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

2. Pétur Martin Guðrún Reading week

5. 5 Potted History: Languages in England

6. 0 5001000 1500 2000 Potted History: Languages in England Romano- Celtic

7. 0 5001000 1500 2000 Romano- Celtic English Potted History: Languages in England Latin

8. Romano- Celtic 0 5001000 1500 2000 English Norse Potted History: Languages in England Latin

9. Romano- Celtic 0 5001000 1500 2000 Potted History: Languages in England English Norse Latin French

10. -12000-6000 -2000 Potted History: Language... -40,000 years (cave paintings); 70,000 (clothes)

11. http://www.greenfudge.org/2014/05/09/climate-change-whatever-became-of-doggerland-dreams/

12. http://thenaturalhistorian.com/2012/07/08/doggerland-sea-level-rise-human-migration-dispersal-creationism-ice-age/

14. 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?

15. 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

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