Early Medieval Welsh Poetry

Cod y Modiwl: WEM0520
Teitl y Modiwl: Early Medieval Welsh Poetry
Blwyddyn Academaidd: 2026/2027
Semester: Semester 2
Cyd-gysylltydd y Modiwl: Dr Simon Rodway
Rhestr Ddarllen: Gweld ar Aspire
Rhagofynion: Some knowledge of Welsh will be required to study this module.
Staff Eraill sy'n Cyfrannu

Dulliau Asesu

Math o Asesiad	Manylion Asesiad	Cyfran
Asesiad Semester	Essay: (3,000 words)	40%
Arholiad Semester	2 Awr	60%
Asesiad Ailsefyll	Essay: (3,000 words)	40%
Arholiad Ailsefyll	2 Awr	60%

Canlyniadau Dysgu

Wedi cwblhau'r modiwl dylai'r myfyrwyr fedru:

1. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the nature and purpose of the early Welsh heroic and saga poetry, and its relationship to other literatures, especially in Anglo-Saxon England and Ireland, and the Classical tradition.
2. Demonstrate a specialist knowledge of the political and cultural framework of Wales and North Britain in the immediate post-Roman centuries and in the early Middle Ages.
3. Demonstrate a mastery of the close study of key texts (some in translation, but a representative sample in the original) and study of their main literary, stylistic and metrical features.
4. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the current debates concerning the poetry, especially those turning on problems of text transmission and dating.
5. Demonstrate a specialist knowledge of the manuscript sources for early Welsh poetry

Disgrifiad cryno

An overview of the earliest poetry in Welsh (hengerdd). We will look at poems attributed to Aneirin and Taliesin in the sixth century, and also at some of the ‘saga’ poems concerning Llywarch Hen, Heledd and so on. We will read extracts of the texts in the original, and consider questions of date, authorship, purpose and so on, as well as themes and the influence of these poems on Welsh literature

Cynnwys

Series of 10 lectures on the background, themes etc. of the hengerdd + 10 textual sessions to read a selection (Poems of Taliesin, Canu Aneirin, Canu Heledd etc.) in the original.

Sgiliau Modiwl

Math o Sgiliau	Manylion Sgiliau
Cyfathrebu	The students will be expected to use clear and correct language both written and oral.
Datblygu personol a chynllunio gyrfa	They will learn skills which are important in academic work.
Datrys Problemau	Problems arising from the work will be solved by students in seminars and in their written work
Gwaith Tim	The students will have to discuss and respect the points of view of their fellow students.
Gwella dysgu a pherfformiad ei hun	The students will have to improve their work in response to constructive criticism from their tutors and fellow students
Sgiliau pwnc penodol	The ability to reason and to treat a range of sources critically
Sgiliau ymchwil	Research skills will be an important part of completing assignments. Students will be expected to use on-line resources where appropriate.
Technoleg Gwybodaeth	The students will be expected to use word processors and on-line resources where appropriate.

Nodau

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