CELTIC STUDIES
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| 3999 |
| CLT1100 | Scottish Gaelic Language and Culture I | (3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Survey of the medieval and modern history of Gaelic Scotland. Aspect of contempory Scottish Gaelic culture. Basic course in Modern Scottish Gaelic. | ||
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| CLT1101 | Scottish Gaelic Language and Culture II | (3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Further study of the structures and vocabulary of Modern Scottish Gaelic. Introductory survey of song and literature from the 17th to the 20th century. | ||
| Prerequisite: CLT1100 or permission of the Department. | ||
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| CLT1110 | Irish Language and Culture I | (3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Survey of medieval and modern history of Gaelic Ireland. Aspects of contemporary Irish Gaelic culture. Basic course in Modern Irish. | ||
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| CLT1111 | Irish Language and Culture II | (3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Further study of the structures and vocabulary of Modern Irish. Introduction to Irish Gaelic literature, song and media. | ||
| Prerequisite: CLT1110 or permission of the Department. | ||
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| CLT1120 | Welsh Language and Culture I | (3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Survey of medieval and modern Welsh history. Introduction to modern Welsh literature, film and media. Basic course in Modern Welsh. | ||
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| CLT1121 | Welsh Language and Culture II | (3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Further study of structures and vocabulary of Modern Welsh. Welsh poetry and prose of the 20th-21st century. | ||
| Prerequisite: CLT1120 or permission of the Department. | ||
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| CLT1132 | Introduction to the Celtic World | (3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Introduction to the culture and the history of the Celts from the Iron Age to the present day. Archeology, religion, migrations; the Gauls and the Insular Celts; Celtic peoples of the Middle Ages; themes from Irish and Welsh literature; contemporary Celts; survival of languages and cultures. | ||
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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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| CLT2110 | The Music of the Celtic Peoples | (3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| Survey of the traditional music of Ireland, Gaelic Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, Isle of Man, Galicia as well as the Celtic diaspora of Canada. Song, instruments, and performance techniques will be studied, in an historical as well as a contemporary context. | ||
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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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| 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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| CLT2155 | 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. | ||
| Previously CLT1155. | ||
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| CLT2170 | 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. | ||
| Previously CLT1170. | ||
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| CLT2300 | 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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| CLT3140 | 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. | ||
| Prerequisite: 24 university credits. Also offered as CLA3140. | ||
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| CLT3180 | 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. | ||
| Prerequisite: 24 university credits. | ||
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| CLT3330 | Special Topics in Celtic Studies | (3,0,0) 3 cr. |
| A special theme (cultural, historical, linguistic, literary, political) from the Celtic world, relating to any period. | ||
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| CLT3999 | Recherche dirigée / Guided Research | 3 cr. |
| Individual research in Celtic studies, under the supervision of a professor. Recherche individuelle en études celtiques sous la direction d'un professeur. |
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| Prerequisite: Permission of the Department. Préalable : Permission du département. |
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