Undergraduate Course: Medieval Welsh Texts 3 (CELT10007)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Celtic |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/celtic/ |
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| Course description |
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. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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
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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. |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr A Gunderloch
Tel: (0131 6)51 1374
Email: A.Gunderloch@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Dr Christina Strauch
Tel: (0131 6)50 3622
Email: c.a.strauch@ed.ac.uk |
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