Medieval Welsh Texts 3 (CT0082)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : LLC-4-CT0082

The course aims

- to enable students who have completed at least one year of Medieval Welsh to maintain and develop their familiarity with the language
- to enhance students' text-reading abilities, including dictionary skills
- to develop students' confidence in reading texts in both edited and manuscript form
- to widen students' acquaintance with Medieval Welsh literature, including poetry
- to read texts of interest and relevance to students; special subjects and dissertations.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Celtic, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 22 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

- preparation and formal translation of nominated texts
- informal discussion of subject matter and form of texts being read
- more extended treatment of particular aspects of texts being read, including short presentations by students

Assessment Information

Course-work consists of two assignments, each amounting to 1500-2000 words. The first is due on the Monday of Week 10 in Term 1, and the second on the same day in Term 2. One assignment is short a discursive essay, the other more technical or linguistic in approach. The essays will usually evolve from in-class presentations / investigations. The two assignments are equally weighted and the overall weighting of exam and written work is 50:50.
The Degree Examination for the course consists of one two-hour paper containing (1) questions for translation and comment and (2) essay questions relating to texts read over the year.