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MLitt Module

EN52024: Exploring Old English Texts

Module Organiser: Dr Jodi-Anne George

The module will explore the idea of manuscript unity and the way in which the texts found within the four main Anglo-Saxon poetic manuscripts (as well as within a collection of minor Old English poems) inter-relate. As such, the tutorials will be broken down as follows:

1. Introduction
2. The Junius Manuscript I
3. The Junius Manuscript II
4. The Vercelli Book I
5. The Vercelli Book II
6. The Beowulf Manuscript l
7. The Beowulf Manuscript ll
8. The Exeter Book l
9. The Exeter Book ll
10. Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems
11. Revision

Assessment

Examination will take the form of one 5,000 word essay due at the end of the semester.

Required Reading:

• Baker, Peter S., Introduction to Old English (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007)
• Bradley, S.A.J., Anglo-Saxon Poetry (London: Dent)

Recommended Reading:

• Lionarons, Joyce Tally, Old English Literature in its Manuscript Context (Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2004)

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