Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis A study of the language and literature of Anglo-Saxon England. After an intensive introduction to the Old English language, the subject will cover a number of prose texts with cultural and historical significance (selections from The Anglo-Saxon chronicles, Alfredian texts, Aelfric's Life of St Edmund). The second half of the subject concentrates on Old English poetry, both secular and religious (`The Battle of Maldon', `The Dream of the Rood', `The Wanderer', `The Seafarer', and the shorter elegies).
Assessment Two exercises (1500 words): 25% each + Essay (2500 words): 40% + Seminar assessment (500 words): 10% + An optional examination (3 hours) may replace up to 40% of the written work