Course Description

Medieval Welsh works to be read in the original Middle Welsh.

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Athena Title

MIDDLE WELSH

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Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in ENGL 4297

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Prerequisite

Two 2000-level ENGL courses or (one 2000-level ENGL course and one 2000-level CMLT course)

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

Students should emerge with a basic understanding of Middle Welsh and an ability to read other texts with the help of a glossary and grammar. They should also have some appreciation of the culture and the socio-historic contexts in which the literature was composed.

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Topical Outline

The specific texts read 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 set of texts might include Cyfran Lludd a Llefelys, Breuddwyd Macsen, Pwyll Pendeuric Dynet, Branwen Uerch Lyr, Manawydan uab Llyr, or Math uab Mathonwy.

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