Language and Culture in Medieval France: The Dialects of the Langue d'oil (P00400)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00400

A study of the main dialects of French (Francien, Picard, Norman and Anglo-Norman) in the period ca 1100 to ca 1450 as forms of literary expression and their interaction in the formation of a literary language. In addition to studying the development of various literary languages associated with different genres (epic, romance, lyric, fabliaux, historiography) the political and socio-cultural pressures leading to the establishment in the late fourteenth century of a linguistic norm for literarture based on Francien will be considered. The material will be approached through the close reading and analysis of exemplary texts.

Entry Requirements

none

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 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? 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 Old and Middle French; an understanding of the ways in which language change occures in the Old French linguistic area and of the ways in which various dialects interact in texts to produce distinctive literary expressions; a knowledge and appreciation of the fundamental features, phonetic, morpho-syntactic and lexical of Old French and its dialects; an ability to analyse and discuss these orally and in writing.