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Notes Old Irish 1, week 1
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Old Irish week 1Course manual:
- There is only 1 lecture this week
- There are no seminars this week
Preparation:
- Introduction to medieval Irish literature, literary studies and the Táin Bó Cuailnge
- Introduction to academic reading and writing
Notes:
Lecture 1
Important questions to ask when reading a medieval text
- When was this composed?
- When was it (first) written down?
- Is the version you are reading the only version?
- How does it differ from other versions (if any)?
- How much time had passed between this text being composed/written down for the first
time and the earliest (= oldest) surviving copy?
An * is used for things that are hypothetical.
Oral transmission happens alongside written transmission.
Oral
transmission
Original *First written Oldest surviving
composition down manuscript
Redactor: often a monk, who is basically cherry-picking elements from manuscripts & combines
them into one manuscript
The Cycles
- Ulster Cycle – Cú Chulainn, Conchobar
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