Seminar: Medieval Multilingualisms: images of English and other languages in Medieval England
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Teaching
Details
Faculty Faculty of Humanities Domain English Code UE-L06.01321 Languages English Type of lesson Seminar
Level Master Semester SP-2023 Schedules and rooms
Summary schedule Tuesday 08:15 - 10:00, Hebdomadaire, MIS 02, Room 2118 (Spring semester)
Teaching
Responsibles Teachers Description This course will cover a very broad range of texts that in various ways illuminate our understanding of medieval attitudes to language and multilingualism. We cover the whole medieval period in England, from the time of Germanic Old English through the Middle English period when England was a trilingual nation of English, French and Latin. We will consider literary texts, sermons and plays, as well as medieval texts for teaching foreign languages, in order to explore the changing relationships among the languages of England, and to seek to understand medieval conceptions of ‘language’ and ‘languages.’ Texts written in medieval England, but not in English, play a particular role in an understanding of the history of English literature.
NB Knowledge of Latin is not required; assistance with medieval French and Old English will be provided.
Topics covered will include:
21.02. Medieval conceptions of language
28.02 To speak or not to speak?
07.03 Heretical Language
14.03 Translating languages on the page
21.03 Teaching languages
28.03 Language and power
04.04 Language and liturgy
18.04 Women and Language
25.04 Foreign language speakers in medieval drama 1
02.05 Foreign language speakers in medieval drama 2
09.05 Talking animals
16.05 Miraculous Multilingualism
23.05 Foreigners on the Early Modern stage 1
30.05 Foreigners on the Early Modern stage 2
Training objectives - An appreciation of medieval England as a multilingual nation
- An ability to situate key literary texts withiN the development of the language
- An understanding of scholarly debate around language and power
- A developing capacity to reflect on evaluative descriptions of language
- An appreciation of English as a Germanic language, influence of French and Latin
- An understanding of the development of English as a written vernacular
Softskills No Off field No BeNeFri No Mobility No UniPop No -
Dates and rooms
Date Hour Type of lesson Place 21.02.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 28.02.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 07.03.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 14.03.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 21.03.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 28.03.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 04.04.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 18.04.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 25.04.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 02.05.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 09.05.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 16.05.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 23.05.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 30.05.2023 08:15 - 10:00 Cours MIS 02, Room 2118 -
Assessments methods
Séminaire - SP-2023, Session d'été 2023
Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure Séminaire - SP-2023, Autumn Session 2023
Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure Séminaire - SA-2023, Session d'hiver 2024
Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure Séminaire - SP-2024, Session d'été 2024
Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure -
Assignment
Valid for the following curricula: English Language and Literature 30 [MA]
Version: SA15_MA_P2_ang_V01
Module 2minor: English Philology
English Language and Literature 90 [MA]
Version: SA17_MA_PA_ang_V01
Modules 5 branches > Module 2: English Philology
Medieval Studies 30 [MA]
Version: SA21_MA_P2_de_fr_V01
Module VI : English Philology