F16-ENGLISH-103-01 : Riddles, Runes, and Other Old English Enigmas. 2016 Fall

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Abstract/Contents

Course Description: What was English like before Shakespeare? Before Chaucer? In this class, you will learn to read Old English the ancestor of Modern English, spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons over a thousand years ago?and in the process, you will begin to unravel the mysteries of the earliest English literature. These mysteries include riddles and other puzzles that have baffled readers for centuries, but they also include modern mysteries caused by damaged manuscripts and allusions to characters and texts now lost to the ages. We will encounter all of these enigmas (and many more) throughout the quarter as we read texts such as Widsith, the Exeter Book Riddles, The Wife?s Lament, and The Husband?s Message. For your final project, you will have the chance to interpret one of them and offer your own favorite solution.

Sponsor	Stanford University. Department of English
Teacher	Abbott, Jean

Subject	Stanford University
Subject	Teaching > Outlines, syllabi, etc
Genre	Syllabi

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Course ID	F16-ENGLISH-103-01
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/xr817br3267
Location	SC1454
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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