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Celtic Languages and Literatures

CELT E-12a Intermediate Modern Irish (13061) (Syllabus) (Printable version)
Kathryn Ann Chadbourne, PhD.
Course tuition: noncredit and undergraduate credit $690, graduate credit $1,100. Limited enrollment.
Fall term: Wednesdays beginning Sept. 17, 5:30-7:30 pm, Sever Hall, Room 107.

This course develops students' competency in spoken and written Irish. Grammar and vocabulary are reinforced, and students encounter more advanced structures. We explore Irish traditions, proverbs, and songs, as well as a selection of folk tales from Donegal. Prerequisite: one year of Irish. (2 credits)

CELT E-12b Intermediate Modern Irish (22916)
(Printable version)
Kathryn Ann Chadbourne, PhD.
Course tuition: noncredit and undergraduate credit $690, graduate credit $1,100. Limited enrollment.
Spring term: Wednesdays beginning Jan. 28, 5:30-7:30 pm, Sever Hall, Room 307.

Oral and aural competency is the main goal of this course. A large part of each class is devoted to conversational practice focused on everyday situations. As always, we continue to explore and enjoy Irish proverbs, poems, and songs, and we read stories from Mícheál Mac Liammóir's beautiful collection, Oícheannta Sí. Prerequisites: one year of Irish and CELT E-12a, or the equivalent. (2 credits)

CELT E-111 Celtic Mythology (13036) (Syllabus) (Printable version)
Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, MA, Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Irish Studies, Harvard University.
Course tuition: noncredit $450, undergraduate credit $800, graduate credit $1,725.
Fall term: Mondays beginning Sept. 15, 5:30-7:30 pm, Sever Hall, Room 107.

This course is a survey of the sources for the study of Celtic mythology, focusing on selected texts from early Ireland and Wales. All texts are read in English translation. (4 credits)

CELT E-113 Irish Storytelling (22920)
(Printable version)
Kathryn Ann Chadbourne, PhD.
Course tuition: noncredit $450, undergraduate credit $800, graduate credit $1,725.
Spring term: Wednesdays beginning Jan. 28, 7:35-9:35 pm, Sever Hall, Room 307.

This course explores the world of traditional Irish storytelling in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on context, storytellers, community, collectors, collections, and of course, the stories themselves. Storytellers' biographies, ethnography, proverbs, and live performance give breadth and contour to our understanding of the stories and the world in which they were and are told. Questions of genre, evaluation, gender, nationalism, and identity are also considered. (4 credits)