Course Description
One of the Celtic languages (for example, Welsh, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic) in medieval or contemporary form. Languages and instructors may vary from semester to semester.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be required to show evidence of the
ability to integrate material from their research into their
classwork and to engage the coursework at a higher level of
academic sophistication. Higher standards will be applied in
assessing their written assignments and in-class work.
Athena Title
CELTIC LANGUAGES
Undergraduate Prerequisite
LING 2100 or ENGL(LING) 3030 or CMLT 2111 or CMLT 2210 or CMLT 2220 or ENGL 2310 or ENGL 2320 or ENGL 2330 or ENGL 2340 or ENGL 2400
Graduate Prerequisite
Permission of department
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students, having read literature in one of the Celtic languages, should emerge with a basic understanding of the language in question and an ability to read other texts with the help of a glossary and grammar and, in the case of modern languages, be able to carry on simple conversations. They should also have some appreciation of the culture and the socio-historic contexts in which the literature was composed.
Topical Outline
The choice of language and texts will vary from instructor to instructor and semester to semester. Students will work on translations and study grammatical rules and paradigms outside of class and in class. Periodically during the semester, students will perform a number of graded tasks, including some combination of tests and out-of-class papers. A possible series of topics might resemble this: Middle Welsh (including Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys, Manawydan uab Llyr)Old Irish (including selections from the Tain)Modern Welsh (short stories by Kate Roberts)