Seminar: AM 2/HS: Old English Poetics - Details

Seminar: AM 2/HS: Old English Poetics - Details

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Course name Seminar: AM 2/HS: Old English Poetics
Subtitle
Course number 450352
Semester WiSe 2024/25
Current number of participants 16
maximum number of participants 35
Home institute Abteilung für Englische Sprache und Literatur des Mittelalters
Courses type Seminar in category Teaching
First date Wednesday, 23.10.2024 10:00 - 12:00, Room: (KWZ 0.603 (KWZ))
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Prüfungsleistung(en) je Modul / Exam details per module:

* [(B.Eng.602.2) Topics of Medieval English Studies][1]
* Klausur: Mi, 12.02.2025, von 10:00:00 bis 11:30:00 ([KWZ 0.609 (KWZ)][2])
* [(B.Eng.631.Mp) Hausarbeit][3]
* Abgabe Hausarbeit: Mo, 31.03.2025
* [(M.EP.02b.2) Hauptseminar Mediävistik (Hausarbeit)][4]
* Abgabe Hausarbeit: Mo, 31.03.2025
* [(M.EP.05b.Mp) Master-Aufbaumodul Mediävistik][5]
* Abgabe Hausarbeit: Mo, 31.03.2025
* [(M.EP.05d.Mp) Mediävistik - Aufbaumodul 2][6]
* Abgabe Hausarbeit: Mo, 31.03.2025
* [(M.Kom.05.Mp) Antike als Bezugsfeld - Griechische / Römische Literatur in Tradition und Rezeption][7]
* Abgabe Hausarbeit: Mo, 31.03.2025

[1]: https://ecampus.uni-goettingen.de/h1/pages/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&unitId=28393&periodId=277
[2]: https://www.geodata.uni-goettingen.de/lageplan/?ident=5312_6_EG_0.609
[3]: https://ecampus.uni-goettingen.de/h1/pages/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&unitId=28414&periodId=277
[4]: https://ecampus.uni-goettingen.de/h1/pages/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&unitId=16677&periodId=277
[5]: https://ecampus.uni-goettingen.de/h1/pages/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&unitId=24454&periodId=277
[6]: https://ecampus.uni-goettingen.de/h1/pages/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&unitId=24462&periodId=277
[7]: https://ecampus.uni-goettingen.de/h1/pages/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&unitId=16374&periodId=277

Released files

Type Name Size Author Date Actions
Poetic.Diction.pdf 44.5 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
Principles.of.Prosody.pdf 51.8 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
Rhythm.pdf 65.5 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
Rhythmical.Prose.pdf 61 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
Sievers.Types.pdf 34.3 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
The.Alliterative.Long.Line.pdf 33.2 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
Adjacent.Traditions.pdf 76.5 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
AI.pdf 2.9 MB Langeslag, Paul 8 months ago
Dating.pdf 75.7 kB Langeslag, Paul 6 months ago
Engaging.with.Old.English.Verse.pdf 77.8 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
Poetic.Diction.pdf 232.6 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
Principles.of.Prosody.pdf 187.4 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
Rhythm.pdf 107 kB Langeslag, Paul 8 months ago
Rhythmical.Prose.pdf 84 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
Riddling.pdf 72.9 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
Scansion.pdf 98.9 kB Langeslag, Paul 7 months ago
Sievers.Types.pdf 90.7 kB Langeslag, Paul 8 months ago
The.Elements.of.Old.English.Verse.Form.pdf 3.5 MB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago
Words.and.Feet.pdf 108.0 kB Langeslag, Paul 11 months ago

Rooms and times

(KWZ 0.603 (KWZ))
Wednesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (14x)

Fields of study

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Old English poetics is a surprisingly expansive field of study. It may start with the rules of rhythm and alliteration to which pre-Conquest poets adhered, but from there it soon balloons into the realm of language history, as the architecture of the poets’ metrical feet and alliterative choices reveals what syllables they pronounced and what consonants they felt were equivalent. In other words: with the necessary caveats, poetry both lays bare the linguistic history of Old English and offers a handle on the notoriously difficult question of dating Old English poetry. It furthermore has a great deal to say about lexicology, as the wordhord used by poets differed markedly from the prose lexicon, with a substantial proportion of words — notably compounds, under pressure from metrical constraints — found only in the poetry. And finally, the study of poetic form concerns itself with the distinction between prose and poetry, as late Old English preachers and hagiographers incorporated, however loosely, rhythm and alliteration into their homilies and saints' lives to a point where some of Ælfric's works are conventionally printed in verse lines.

In this course, students will gain a knowledge of prominent metrical and linguistic conventions of Old English poetry; they will gain an insight into the properties used to come to a relative dating of Old English verse; they will learn to recognize the trademark rhythmical and alliterative prose of Ælfric and Wulfstan; they will give thought to the lexical properties of Old English prose, verse, and rhythmical prose, and apply digital tools to the corpus of Old English to lay bare the differences between these categories; and they will translate excerpts from a range of Old English texts, from classical to late verse and liminal categories. Online exercises will train their understanding of Old English scansion in the course of the term.

Interested students are advised to pick up a paperback or digital copy of Jun Terasawa's Old English Metre as early as possible and commence perusing it prior to the start of term so as to come in with a headstart. Please note that its print availability in 2024 seems a little uneven, so try a few resellers to get acceptable shipping and a reasonable price.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Mediävistik - AM 2-Kurse + Hauptseminare".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.
  • The enrolment is possible from 01.09.2024, 08:00 to 01.11.2024, 23:59.