Language and Culture in Medieval France: Occitan (P00399)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00399

An introduction to Occitan as a literary language finding expression in lyric poetry, hagiography, epic and romance. The course will condiser the hybrid nature of the Occitan literary language and the various dialects contributing to it; it will consider the nature of the literary expressions developed in the different genres, and the interactions between the Occitan and Old French linguistic and cultural areas in the evolution of writing in both areas. The material will be approached through the close reading and analysis of exemplary texts. In addition to studying the formation and evolution of Occitan as a literary language the reasons for the fossilisation of the language and its loss as a living form of literary language in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries will be considered.

Entry Requirements

? Costs : Purchase of set texts.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Common Courses (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures), (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

An ability to appreciate and analyse the modes of expression used in various literary forms in Occitan; an understanding of the ways in which language change occurs in the Occitan linguistic area and of the ways in which the literary language is generated in a complex linguistic area; a knowledge and appreciation of the fundamental features, phonetic, morpho-syntactic and lexical of Occitan; an ability to analyse and discuss these orally and in writing.