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160069 UE UE Celtic language (2013S)

Middle Welsh

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 06.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 13.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 20.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 10.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 17.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 24.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 08.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 15.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 22.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 29.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 05.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 12.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 19.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 26.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this course (which is a continuation of the course Middle Welsh: Introduction held in the wintersemeser) the students will be further familiarized with Middle Welsh. In this course, pieces from various historical texts from medieval Wales will be read:
– the chronicle Brut y Tywysogyon, which deals with the whole history of Wales from the early Middle Ages up to 1282;
– the biography of King Gruffudd ap Cynan, who was the most important ruler in Wales in the first half of the 12th century;
– the pseudo-historical Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth (dealing, among other things, with Arthur and Merlin).

Assessment and permitted materials

homework (translations of text passages).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The course is intended for students who already have at least a beginner's knowledge of Middle Welsh and serves to further familiarize with Middle Welsh.

Examination topics

group work

Reading list

Association in the course directory

Master Vergleichende indoeuropäische Sprachwissenschaft und Keltologie: MA3-AWM5b.2
EC Grundkenntnisse keltischer Sprachen A 164

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