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British Literature II Pétur Knútsson: first 4 weeks Aug- Sep 2015

Pétur Martin Guðrún Reading week

5 Potted History: Languages in England

Potted History: Languages in England Romano- Celtic

Romano- Celtic English Potted History: Languages in England Latin

Romano- Celtic English Norse Potted History: Languages in England Latin

Romano- Celtic Potted History: Languages in England English Norse Latin French

Potted History: Language ,000 years (cave paintings); 70,000 (clothes)

First 4 weeks : medieval literature (“British”?) Most distant; most alien. hermeneutics - as scriptural interpretation hermeneutics - as the attempt at avoiding, in our understanding of the past, those ideas and sets of mind which belong only to the present  sword - king – sun – love - truth Relevance for us?

What relevance does the study of medieval literature have for us? Simple hermeneutical answer: the world was not created this morning. We need to know how it got this way. Less simple, more satisfying: if... hermeneutics the attempt at avoiding, in our understanding of the past, those ideas and sets of mind which belong only to the present then we have to become aware of these later concepts which means we are actually studying ourselves

Becoming aware of our concepts...  sword – king – sun – love – truth  Writing! Books! Literacy!  Cædmon (we’ll come back to Cædmon...)