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E 791R-01: OLD ENGLISH

Schedule

 

Office Hours: TTh and by appointment.
sharris at english.umass.edu

We meet every Tuesday 5:00 pm – 7:10 pm in B121.

WEEK 3 Syntax & Closed-Class Words II

    ave. 2-3 sentences/hr.

    T 17 Sept.

    For extra help:

    Second Half:

    • Catch Up: Read Graham Robb on 19th-century France; Word Exchange (Hereafter Wx), "Gifts of Men" (pp. 223–229); "Fortunes of Men" (pp. 283-289); and "The Order of the World (pp. 239–245)β€”for discussion. Wx, "Genesis A: Fall of the Rebel Angels," "Descent into Hell."

Useful Background Reading:

CIASL, chapter 2 on literary traditions. Greenfield & Calder, New Critical History (hereafter NCH), chapter 9, "Old Testament Narrative Poetry."

 

 

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