We meet M 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm in SC W211

WEEK 3 The Celts: Poetry

 

M 6 Feb.Táin

• Read this: The Táin
• Reading Guide for the Táin
• Of interest: Bernhard Mees, Celtic Curses [through UMass]
• Short videos on manuscripts (U Iowa).

 

W 8 Feb.Táin

• Read this: The Táin
• If you want some guidance, here is Ann Dooley's Playing the Hero: Reading the Tain (free through UMass)

 

DUE FRIDAY: Translation of a passage of Old Irish poetry. (You can use the parser from U Texas, which is here. You can also produce a "translation" by comparing translations by others and using an Old Irish Dictionary.)

Translation by Cecile O'Rahilly at CELT.
Translation by Faraday.

CELT is the Corpus of Electronic Texts that concern Ireland. The entire collection is here.