MEDIEVAL IRISH LITERATURE

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Prerequisite: LITT 2114 and LITT 2123. Pre-1700 Course and British Literature Course. Not open to students with credit for GAH 2374. An upper-level introduction to early Irish Literature in translation. Students will read selections of stories from the Mythological, Ulster and Fenian cycles. Historical and cultural contexts will help the class to engage and understand Ireland's early literature, one of the most important repositories of medieval European literature. Faculty: T. KINSELLA