Course content

This course offers a survey of Medieval European literature. Texts are read in one or several languages, normally Latin or Greek.

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, perform grammatical, metrical and stylistic analyses of these texts and relate them to their literary, cultural and historical contexts, perform translations of these texts from Latin to Norwegian.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and seminars; four-hour written exam.

Mandatory activities: written essay that must be approved in order to sit the exam.

Individual tutoring through Blackboard/email.

The lectures are normally held during a concentrated period of 2 weeks at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, the Norwegian Institute in Paris, or at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. It is not compulsory to attend these lectures.

Compulsory assignments

• Assignment

Recommended previous knowledge

LAT1001 or GRE1101 or similar. LAT1002.

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

Approx. 100 pages text, to be chosen in agreement with the responsible lecturer.

Credit reductions