Schedule

We meet M 7:00 pm - 9:50 pm.

WEEK 1 Introduction

Mon 28 Jan.The Class


• Review Syllabus and Language Resources.
• Inflected languages and hints for translating hand out.
• Ensure that you have the books. Available at Odyssey Books.



FAQ. Why are we not using Seamus Heaney's text and translation?
Because it's not Beowulf. It's something else—something beautiful, certainly, but something other than the original poem. See Professor Howell Chickering's review of Heaneywulf here (2.3 MB), or at the library in Kenyon Review 24.1 (Winter 2002):160-78.

Second Half:


• Read King Alfred's Grammar, "How to Use this Grammar Book," "An Introduction to Old English," "Grammar Review: Parts of Speech," and "Grammar Review: Word Functions."
• FYI: here's a list of all named authors in Anglo-Saxon England.
• Handouts: Grammar Chart, Inflections. Baker's color "Magic Sheet."

 

OVERVIEW of Assignments: