CELTIC

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr J H Grant

Pre-requisites

Pass in (Learners) ‘H’ at B or better. May not be taken by students with a pass in CE 2007.

Overview

A course in Gaelic comprehension and grammar, with a study of modern texts from different registers. Taught together with CE 2007.
4 one-hour tutorials and one conversation class per week.
1 two-hour written examination (50%) and continuous assessment (50%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Ms C J MacKenzie

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

CE 1014 of CE 2007

Overview

A course in oral practice for non-native speakers.

2 one hour tutorials per week.

1 fifteen minute oral examination (50%) and continuous assessment (50%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Mrs C Walker

Pre-requisites

Pass in Gaelic (Native Speakers) ‘H’.

Overview

A course in Gaelic oral and written language, with a study of a range of literary and functional texts.
4 one-hour tutorials per week.
1 two-hour written examination (50%) and continuous assessment (50%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr S J Arbuthnot

Pre-requisites

None

Overview

This is an intensive course in Scottish Gaelic for students who have little or no previous knowledge of the language.
4 one-hour tutorials per week.
2 hours per week language lab study.
1 hour written examination (50%) and continuous assessment: class work (50%).

Credit Points

10

Course Coordinator

Ms C J MacKenzie

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

CE 1017

Overview

This is a course in oral Gaelic for students who have little or no previous knowledge of the language.
1 one-hour tutorial.
1 fifteen minute oral examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%): 1 fifteen minute oral presentation.

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

To be advised

Pre-requisites

None. (NB: No knowledge of any Celtic language is required).

Overview

A study of the early history of the European peoples known to the Greeks as Celts, with discussion of the relationships between the various types of evidence, archaeological, artistic, linguistic and documentary. Topics under consideration include migration, the druids and pre-Christian religion, social organisation and increasingly violent contacts with the Roman world.
2 one-hour lectures and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
1 two-hour written examination (60%) and continuous assessment: 1 essay (30%) and tutorial assessment (10%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr J H Grant

Pre-requisites

CE 1014. May not be taken by students with a pass in CE 2507.

Overview

Continuation of CE 1014. Taught together with CE 2507.
4 one-hour tutorials and one conversation class per week.
1 two-hour written examination (50%) and continuous assessment (50%).

Credit Points

10

Course Coordinator

Ms C J MacKenzie

Pre-requisites

CE 1514 or CE 2507.

Overview

A course in oral practice for non-native speakers.

2 one hour tutorials per week.

1 fifteen minute oral examination (50%) and continuous assessment (50%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Mrs C Walker

Pre-requisites

CE 1016

Overview

Continuation of CE 1016.
4 one-hour tutorials per week.
1 two-hour written examination (50%) and continuous assessment (50%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr S J Arbuthnot

Pre-requisites

CE 1017

Overview

Continuation of Introductory Gaelic 1.
4 one-hour tutorials per week.
2 hours per week language lab study.
1 hour written examination (50%) and continuous assessment: class work (50%).

Credit Points

10

Course Coordinator

Ms C J MacKenzie

Pre-requisites

CE 1017 and CE 1019

Co-requisites

CE 1517

Overview

Continuation of introductory Gaelic Oral Practice 1.
1 one-hour tutorial: Further hour to be arranged.
1 fifteen minute oral examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%): 1 fifteen minute oral presentation.

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

To be advised

Pre-requisites

None. (NB No knowledge of any Celtic language is required).

Overview

A study of the early medieval history of the Insular Celts from the abandonment of Britain by the Romans to c.1200AD. Evidence from annalistic, documentary, archaeological, linguistic and artistic sources is considered in the examination of different themes like the development of kingship, the adoption of Christianity and the gaelicisation of Northern Britain. This course also introduces students to early medieval Insular heroic verse and literature (in translation).

2 one-hour lectures and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.

1 two-hour written examination (60%) and continuous assessment: 1 essay (30%) and tutorial assessment (10%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr J H Grant

Pre-requisites

CE 1501

Overview

A course in Gaelic comprehension and grammar, with a study of modern texts from different registers.
4 one-hour tutorials and one conversation class per week. Taught together with CE 1014.
1 two-hour written examination (50%) and continuous assessment (50%).

Credit Points

10

Course Coordinator

Mrs C Walker

Pre-requisites

CE 1514 or CE 1516

Overview

This course aims to continue the development of language skills in a wide range of styles and registers. The main emphasis will be on translation skills and the acquisition and use of vocabulary from subject areas of relevance to the situation of Gaelic today. It will also include instruction in the use of dictionaries and grammar, as well as textual analysis. This course is taught through the medium of Gaelic.
1 one-hour lecture and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
1 one-hour examination (40%) and continuous assessment: 2 translations and 1 essay (50%), tutorial assessment mark (10%).

Credit Points

10

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Available to students in Programme Year 2 or above, or by permission of course Co-ordinator.

Notes

It is a course for beginners and is not available to students with A-levels or the Ardteistiméireacht in Irish.

Overview

This course introduces students to Modern Irish. Students will gain a familiarity with the spelling, pronounciation, grammar and basic vocabulary of the language and read some simple prose texts. Independent study in the language lab is part of the course.
2 one-hour seminars per week, 1 one-hour language lab per week.
1 two-hour written examination (50%), continuous assessment (40%), oral examination (10%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

To be advised

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 2 or above, or by permission of the Head of Department.

Overview

This course is a historical and cultural study of the medieval Gaidhealtachd, centred on the Irish Sea World. Major themes will include the kingdom and island of Man; kingship and culture in Ireland, the kindred of Somerled and the kingship of Argyll; the lordship of the Isles; artistic and sculptural developments; learned families (particularly those involved in medicine) and Christianity. Students will also gain some familiarity with medieval panegyric verse (in translation) relevant to these themes.
1 one-hour lecture, 1 one-hour tutorial per.
1 two-hour written examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr J H Grant

Pre-requisites

CE 2007

Overview

Continuation of CE 2007. Taught together with CE 1514.
4 one-hour tutorials and one conversation class per week.
1 two-hour written examination (50%) and continuous assessment (50%).

Credit Points

10

Course Coordinator

Mrs C Walker

Pre-requisites

CE 2009

Overview

This course will develop the work of CE 2009 in the areas of translation and textual analysis, and will include instructions in the principles of the Gaelic Orthographic Conventions and in editing texts. The course is taught through the medium of Gaelic.
2 one-hour tutorials per week.
1 one-hour examination (40%) and continuous assessment: 2 translations and 1 essay (50%), tutorial assessment mark (10%).

Credit Points

10

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

CE 2010 [Introduction to Modern Irish I] or permission of instructor.

Notes

This course is not available to students with A-levels or the Ardteistiméireacht in Irish.

Overview

In this module, students further their understanding of the grammar and vocabulary of Modern Irish. They also read a selection of prose and verse texts in Irish.
2 one-hour seminars per week.
1 two-hour written examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr S J Arbuthnot

Pre-requisites

Only available to students in Programme Year 2.

Notes

This course is not available in 2003/2004

Overview

This course takes as its starting-point some of the most important vernacular manuscripts to survive from medieval Ireland, Scotland and Wales. These provide a basis for study of the world of the monastic scribe, later schools of secular learning, practical aspects of book production, major collections and collectors, questions of preservation and access, and recent digitalisation projects. The course includes an introduction to palaeography and is supported bv a resource package of visual materials.
2 one-hour lectures and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
1 two-hour written examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Dr J H Grant

Pre-requisites

CE 2509 or CE 2507

Notes

May be taken only by students in Gaelic Studies or Celtic Studies Single Honours or Celtic Joint Honours.

Overview

The course aims to continue the development of language skills including textual analysis and translation in a wide range of styles and registers (e.g. reports, advertisements, documents, descriptive writing, essays, narrative), with instruction in a range of grammatical topics (the verbal noun, interrogatives, numerals, nouns of quantity, adverbials, emphasis). Guidance will also be provided for the course project which involves the development of word registers in the form of a dictionary of usage. The course is taught through the medium of Gaelic.
3 one-hour tutorials per week.
1 two-hour examination (50%), continuous assessment (40%) and tutorial assessment mark (10%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr S J Arbuthnot

Pre-requisites

CE 2507, CE 2509, or CE 2510

Notes

This course will be available in 2002/03 and alternate sessions thereafter

Overview

This course aims to provide the students with a knowledge of Early Modern Gaelic (c.1200-c.1700) language and the prose literature associated with it, including historical texts, religious works and romance narrative produced in Ireland and Scotland during this period.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 one-hour written examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Ms C J MacKenzie

Pre-requisites

CE 2509 or CE 2507

Notes

This course is run over the full session.

Overview

This course provides a programme of structured and free oral discourse in Scottish Gaelic. The structured element is designed to ensure that students acquire the necessary vocabulary and constructions to operate in any Gaelic language context; the free discourse element is designed to enable them to acquire the fluency in spoken language to do so effectively.
1 two-hour tutorial per week.
1 thirty minute oral examination (60%) and continuous assessment: 3 oral tests (40%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

To be advised

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or above, or by permission of the Head of Department.

Notes

This course will be available in 2003/04 and in alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

The period covered by this course is c.700 BC to c.50 BC, from the emergence of the first clearly identifiable Celts to the defeat of the Gauls by Julius Caesar; the ancestry of the earliest Celts and the Celtic survival on the continent will also be discussed. Celtic migrations in Europe and into Asia Minor will be studied through archaeological evidence, the testimony of Greek and Roman writers and place-name evidence. Religion and social and cultural institutions will be examined.

1 two-hour seminar and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.

1 two-hour examination (60%) and continuous assessment: 2 essays (40%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or by permission of the Head of Department.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 4037.

Overview

The philological links between Common Celtic and the Indo-European family of languages. The links between Continental and Insular Celtic, and between the Gaelic and Brittonic language groups. The philological history of the Gaelic languages/dialects.
1 two-hour seminar per week.
1 one-hour examination (40%) and continuous assessment (60%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Only available to students in Programme Year 3.

Notes

This course will be available in 2002/03 and alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

Students will read a selection of medieval Irish and Welsh texts in translation organised loosely around four themes: Kingship, men and women, becoming a poet, and women’s words, women’s honour. They will also read a number of scholarly essays about the tales. By the end of the course students will have an understanding of some of the central concerns of the literatures concerned, and have strengthened their critical skills through discussion and writing.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour written exam (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

To be advised

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or above, or by permission of the Head of Department.

Notes

This course will be available in 2004/5 and in alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

This course offers students the opportunity to study the introduction of a new religion in an insular Celtic context. Themes covered include native reactions to Christianity, the Roman and Celtic churches, early monasticism in the insular world, controversy and heresy, artistic achievements in manuscripts and sculpture, place-name studies and Christian influence upon native kingship during the early medieval period.
1 two-hour seminar per week and one-hour of directed resource-based study.
1 two-hour examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Ms C J Mackenzie

Pre-requisites

Students in Programme Year 3, or with permission of the Head of Department. The ability to function in a Gaelic-medium learning environment is essential.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 4040. The course will be not be available in 2003/4.

Overview

The course will examine a number of key texts of the major Gaelic poets of the period 1700-1900. The texts have been specifically chosen for their focus on issues of panegyric poetry, war, romanticism, land, language and identity, clearance, emigration, religion and nature.
2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week for 6 weeks; 1 tutorial and 2 seminars per week for 6 weeks.
1 two-hour written examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Notes

This course will be available in 2003/04 and alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

Students will become familiar with the language of the Middle Welsh period (12th – 14th Centuries), and learn to read Middle Welsh texts in the original.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour written examination (80%) and continuous assessment (20%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

CE2507 or CE2509 or CE 2510 or permission of Course Co-ordinator. Available only to students in Programme Year 3.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 4028. This course will be available in 2002/03 and alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

Students are introduced to the grammar and vocabulary of Old Irish (600-900 AD). They read a number of passages from the medieval epic Táin Bό Cualnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) and short poems in the original.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour examination (90%) and continuous assessment (10%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3.

Notes

Compulsory for third year Gaelic Studies honours students.

Overview

During the 20th Century, the genres of the short story, novella and, to a lesser extent the novel, came to the fore in both Scottish Gaelic and Irish. In this class, students will read and examine a selection of Scottish Gaelic and Irish texts in their historical and cultural contexts, and investigate the factors that led to the development of these genres at these particular historical juncture. Attention will be given to continuities / discontinuities of these works with earlier writing in Scottish Gaelic and Irish, as well as to sources of external influence (e.g. social realism, existentialism, etc.). A comparative Scottish Gaelic / Irish approach will be adopted throughout.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour written examination (60%), continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Available only to candidates for Junior and Senior Honours in Gaelic, Celtic or Celtic Civilisation.

A 10,000 word dissertaion on a topic approved by the Head of the Department of Celtic.

Dissertation (100%).

Overview

A 10,000 word dissertaion on a topic approved by the Head of the Department of Celtic.

Dissertation (100%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr S J Arbuthnot

Pre-requisites

CE 3032

Notes

This course will be available in 2003/04 and alternate session thereafter.

Overview

Content: Building of the liguistic knoweldge gained in CE 3032, this course is concerned with the stydey of the syllabic verse of the period 1200 –1650. In addition to teading selected praise, religious, and love poems (with particular attention given to metrical analysis), students will become more familiar with the social comtext of the verse and with the manuscript tradition that preserved it.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour written examination (50%) and continuous assessment (50%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

To be advised

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or above, or by permission of the Head of Department.

Overview

This course studies the history, culture and religion of all of the kingdoms in North Britain before c.900AD. A number of different themes are tackled including tribal and social organisation, the spread of Christianity, political and diplomatic links, Pictish matriliny and artistic influences from both Ireland and Carolingian Europe.
1 two-hour seminar and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
1 two-hour examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or above, or by permission of the Head of Department. Not available to candidates for Gaelic Studies Single Honours, Celtic Studies Single Honours, or Celtic Joint Honours.

Notes

This course will not be available in 2003/04.

Overview

Students study a wide range of examples of folk tales and other folk narrative, particularly translations of material collected in the Irish and Scottish Gaidhealtachd and from Gaelic speakers in Canada. Students are required to familiarise themselves with comparative studies of the tales, in relation to earlier Gaelic tales or as examples of international motifs. The place of tales and taletellers in traditional Gaelic society is examined.
2 one-hour seminars per week.
1 two-hour examination (60%) and continuous assessment: 2 essays (40%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr J H Grant

Pre-requisites

CE2509 or CE2507. Available only to students in Programme Year 3.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 4540.

Overview

This course introduces students to the principles of dialectal distribution. The main features which distinguish Gaelic dialects from each other are exemplified. Students are required to study a number of dialects of Scottish Gaelic from the central dialect area and a selection of dialects from peripheral dialect areas in order to acquire a competent knowledge of the range of distinctive varieties. These dialects are placed within their common Gaelic context.
1 one-hour lecture and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
1 two-hour examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

10

Course Coordinator

Dr S J Arbuthnot

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3 who are intending honours study.

Notes

Compulsory for all Level 3 students who intend to submit a dissertation to the Department of Celtic in their final year.
Runs weeks 30-36 only.

Overview

This course introduces students to the methodological principles which underpin the three main areas of Celtic Studies – language, literature and history – and aims to provide them with the skills necessary to carry out an independent piece of research. Topics covered include the selection and use of primary sources, text editing, approaches to literature, fieldwork, case study techniques and data analysis. Practical aspects of research work, such as conducting a literature search, presenting results and referencing sources, are also considered.
1 two-hour seminar per week and 1 one-hour individual tutorial for each student during course.
100% continuous assessment (dissertation proposal).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

To be advised

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3, or by permission of the Head of Department.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 4543. This course will be available in 2004/5 and in alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

This course offers a comparative study in the history, culture and kingship of Alba and Ireland during the early medieval period. Major themes tackled will include the development of kingship and national identity, social organisation, law tracts, political and diplomatic links and culture.
1 two-hour seminar per week and one-hour of directed resource-based study.
1 two-hour examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

CE 3050

Notes

This course will be available in 2003/04 and in alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

Students, building on the reading ability acquired in CE 3050 will read and become familiar with a range of poetry from the Old and Middle Welsh periods. They will also gain a basic understanding of the metrical structure of Welsh poetry. Students will also engage in directed reading about medieval Welsh poetry and its social and historical context.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour examination (80%) and continuous assessment (20%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr S Arbuthnot

Pre-requisites

CE 3051. Available only to students in Programme Year 3.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 4551. This course will be available in 2002/03 and alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

This course builds upon the knowledge gained in CE3028. Students will develop an understanding of the linguistic changes that occurred in the transition from Old Gaelic (c.600 - c.900 A.D.) to Middle Gaelic (c.900 – c.1200 A. D.), and of developments within the Middle Gaelic period itself. Students will also become familiar with the literature of the period through reading and discussing a selection of texts.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour examination (80%) and continuous assessment (20%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr S J Arbuthnot

Pre-requisites

Open only to students in Programme Year 3 in Gaelic studies or Celtic Studies, or with the permission of the course Co-ordinator. Either CE 3552 or CE 4552 is compulsory for Gaelic Studies honours students.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 4552. This course will be available in 2005/06 and alternate years thereafter.

Overview

‘One would feel a great sense of surprise if a new writer were to appear on the scene now, using older styles’ (Thomson, An Introduction to Gaelic Poetry, 249). Since around the mid-twentieth century innovation has been a major feature of poetry in Irish and Scottish Gaelic. In this class students read the work of a selection of poets, all active after 1940, focusing on individual concerns the techniques, and more generally on the developments in style, approach and subject-matter that mark the poetry of this period. Attention will be paid to external influences on these works and to continuities/discontinuities with earlier Gaelic literature.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour examination (60%), continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Dr J H Grant

Pre-requisites

CE 3026

Notes

This course is run over the full session.

Overview

This course continues the work of CE 3026. Candidates get a practical training in the writing of Scottish Gaelic over a wide range of uses. This includes formal and informal registers, functional writing, e.g. reports, advertisements, documents; descriptive writing; essays; narrative. They practise translation, structured discourse and free writing.
3 one-hour tutorials per week.
1 two-hour examination (60%) and continuous assessment: 6 written assignments and 1 essay (40%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr S J Arbuthnot

Pre-requisites

CE 2507, CE 2509, or CE 2510.

Notes

This course will be available in 2002/03 and alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

This course aims to provide the students with a knowledge of Early Modern Gaelic (c.1200 –c.1700) language and the prose literature associated with it, including historical texts, religious works and romance narrative produced in Ireland and Scotland during this period. Students will explore the relationship between the language of this period and the modern forms of Gaelic.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour written examination (50%) and continuous assessment (50%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Ms C J MacKenzie

Pre-requisites

CE 3035

Notes

This course is run over the full session.

Overview

This course continues the work of CE 3002. It provides a programme of structured and free oral discourse in Scottish Gaelic. The structured element is designed to ensure that students acquire the necessary vocabulary and constructions to operate in any Gaelic language context; the free discourse element is designed to enable them to acquire the fluency in spoken language to do so effectively.
1 two-hour tutorial per week.
1 thirty minute oral examination (60%) and continuous assessment: 3 oral tests (40%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 4 or with permission of the Head of Department.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 3037.

Overview

The philological links between Common Celtic and the Indo-European family of languages. The links between Continental and Insular Celtic, and between the Gaelic and Brittonic language groups. The philological history of the Gaelic languages/dialects.
1 two-hour seminar per week.
1 one-hour examination (40%) and continuous assessment (60%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Only available to students in Programme Year 4.

Notes

This course will be available in 2002/03 and alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

Students will read a selection of medieval Irish and Welsh texts in translation, organised loosely around four themes: kingship, men and women, becoming a poet, and women’s words. women’s honour. They will also read a number of scholarly essays about the tales. By the end of the course students will have an understanding of some of the central concerns of the literatures concerned, and have strengthened their critical skills through discussion and writing.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour written examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%)

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

To be advised

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 4 by permission of the Head of Department.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 3039. This course will be available in 2004/5 and in alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

This course offers students the opportunity to study the introduction of a new religion in an insular Celtic context. Themes covered include native reactions to Christianity, the Roman and Celtic churches, early monasticism in the insular world, controversy and heresy, artistic achievements in manuscripts and sculpture, place-name studies and Christian influences upon native kingship during the early medieval period.
One two-hour seminar per week and one-hour of directed resource-based study.
1 two-hour examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Ms C J MacKenzie

Pre-requisites

Students in Programme Year 4, or with permission of the Head of Department. The ability to function in a Gaelic-medium learning environment is essential.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 3040. The course will be not be available in 2003/4.

Overview

The course will examine a number of key texts of the major Gaelic poets of the period 1700-1900. The texts have been specifically chosen for their focus on issues of panegyric poetry, war, romanticism, land, language and identity, clearance, emigration, religion and nature.
2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week for 6 weeks; 1 tutorial and 2 seminars per week for 6 weeks.
1 two-hour written examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 4.

Notes

This course will be available in 2002/03 and alternate sessions thereafter

Overview

Students will become familiar with the language of the Middle Welsh period (12th – 14th centuries),
and learn to read Middle Welsh texts in the original. Students will also make a private study of the central literary prose work of this period, the Mabinogi, a sophisticated and enjoyable collection of related tales.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour written examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

CE 2507 or CE 2509 or CE 2510 or permission of Course Co-ordinator. Available only to students in Programme Year 4.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 3028. This course will be available in 2002/03 and alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

Students are introduced to the grammar and vocabulary of Old Irish (600-900 AD). They read a number of passages from the medieval epic Táin Bό Cualnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) and short poems in the original.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour examination (90%) and continuous assessment (10%)

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Notes

This course is compulsory in either its level 3 or level 4 version for Gaelic studies.

Overview

During the 20th Century, the genres of the short story, novella and, to a lesser extent the novel, came to the fore in both Scottish Gaelic and Irish. In this class, students will read and examine a selection of Scottish Gaelic and Irish texts in their historical and cultural contexts, and investigate the factors that led to the development of these genres at these particular historical juncture. Attention will be given to continuities / discontinuities of these works with earlier writing in Scottish Gaelic and Irish, as well as to sources of external influence (e.g. social realism, existentialism, etc.). A comparative Scottish Gaelic / Irish approach will be adopted throughout.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour written examination (60%), continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr Arbuthnot

Pre-requisites

CE 3032

Notes

This course will be available in 2003/04 and alternate years thereafter.

Overview

Building on the linguistic knowledge gained in CE 3032, this course is concerned with the study of the syllabic verse of the period 1200-1650. In addition to reading selected praise, religious, and love poems (with particular attention given to metrical analysis), students will become familiar with the social context of the verse and with the manuscript tradition that preserved it. Each student will also do an in-depth study of a particular poet, group of poets, genre, or manuscript source.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour written examination (50%) and continuous assessment (50%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr J H Grant

Pre-requisites

CE2509 or CE2507. Available only to students in Programme Year 4.

Overview

This course introduces students to the principles of dialectal distribution. The main features which distinguish Gaelic dialects from each other are exemplified. Students are required to study a number of dialects of Scottish Gaelic from the central dialect area and a selection of dialects from peripheral dialect areas in order to acquire a competent knowledge of the range of distinctive varieties. These dialects are placed within their common Gaelic context.
1 one-hour lecture and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.
1 two-hour examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

To be advised

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 4, or by permission of the Head of Department.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 3543. This course will be available in 2004/5 and in alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

This course offers a comparative study in the history, culture and kingship of Alba and Ireland during the early medieval period. Major themes tackled will include the development of kingship and national identity, social organisation, law tracts, political and diplomatic links and culture.
One two-hour seminar per week and one-hour of directed resource-based study.
1 two-hour examination (60%) and continuous assessment (40%).

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Available only to candidates for Honours in Gaelic, Celtic or Celtic Civilisation.

Notes

This course will be available in 2004/05.

Overview

A 10,000 word dissertation on a topic approved by the Head of the Department of Celtic.
Dissertation (100%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr K Hollo

Pre-requisites

Notes

This course will be available in 2003/04 and in alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

Students building on the reading ability acquired in CE 3050, will read and become familiar with a range of poetry from the Old and Middle Welsh periods. They will also gain a basic understanding of the metrical structure of Welsh poetry. Students will also engage in directed and independent reading about medical Welsh poetry and its social and historical context, as well as investigating a specific genre or subgenre more fully.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour examination (80%) and continuous assessment (20%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr S Arbuthnot

Pre-requisites

CE 4051. Available only to students in Programme Year 4.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 3551. This course will be available in 2002/03 and alternate sessions thereafter.

Overview

This course builds upon the knowledge gained in CE4028. Students will develop an understanding of the linguistic changes that occurred in the transition from Old Gaelic (c.600 - c.900 A.D.) to Middle Gaelic (c.900 – c.1200 A. D.), and of developments within the Middle Gaelic period itself. Students will also become familiar with the literature of the period through reading and discussing a selection of texts.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour examination (80%) and continuous assessment (20%).

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr S J Arbuthnot

Pre-requisites

Open only to students in Programme Year 4 in Gaelic studies or Celtic Studies, or with the permission of the course Co-ordinator. Either CE 3552 or CE 4552 is compulsory for Gaelic Studies honours students.

Notes

This course may not be included as part of a graduating curriculum with CE 4552. This course will be available in 2005/06 and alternate years thereafter.

Overview

‘One would feel a great sense of surprise if a new writer were to appear on the scene now, using older styles’ (Thomson, An Introduction to Gaelic Poetry, 249). Since around the mid-twentieth century innovation has been a major feature of poetry in Irish and Scottish Gaelic. In this class students read the work of a selection of poets, all active after 1940, focusing on individual concerns the techniques, and more generally on the developments in style, approach and subject-matter that mark the poetry of this period. Attention will be paid to external influences on these works and to continuities/discontinuities with earlier Gaelic literature.

1 two-hour seminar per week.

1 two-hour examination (60%), continuous assessment (40%).