british literature ii pétur knútsson: first 4 weeks aug- sep 2015
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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
0 500 1000 1500 2000
Potted History:Languages in England
Romano- Celtic
0 500 1000 1500 2000
Romano- Celtic English
Potted History:Languages in England
Latin
Romano- Celtic
0 500 1000 1500 2000
English
Norse
Potted History:Languages in England
Latin
Romano- Celtic
0 500 1000 1500 2000
Potted History:Languages in England
English
Norse
Latin
French
-12000 -6000 -2000
Potted History:Language ...
-40,000 years (cave paintings); 70,000 (clothes)
http://www.greenfudge.org/2014/05/09/climate-change-whatever-became-of-doggerland-dreams/
http://thenaturalhistorian.com/2012/07/08/doggerland-sea-level-rise-human-migration-dispersal-creationism-ice-age/
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...)