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Semester 2

Early Irish Literature (CELT10012)

Course Website

http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/celtic/

Subject

Celtic

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

3

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Entry to this course is at the discretion of the Course Organiser. Visiting Students are expected to have studied Literature at a senior level.

Course Summary

Early Irish Literature complements the philologically based courses Early Irish Texts 1 & 2. Early Irish Literature will introduce senior undergraduate and incoming postgraduate students to the rich literary tradition of medieval Ireland. The course will focus on reading texts within their contemporary medieval context, and on developing a full picture of the diversity of the early Irish literary tradition. It will also explore contemporary medieval approaches to the interpretation and description of the literature. After a brief survey of the sources and an outline of critical approaches, we shall focus on a particular genre or class of texts each week. Individual topics include Vision and Voyage literature, the pseudo-historical tradition, the Ulster Cycle, hagiographical, allegorical, and satirical literature, and narrative and lyric poetry. For each session, the basis for discussion will be the primary texts (in translation), supplemented by seminal critical reading.

Course Description

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

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