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Old French - ENG00062M

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  • Department: English and Related Literature
  • Module co-ordinator: Information currently unavailable
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
    • See module specification for other years: 2021-22

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2022-23 to Spring Term 2022-23

Module aims

The long career of French as a prestige vernacular makes it a strong presence in most European medieval literary cultures, and Old French is of special importance to the study of medieval Britain and Ireland. From the early twelfth to the fifteenth centuries it was a major language for both literary and documentary texts in the British Isles. This module teaches standardized linguistic information and paradigms, but works with texts in many dialects. This module will equip students to begin work on almost any Old French text.

Module learning outcomes

At the end of the two-module course students should:

  • have the confidence and capacity to enjoy medieval French texts in the original language.
  • be able to translate Old and Middle French texts for their MA research.

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Open Examination: Multiple choice questions online
Old French		 2 hours 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Open Examination: Multiple choice questions online
Old French		 2 hours 100

Module feedback

Feedback supplied weekly in class and exam results given within 25 working days.

Indicative reading

E. Einhorn, Old French: A Concise Handbook (Cambridge, 1974, reprs to 1999 and beyond).

Recommended Preliminary Reading:

  • The on-line Anglo-Norman Dictionary has a good overview of the French of England by William Rothwell. You can google to this excellent, free dictionary, or go to the Anglo-Norman hub at www.anglo-norman.net

Optional Reading:

  • T. Fenster, French Language, An Encyclopaedia of Medieval France, ed. W. W. Kibler (New York, 1995), pp. 370-74.
  • R. Anthony Lodge, French: From Dialect to Standard (London and New York, 1993).


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