CELTIC STUDIES
CELTIC STUDIES
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CLT1100 Introduction to Scottish Gaelic Language, Literature and Folklore I (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Survey of the early history of Gaelic Scotland. Outline of the development of Scottish Gaelic. Basic course in Modern Scottish Gaelic.
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CLT1101 Introduction to Scottish Gaelic Language, Literature and Folklore II (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Further essentials of the grammar and pronunciation of Scottish Gaelic and broadening of vocabulary. Introductory survey of poetry and folksongs from the 17th to the 20th century.
Prerequisite: CLT1100 or permission of the Department.
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CLT1110 Introduction to Irish Language, Literature and Folklore I (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Survey of the Celtic origins and early history of Gaelic Ireland. Outline of the development of the Irish language. Basic course in Modern Irish Gaelic.
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CLT1111 Introduction to Irish Language, Literature and Folklore II (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Further essentials of the grammar and pronunciation of the Irish language, and broadening of vocabulary. Introduction to present-day Irish Gaelic folksongs, legends, and folktales.
Prerequisite: CLT1110 or permission of the Department.
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CLT1120 Introduction to Welsh Language and Literature I (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Survey of the Celtic origins and early history of Wales. Outline of the development of the Welsh language. Basic course in Modern Welsh.
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CLT1121 Introduction to Welsh Language and Literature II (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Further essentials of the grammar and pronunciation of the language, and broadening of vocabulary. Selection of 20th-century prose and poetry texts.
Prerequisite: CLT1120 or permission of the Department.
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CLT1155 The Celtic Woman: Between Myth and Reality (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Study of women in early Celtic religion and myth and in the world of tribal politics in Britain and Gaul during the Classical period. Introduction to the special place of women in medieval law and society in early Ireland and Wales and to women's writings in a male-oriented bardic tradition.
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CLT1170 Arthur of the Celts (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Introduction to the history and archaeology of post-Roman Britain and the background of King Arthur; evolution of Arthurian themes in early medieval Welsh and Irish literature; creation of the myth of Arthur in the Celtic world.
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CLT1300 Celtic Cultures in Transition (3,0,0) 3 cr.
A study of literature and film from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany reflecting the major changes and issues facing the languages and peoples of the Celtic world. Special attention will be given to the Celtic communities of Canada.
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CLT1530 Introduction à la langue et à la culture bretonnes I (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Origines celtiques de la Bretagne. Développement du breton. Langue bretonne contemporaine : cours élémentaire.
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CLT1531 Introduction à la langue et à la culture bretonnes II (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Introduction à la littérature et au folklore bretons. Langue bretonne contemporaine : grammaire, prononciation et enrichissement du vocabulaire.
Préalable : CLT1530 ou permission du département.
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CLT1532 Introduction au monde celtique (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Introduction à la culture et à l'histoire des Celtes depuis l'âge de fer jusqu'à nos jours : archéologie, religion, migrations; les Gaulois et les Celtes insulaires; les peuples celtes du moyen âge; thèmes des littératures irlandaise et galloise; les Celtes d'aujourd'hui; survie des langues et des cultures.
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CLT2130 Early Celtic Literature (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Study of the poetry, sagas, myths, stories and traditions of early and medieval Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany.
No knowledge of Celtic languages required.
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CLT2131 Medieval Celtic Literature (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Study of late medieval writings from Ireland, Wales and Scotland; the Fenian Cycle of prose tales from Ireland; Dafydd ap Gwilym and the Welsh poetic tradition; Scottish Gaelic poetry of the 16th century. Prerequisite: CLT2130 or permission of the Department.
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CLT2140 The Celtic Iron Age (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Introduction to the archaeology and history of the Hallstatt and La Tène periods of Continental and Insular Europe (ca. 650BC-ca. 100AD); Celtic origins; folk migrations, technology, art, religion; contacts with Classical Greece and Rome.
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CLT2150 Celtic Christianity (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Introduction to early medieval Christianity in Celtic lands: Celtic saints and monasticism, pilgrimage, the theologies of Eriugena and Pelagius, development of Celtic monasticism and its literature, sacred landscapes. Contemporary revivals of Celtic spirituality.
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CLT2180 The Celtic Languages: Language Promotion in Practice (3,0,0) 3 cr.
Study of general issues facing the autochthonous languages of Western Europe. Case studies will concentrate on the present varying situations of Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Breton with regard to education, media, official recognition and promotion together with issues of minority language rights.
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CLT3999 Recherche dirigée / Guided Research 3 cr.
Individual research in Celtic studies, under the supervision of a professor.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.
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