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100904-HS2025-0-Earlier Englishes (Core Curriculum Lecture)





Root number 100904
Semester HS2025
Type of course Lecture
Allocation to subject English Languages and Literatures
Type of exam not defined
Title Earlier Englishes (Core Curriculum Lecture)
Description This course offers an introduction to the earliest forms of English spoken and written between c. 500 and c. 1500. Students will become acquainted with Old and Middle English language through a series of lectures on the grammar, phonology and lexicon of the English(es) of the Middle Ages. In addition to acquiring a basic reading knowledge of Middle English, students will learn about aspects of the linguistics and literature of English during this period. Students will also have the opportunity to refine the skills acquired in the lectures in a series of supplementary tutorials.

Required reading: Students will have access to the primary texts studied on the course and extracts from the following textbooks via the Earlier Englishes ILIAS platform. These textbooks are also available as e-books via the Universitätsbibliothek Bern.

Peter Baker, Introduction to Old English, 3rd edn (Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
John Burrow and Thorlac Turville-Petre, A Book of Middle English, 4th edn (Malden: Wiley- Blackwell, 2020)
Keith Johnson, The History of Early English (London: Routledge, 2016)
There will be a tutorial offered in this course. Details will be communicated in the first week of the semester.
ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course) Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible). ILIAS
Link to another web site
Lecturers PD Dr. Christiania Anneliese Rachel Whitehead, Institute of English Languages and Literatures ✉
ECTS 3
Recognition as optional course possible No
Grading 1 to 6
 
Dates Tuesday 14:15-16:00 Weekly
Tuesday 2/12/2025 14:15-17:00
Tuesday 9/12/2025 14:15-17:00
 
Rooms Hörsaal 004, Hörsaalgebäude vonRoll
Seminarraum B 008, Institutsgebäude vonRoll
 
Students please consult the detailed view for complete information on dates, rooms and planned podcasts.