An Introduction to Old Irish - AAAV00741

• Title: An Introduction to Old Irish
• Guaranteed by: Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures (21-UALK)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• Points: 2
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / 15 (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Radvan Markus, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Radvan Markus, Ph.D.
• Class: Exchange - 09.2 General and Comparative Literature

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Radvan Markus, Ph.D. (29.01.2024)

Irish is the oldest literary language in Europe north of the Alps. It can boast of a continuous written record from at least the eighth century, including glosses to Latin manuscripts, a sophisticated poetic tradition and, preserved in manuscripts since the twelfth century, also a large corpus of narrative literature of native provenance. The course will provide basics of Old Irish grammar with some reference to later developments. Samples of original texts will be translated and analyzed. Course materials will be provided and no previous knowledge of Irish (of any period) will be required.

Course completion requirements

Last update: Mgr. Radvan Markus, Ph.D. (29.01.2024)

1.     Regular attendance and active participation.   A maximum of 2 unexplained absences is allowed.

2.     Completion of regular homework (translations of short texts)

3.     An end-of term test (translation of simple sentences from Old Irish). Pass margin: 60%

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Radvan Markus, Ph.D. (29.01.2024)

COURSE MATERIALS 

Quin, E.G. Old Irish Workbook. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1975.

Strachan, John. Old-Irish Paradigms and Selections from the Old Irish Glosses. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1929.

McCone, Kim. A First Old Irish Grammar and Reader. Maynooth: NUI Maynooth, 2005.

eDIL 2019: An Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, based on the Contributions to a Dictionary of the Irish Language. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1913-1976. www.dil.ie.

 

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS and online sorces

Thurneysen, Rudolf. A Grammar of Old Irish. Trans. D.A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin (1946). Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1993.

Stifter, David. Sengoidelc: Old Irish for Beginners. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006.

CELT. Corpus of Electronic Texts. http://www.ucc.ie/celt/

Irish Script on Screen. http://www.isos.dias.ie/english/index.html

Irish Sagas Online: https://iso.ucc.ie/Irish-sagas-list.html