Module Details

Module Code: ENGL1080

Title: Icelandic Language and Culture I

Number of Credits: 20

Semester: 1

Year Running: 2000/2001

Programmes: Faculty of Arts elective for all BA programmes. Numbers restricted.

Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: None.

Objectives: To provide an introduction to Old Icelandic language and literary culture, with emphasis on the continuity of both from medieval to modern times.

Syllabus: An introduction to Old Icelandic in the context of the saga literature, Viking history and Old Norse mythology. Some texts will be read in the original; others in translation.

Form of Teaching: 1 x 1-hour seminar and 1 x 1-hour lecture per week (11 weeks).

Assessment: 1 x 1500 word essay (25%); 1 x language test (25%); 1 x 2 hour examination (50%)


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