160195 VO Archaeology of the celtic world (2024W)
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Language: English
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- Friday 04.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- Friday 11.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- Friday 18.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- Friday 25.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- Friday 08.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- Friday 15.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- Friday 22.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- Friday 29.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- Friday 06.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- N Friday 13.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- Friday 10.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- Friday 17.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- Friday 24.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
- Friday 31.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The method of evaluation will be a final exam, which will be worth 100% of the grade and 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.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
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.
Examination topics
The examination topics will be based on the lectures and readings.
Reading list
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.
Association in the course directory
Keltische Sprachwissenschaft A 166
Individuelle Studien: Keltologie
Individuelle Studien: Keltologie
Last modified: Tu 24.09.2024 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, creation myths, varying beliefs about the afterlife and the Otherworld, hero tales, and the role of both storytellers and audiences in constructing a mythological system.