160195 VO Altertumskunde der keltischen Welt (2023W)
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Sprache: Englisch
Prüfungstermine
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
Freitag
06.10.
15:00 - 16:30
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Freitag
13.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
20.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
27.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
03.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
10.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
17.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
24.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
01.12.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
15.12.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
12.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
19.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Digital
Freitag
26.01.
15:00 - 16:30
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
The method of evaluation will be a final exam, which will be written at home and submitted online via Moodle. Students will be provided with a list of questions and will be asked to choose 4 to respond to. Each question will be worth 25 points.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Course objectives include:Familiarity with the major sources of information about Celtic myth and religion, particularly from the Celtic speaking peoples of the ancient and medieval periods.Understanding of problems attached to treating Celtic culture, and particularly myth and religion, as a unified system across geographical and temporal divisions.Knowledge of core concepts, world-view, and means of transmission of evidence for Celtic myth and religion.The exam questions will give students the opportunity to engage with these issues.
Prüfungsstoff
The examination topics will be based on the lectures and readings.
Literatur
All required readings will be provided as PDFs or links to online sources on the class moodle site. They will consists of primary sources from mainly medieval Ireland and Wales, as well as secondary sources including scholarship on archaeology, mythology, literature, and religion.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Keltische Sprachwissenschaft A 166
Individuelle Studien: Keltologie
Individuelle Studien: Keltologie
Letzte Änderung: Fr 15.12.2023 09:06
A survey of the mythological and religious systems of Celtic-speaking peoples based on a variety of sources, including medieval Irish and Welsh literature, comparative linguistics, the writings of Classical authors, and archaeological evidence for religious beliefs and practices. We will consider the problems inherent in identifying and reconstructing any form of unified “Celtic” mythology, religion, or cultural identity based on the separate evidence of the Continental Celts and the Celtic-speaking peoples of Ireland and Britain. Topics will include: approaches to comparative mythology, “Celtic” divinities, the role of archaeology and folklore in understanding myth and religion, sacred kingship and sacred landscape, varying beliefs about the afterlife and the Otherworld, hero tales, and the role of both storytellers and audiences in constructing a mythological system.