Admission requirements
There are no admission requirements, but knowledge of Germanic historical grammar will be helpful.
Description
This course is an introduction to Old Saxon. This Old Germanic language is especially known through important texts from the Carolingian period, like the “Hêliand” and “Genesis”, two alliterative poems from the 9th century. But there are also some smaller religious texts and even some charms. These will be discussed during the course, but we will also deal with the more fragmentary sources like the Old Saxon glosses in Latin texts and the onomastic material. We shall also examine the position of Old Saxon within West Germanic and relative to North Sea Germanic and Old Dutch.
Course objectives
After this course, students will be able to:
analyze the basics of Old Saxon grammar;
read Old Saxon texts with a glossary;
interpret Old Saxon grammar in a synchronic and diachronic perspective;
independently investigate a self-chosen problem of Old Saxon and report in writing.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Assessment method
Assessment
Written examination with short open questions
Essay, paper
Weighing
The written examination counts for 70% and the paper counts for 30% of the final mark.
Resit
Students with a grade of 5.0 or lower for the written examination may take the resit. Students with a grade of 5.0 or lower may submit a revised version of the paper.
Inspection and feedback
If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will be organized.
Reading list
B. Taeger (Hg.). Heliand. Studien¬ausgabe in Auswahl (ATB 95). Niemeyer, Tübingen 1984.
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website.
Registration Exchange
For the registration of exchange students contact Humanities International Office.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Reuvensplaats
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