English 610: Introduction to Old English
3:40-4:55 TR, Fall 2009
R. M. Liuzza
Department of English
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Phone: (865) 974-6970
Office: 510 McClung
Email: rliuzza@utk.edu
This page: http://web.utk.edu/~rliuzza/OE/index.php
Course Requirements
- Attendance and participation, especially in-class translation. A reading listed on a given day is meant to be discussed on that day; please be prepared for each day’s work. If you find you can’t make it to class because of illness or accident, let me know in advance, if possible, by e-mail or phone.
- quizzes and in-class written work. At the end of the semester the quiz grades will be added together to make one grade equivalent to an exam.
- Two exams, with the final weighted more heavily than the midterm.
- One research project: you will create an edition of a passage of Old English prose, complete with introduction, text, translation, commentary, and glossary. We will work on various stages of this project throughout the semester.
Required Texts
- B. Mitchell and F. Robinson, eds., A Guide to Old English, 7th ed. (Oxford, 2007)
- R.M. Liuzza, ed., Old English Literature: Critical Essays (New Haven, 2002)
- Other readings are posted to the syllabus below
