Secondary Field: Sample Tracks
Celtic Cultures
This track has been designed to provide interested students with a solid grounding in the ancient, medieval and modern cultures of the peoples who speak Celtic languages. The emphasis is on courses that explore traditions common to all Celtic-speaking peoples and courses that draw upon more than one Celtic-speaking tradition (Irish and Welsh, for example, or Irish and Scottish Gaelic). Celtic Cultures would be an appropriate track for a student interested in adding familiarity with Celtic cultural traditions to his or her concentration in Literature, Folklore and Mythology, History, or Linguistics, as well as for any student with an interest in Celtic traditions, no matter what the area of concentration.
Requirements
1. One half-course from among
- Celtic 103 The Celts or
- Celtic 137 Celtic Mythology, or
- Celtic 101 The Hero of Irish Myth and Saga, or
- Celtic 194 The World of the Celtic Bard
Four half-courses from among the following:
- Celtic 109 Finn: The Great Gaelic Hero
- Celtic 114 Early Irish Historical Tales
- Celtic 118 The Gaelic World: 12th Century to 17th Century
- Celtic 119 The Gaelic World: 17th Century to the Present
- Celtic 137 Celtic Mythology (if not taken in fulfillment of 1, above)
- Celtic 138 The Mabinogion: Narrative Traditions of Medieval Wales
- Celtic 151 Celtic Saints
- Celtic 184 The Táin
- Celtic 195 Modern Scottish Gaelic Literature
- Celtic 222 The Gaelic Manuscript Tradition
- Celtic 101 The Hero of Irish Myth and Saga (if not taken in fulfillment of 1, above)
Irish Language and Literature
This track has been designed to provide interested students with a solid grounding in various aspects of Irish culture by requiring a full year’s study of the Irish language as well as close reading of important texts from the Irish language tradition.
Irish Language and Literature would be an appropriate track for a student interested in adding a particular familiarity with Irish language literature and traditions to his or her interest in Hiberno-English writing – a student concentrating in Literature or English Language and Literature, for example. A track in Irish Language and Literature could also be an appropriate way of developing special expertise for students concentrating in Folklore and Mythology, History, or Linguistics, as well as for any student with an interest in Irish tradition, no matter what the area of concentration.
Requirements
1. Two half-courses in the Irish language, either
- Celtic 132 (Introduction to Modern Irish) and 133r (Intermediate Modern Irish), or
- Celtic 200 (Introduction to Old Irish) and 201 (Continuing Old Irish)
2. Three half-courses from among the following:
- Celtic 106 The Folklore of Ireland
- Celtic 109 The Finn Cycle
- Celtic 114 Early Irish Historical Tales
- Celtic 118 The Gaelic World: 12th Century to 17th Century
- Celtic 119 The Gaelic World: 17th Century to the Present
- Celtic 137 Celtic Mythology
- Celtic 151 The Literature of Medieval Celtic Christianity: the Hagiographical Tradition
- Celtic 184 The Táin
- Celtic 222 The Gaelic Manuscript Tradition
- Celtic 101 The Hero of Irish Myth and Saga
- Celtic 204r Readings in Early Irish Poetry*
- Celtic 205r Readings in Early Irish Prose*
* Option available to students who fulfill Requirement 1 with Celtic 200 and 201.
Welsh Language and Literature
This track has been designed to provide interested students with a solid grounding in various aspects of Welsh culture by requiring a full year’s study of the Welsh language as well as close reading of the most important texts in the Welsh tradition.
Welsh Language and Literature would be an appropriate field for a student interested in adding a particular familiarity with Welsh literature and traditions to his or her concentration in Literature, English Language and Literature, Folklore and Mythology, History and Literature (with specialization in Britain or in the Middle Ages), History, or Linguistics, as well as for any student with an interest in Welsh tradition, no matter what the area of concentration.
Requirements
1. Two half-courses in the Welsh language, either
- Celtic 128 (Introduction to Modern Welsh) and 129r (Intermediate Modern Welsh), or
- Celtic 225a (Medieval Welsh Language and Literature) and 225b (Medieval Welsh Poetry)
2. Three half-courses from among the following:
- Celtic 138 Narrative Traditions of Medieval Wales
- Celtic 151 The Literature of Medieval Celtic Christianity
- Celtic 194 Celtic Bards and Their Poems
- Celtic 226r Readings in Middle Welsh Prose*
- Celtic 227 Seminar: Welsh Bardic Poetry*
* Option available to students who fulfill Requirement 1 with 225a and 225b.
Note: Celtic 127 will be offered in Fall 2008, and every second year thereafter.
Irish Language
This track has been designed to provide students interested in Irish with a solid grounding in the medieval and modern language. Irish Language would be an appropriate track for a student interested in adding a knowledge of Irish to his or her concentration in Linguistics, as well as for any student with an interest in Irish, no matter what the area of concentration.
Requirements
Five half-courses from among the following:
- Celtic 132 Introduction to Modern Irish
- Celtic 133r Intermediate Modern Irish
- Celtic 160 Advanced Modern Irish
- Celtic 161 Continuing Advanced Modern Irish
- Celtic 200 Introduction to Old Irish
- Celtic 201 Continuing Old Irish
- Celtic 204r Readings in Early Irish Poetry
- Celtic 205r Readings in Early Irish Prose
- Celtic 222 The Gaelic Manuscript Tradition
Celtic Folklore and Mythology
This track has been designed to provide students interested in folklore and mythology with a grounding in ancient and medieval mythology and modern folklore transmitted in a Celtic language. Celtic Folklore and Mythology would be an appropriate track for a student interested in adding familiarity with Celtic tradition to his or her concentration in Folklore and Mythology, Literature, History and Literature, Anthropology, English and American Literature and Language, Germanic Languages and Literatures, or Classics, as well as for any student with an interest in Celtic traditions, no matter what the area of concentration.
Note: Students who wish to take this track must first seek and receive the permission of the department to have FM 100 counted towards the secondary field.
Requirements
1. One half-course:
- FM 100 Performance, Tradition and Cultural Studies: an Introduction to Folklore and Mythology
2. Four half-courses from among the following:
- Celtic 101 The Hero of Irish Myth and Saga
- Celtic 106 The Folklore of Gaelic Scotland
- Celtic 109 The Finn Cycle
- Celtic 114 Early Irish Historical Tales
- Celtic 137 Celtic Mythology
- Celtic 184 The Táin
- Celtic 138 Narrative Tradition of Medieval Wales
- Celtic 194 Celtic Bards and Their Poems
- Celtic 225a Medieval Welsh Language and Literature
- Celtic 225b Medieval Welsh Poetry