Celtic Languages and Literatures
- CELT S-37h Summer Seminar—Poets and Poetry in the Celtic Literary Tradition
- CELT S-110 Introduction to Irish Myth and Folklore
- CELT S-132 Beginning Modern Irish I
CELT S-37h
Summer Seminar—Poets and Poetry in the Celtic Literary Tradition (31786)
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Patrick K. Ford
(4 credits: UN) Eight-week session. Tuition $2,200.
Summer Seminars are open to Secondary School Program students who are juniors or seniors in high school as well as to college undergraduates.
*** CELT S-37h has been CANCELLED.***
This course focuses on prose narratives about the origins of poetry and the careers of poets in early Ireland and Wales. A selection of poems from both countries reveals much about the artistry and social function of the poetry. Seminar participants do close readings of both prose and poetry.
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CELT S-110
Introduction to Irish Myth and Folklore (31418)
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Elizabeth A. Gray
(4 credits: UN, GR, NC) M-Th 6-8:30 pm. Short session II. Tuition $2,200.
This course meets during short session II: July 24-August 18.
Christian Ireland preserved and reshaped pagan myth and epic and native social structures and customs. Later Irish folk tradition reflects this complex inheritance. Students examine topics such as legends of goddesses and women saints; Ireland's sacred geography; deities, fairies, and heroes; and folk ritual.
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CELT S-132
Beginning Modern Irish I (30019)
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Kenneth E. Nilsen
Workshop. (4 credits: UN, GR, NC) T,Th 3:30-6 pm. Eight-week session. Tuition $2,200. Limited enrollment.
This course continues to meet during the final examination period.
The emphasis of this course is on learning to speak and read modern Irish (Gaelic). The class reads several simple prose texts and learns a number of songs and proverbs.
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