Patrick W. Conner, Cent. Prof. in English
Click HERE for current course policies statement. Please read carefully.
Moore, Knott & Hulbert, Essentials of Old English [abbrev. Essentials]
Campbell et al. Anglo-Saxon England [recommended]
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Aug 23 |
First day of classes; Background & Pronunciation; Essentials 1-18, 106-7 (§ 184) |
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Aug 30 |
Grammar of the Noun; Essentials 19-29 (§61), 92 (§164), 94-96; "Ælfric's Colloquy," 262-9 |
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Sep 6 |
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY |
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Sep 13 |
Grammar of the Verb, Part I; Essentials 29 (§64), 32 (§67), 71-81, 86-93, 97-101; Orosius, 224-34 |
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Sep 20 |
Grammar of the Pronoun & Adjective; Essentials 32 (§66), 35-38, 39 (§83), 44 (§§ 87-9), 47 (§ 93) 68-9 (§§ 127-9) 84 (§151); Cædmon, 258-262 |
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Sep 27 |
Grammar of the Verb, Part II; Essentials 49-61, 67-8, 82-3; Cædmon, 258-262 |
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Oct 4 |
Grammar overview; A-S Chronicle, 253-7 |
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Oct 11 |
Mid-term Examination |
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Oct 18 |
Blickling "Legend of St. Andrew," Essentials 205-16 |
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Oct 25 |
OE Version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History, Essentials 234-242 |
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Nov 1 |
TBA |
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Nov 8 |
TBA |
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Nov 15 |
TBA |
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Nov 22 |
Thanksgiving Recess |
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Nov 29 |
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Nov 29 |
Dec 6: Summary & evaluation |
All Online research on Anglo-Saxon topics does and should begin with Cathy Ball's Old English Pages. There you will find all kinds of materials for Anglo-Saxonists, from Old English fonts for your computers to a map of Anglo-Saxon England.
Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies: an excellent collection of items of interest to new students looking for contextual materials for the period. There is a mirror site which you might try if the first link is busy. Paul Hasall's Internet Medieval Sourcebook, a growing repository of essays and materials for teaching medieval subjects, is also an excellent resource for general information on medieval subjects.
Jame's O'Donnell's excellent "Worlds of Late Antiquity": a collection of much professional, original research on the most influential persons in the Early Christian period, including Augustine, Cassiodorus, Boethius, and Prudentius.
The Catholic
Encyclopaedia, although published in 1913, is still a useful source
for information about religious conventions, biographies of people whose
lives touched the church, which includes most Medieval writers, and other
historical data. It assumes an educated, but non-specialist audience..
Project Due(November 29): The
paper should be from eight to twelve pages in length; in no case may it
be longer than fifteen pages nor shorter than five pages. Either extreme
will be turned back ungraded. Discuss with me an appropriate topic. We
can hold this discussion in my office or online. Topics can range from
complex lexical studies of a single word or phrase to a careful review
of a book on a topic in A-S studies which interests you. Translations in
the paper should be your own. Graduate students will be expected to undertake
and present a full bibliographical workup of their subjects. Click for information on Researching
Anglo-Saxon Topics
