MDVL 514

Spring 2013

Part of Term 1
Jan 14-May 1
Seminar in Medieval Literature
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Credit: 4 hours.

Same as ENGL 514. See ENGL 514.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
39310
Lecture-Discussion
F
2:30PM -4:20PM
F
ARR English Building
Wright, C
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/14/13-05/01/13
Section Title:
The Vercelli Book
Section Info:
Topic Section F: The Vercilli Book Section F will meet in room 107d English Bldg. We will read the Old English poetry (Andreas, Elene, The Dream of the Rood, Soul and Body I, and Homiletic Fragment I) and prose (homilies I-XXIII) in the Vercelli Book miscellany, focusing on the adaptation of Christian-Latin sources and models in individual texts as well as the compilation and arrangement of the manuscript as a whole. Are there significant structural, thematic, devotional, or liturgical patterns in the various groupings of homilies and poems? Is it possible to situate the collection in the context of tenth-century Anglo-Saxon cultural and political history, including the Benedictine Reform? Was it intended for monks, or canons, or laypersons? We'll read as much of the poetry as we can in Old English, but some in translation; we'll read a few of the homilies in Old English and the rest in translation. Texts: G. P. Krapp, The Vercelli Book, The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records vol. 2 (Columbia UP) D. G. Scragg, The Vercelli Homilies, Early English Text Society, o.s. 300 (Oxford UP)
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