue an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Critique one or more major works of Old English through intensive close reading and translation. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explore related linguistic, thematic or contextual issues. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Identify and apply methods and approaches for analysis of literary and cultural texts to demonstrate literature's contemporary and historical relevance. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Leverage writing as a mode of learning and means of conveying critical analysis. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate and pursue an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate

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