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100904-HS2024-0-Earlier Englishes (Core Curriculum Lecture)





Root number 100904
Semester HS2024
Type of course Lecture
Allocation to subject English Languages and Literatures
Type of exam not defined
Title Earlier Englishes (Core Curriculum Lecture)
Description This course offers an introduction to the earliest forms of English spoken and written between c. 500 and c. 1500. Students will become acquainted with Old and Middle English texts through a series of lectures on the grammar, phonology and lexicon of the English(es) of the Middle Ages. In addition to acquiring a basic reading knowledge of Old and Middle English, students will learn about aspects of the linguistics and literature of English during this period. Students will also have the opportunity to refine the skills acquired in the lectures in a series of supplementary tutorials.

Required reading: Students will have access to the following pieces of required reading as e-books via the Universitätsbibliothek Bern, but they are also welcome to purchase hard copies if they prefer:

Peter Baker, Introduction to Old English, 3rd edn (Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
John Burrow and Thorlac Turville-Petre, A Book of Middle English, 4th edn (Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)
Keith Johnson, The History of Early English (London: Routledge, 2016)

There will also be a weekly tutorial offered for this course by Gianna Vella. Details will be communicated in the first week of the semester.
ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course) Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible). ILIAS
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Lecturers PD Dr. Christiania Anneliese Rachel Whitehead, Institute of English Languages and Literatures ✉
Dr. William Oliver Brockbank, Institute of English Languages and Literatures ✉
ECTS 3
Recognition as optional course possible No
Grading 1 to 6
 
Dates Tuesday 14:15-16:00 Weekly
Tuesday 3/12/2024 14:15-17:00
 
Rooms Seminarraum F -114, Hörraumgebäude Unitobler
Hörsaal 004, Hörsaalgebäude vonRoll
 
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