Exploring Old English Texts module (EN52024)

This module looks in detail at a series of Old English texts. Each seminar addresses a different work, comparing editions, manuscript variora (if they exist), as well as discussing the cultural contexts of their production and circulation, and literary aspects of each work.

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 I
7. The Beowulf Manuscript II
8. The Exeter Book I
9. The Exeter Book II
10. Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems
11. Revision

Assessment

Coursework makes up 100% of the assessment

Convenor

Dr Jodi-Anne George