Overview
Description
Beowulf and the Germanic Heroic Age.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- apply their knowledge of Old English to translate selected passages of Beowulf.
- analyze the poem and its episodes according to their generic horizons as well as their cultural and historical contexts.
- engage with and apply critical and theoretical debates, both recent and historical, to the course’s primary texts.
- synthesize their translations and the relevant secondary literature to write a well-crafted research paper.