2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

MEDV5245M Old Norse

30 creditsClass Size: 14

Module manager: Dr Alaric Hall
Email: a.t.p.hall@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

The Old Norse-speaking world stretched from Constantinople to North America, and the Old Icelandic literature which arose from it gives us some of our fullest insights into any medieval society. This module will provide you with the linguistic and critical skills you need to study Old Norse texts in the original, from early medieval runic inscriptions to later medieval sagas, underpinning research in medieval history, language and literature, and in modern medievalism.

Objectives

This module is designed to enable students to translate and interpret Old Norse texts, to gain a broad and critical acquaintance with Old Norse writing in a range of genres, and to enable primary-source research at MA and PhD level using texts written in Old Norse.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Analyse Old Norse grammar and the metalanguage used to describe it
2. Evaluate an extensive range of Old Norse genres of writing
3. Use and apply scholarly resources for advanced original-language study of Old Norse texts

Skills Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
4. Learn the fundamentals of a new language in a short time (work-ready)
5. Use digital language-learning and translation tools creatively but critically (digital)

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	11	2.00	22.00
Private study hours			278.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students' weekly presentation of translations in language seminars will enable close monitoring of progress. This will be underpinned by unassessed online homework exercises, submission of one unassessed translation in each term for which written feedback will be provided, and class tests.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Portfolio	Portfolio of two of the module’s weekly language-learning assignments for final assessment	50.00
Essay	3,000-word essay	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

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