Module overview
Linked modules
Double coded for L5 and L6.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Read and analyse early medieval texts in translation, making reference to the original text in Old English where appropriate with the help of reference tools
- Identify and plan a research essay on a topic of your own design
- Compare the representation of different kinds of landscapes and environments across a range of early medieval texts in translation
- Identify and make use of appropriate historical, literary, or theoretical secondary reading in academic writing in preparing a research essay
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The relationships between these texts and the cultures that produced and read them
- A range of Old English literary genres, such as heroic poetry, hagiography, and elegy
- The most prominent literary landscapes and environments found in Old English literature
- The relationship between these literary landscapes and environments and other issues of critical importance, such as the study of ecocriticism, ‘race’, gender, national identity, religious belief, bodies, and violence
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Articulate the results of your research in writing
- Work using feedback on a research plan to improve a research essay
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Lecture | 10 |
Seminar | 10 |
Practical classes and workshops | 5 |
Tutorial | 1 |
Independent Study | 124 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
British Library (Digitised Manuscripts).
Teachers of Old English in Britain and Ireland (TOEBI) online resources.
Bosworth-Toller ‘Anglo-Saxon Dictionary’ Online.
Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE) database.
Textbooks
Seamus Heaney (1999). Beowulf.
S. A. J. Bradley (1982). Anglo-Saxon Poetry.
Kevin Crossley-Holland (2008). The Exeter Book Riddles.
Richard Hamer (2006). A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Research proposal
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Critical essay | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Critical essay | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Critical essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External