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KLAS2002

The Medieval Age in European Literature

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This course is no longer taught and is only available for examination.

Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Autumn
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

This course offers a survey of Medieval European literature. Texts are read in one or several languages, normally Latin or Greek, in the original language (classical studies option) or in translation (ancient civilisation option).

Learning outcome

The students at this course are expected to meet the following learning objectives, divided into knowledge and skills:

Knowledge

  • Students should acquire basic knowledge on the history of Medieval Latin language and literature, and a first introduction to the methods and history of Medieval Latin as a research field and university discipline.

Skills

  • Students should acquire more advanced skills of reading, translating and interpreting texts (in critical editions) from the various periods and genres of the Medieval Latin literature,
  • be familiar with the central vocabulary of the texts of the syllabus
  • perform grammatical, metrical, stylistic or interpretative analyses of these texts (in the original language according to the classical studies' option, in translation according to the ancient civilisation option)
  • relate them to their literary, cultural and historical contexts
  • basic knowledge of textual criticism (adapted to the original-language option and the ancient civilisation option).

Learning methods and activities

1-2 seminars. Compulsory oral presentation of a chosen text.

Compulsory assignments

  • Oral presentation

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

Approx. 80 pages text, to be chosen in agreement with the lecturer.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
KLAS2003 7.5 sp Autumn 2017
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Classical Civilization
  • Greek
  • Latin

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