EL3028 - Early English: Monsters and Dreams

Credit points:	06
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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An intensive study of two major works of Early English Literature: Beowulf and Piers Plowman.

Learning Outcomes

• to achieve a detailed knowledge of the C-Text of Piers Plowman and of the ideas and arguments on salvation, poverty, charity and love which it contains;
• to acquire the ability to locate, summarise and evaluate a current topic in Beowulf studies and to judge which studies are determining the current direction of research;
• to attain a knowledge of the political context of Piers Plowman;
• to attain an ability to read the text of Beowulf in Old English;
• to broaden and intensify the literary-critical skills and understanding attained by students at earlier levels, particularly where essay writing and extra-literary issues are concerned;
• to develop an understanding of the poetry and poetic genres of Piers Plowman;
• to develop an understanding of the principles by which editors determine, reconstruct and emend the text of the Beowulf manuscript.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Availabilities
, , Study Period 1
Census Date 31-Mar-2005
Coordinator:	eljag
Lecturers:	Assoc. Professor Cheryl Taylor, eljag.
Contact hours:	26 hours 13 hours
Assessment:	(40%); (20%); (20%); (20%).
, , Study Period 1
Census Date 31-Mar-2005
Coordinator:	eljag
Lecturers:	Assoc. Professor Cheryl Taylor, eljag.
Contact hours:	26 hours 13 hours
Assessment:	(40%); (20%); (20%); (20%).

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