Transcript CLT 2300
CLT 2300
Celtic Cultures in Transition www.courseweb.uottawa.ca/CLT2300
CLT 2300- the Syllabus: the books
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Rebuilding the Celtic Languages: Reversing Language Shift in the Celtic Countries
, Y Lolfa. Ed. Diarmuid O Neill.
The Last of the Celts
, Marcus Tanner. Yale University Press.
Student pack
(not available yet). Will include information about writers, and extracts from their work.
CLT 2300- the Syllabus
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
There will be one
midterm
during the course as well as an an
essay
which will encourage you to do your own research on a specific aspect of one modern Celtic culture. There will also be a final
exam
based on the work you will have done during the semester.
CLT 2300- the Syllabus
The breakdown for marking is as follows:
Midterm 30% 28 February
Essay: 40% 3 April
Exam: 30%.
CLT 2300- the Syllabus
IMPORTANT DATES:
MIDTERM: 28 February.
ESSAY SUBMISSION: 3 April
CLT 2300- the Syllabus
You must attend 80% of all classes for this course. Failure to do so can lead to exclusion from the final exam and a F grade. An attendance sheet will be circulated at the beginning of each class from 17 January until the last day of classes..
PLEASE NOTE: ACCORDING TO FACULTY REGULATIONS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE MUST BE FULFILLED. IF NOT THIS LEADS TO AN INCOMPLETE GRADE (INC). THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS COURSE CAN BE FOUND ABOVE IN BASIC COURSE INFORMATION. DIOLCH!
CLT 2300- the Syllabus
PLAGIARISM
Ensure that you have understood the University’s policy on plagiarism. You can find full information on the following website. http://www.uottawa.ca/plagiarism.pdf
What Will You Learn About in this Course?
Recent politics Language matters Writers and their ideas Film
Politics: Some of the topics
Scotland
- it has been announced that a referendum will be held in Scotland about independence.
We will follow events closely, discover what the implications are for the UK. Will the UK break up?
What would the fall-out be for the other ‘Celtic’ nations of the UK?
Language planning
We will be examining the interaction of language and society in the Celtic countries today.
Wales
- how will the appointment of a Language Commissioner (inspired by the Canadian model) further encourage the use of what is the most used Celtic language Welsh?
Language Planning
How does language revitalization become a political issue? Is
Ireland
successful in promoting Irish (Gaeilge) in today’s Ireland?
Has the French State successfully undermined
Breton
in Brittany to the point that it has lost most of its prestige? What is the work of the
Ofis ar Brezhoneg
?
Language Planning
Is
Scottish Gaelic
the national language of Scotland, or only a regional language within Scotland? How many languages does Scotland have? Does the revitalization of
Gaelic
have an impact on Scotland’s image of itself?
Writers and their ideas
We will also be reading short passages by contemporary writers from the Celtic world.
We will also look at the lives of some of these writers and examine their ideas about the countries in which they live.
Nuala N í Dhomhnaill
from Ireland.
and
Cathal Siarcaigh
Writers and their ideas
From Cornwall we will read some of the new generation of Cornish-language writers:
Tim Saunders, Neil Kennedy,Judith Larham.
We’ll see that languages can re-emerge from the past and find a new beginning.
Writers and their ideas
We have a taste of Welsh writing too from such contemporary writers as
Gwyneth Lewis
(whose poetry is inscribed across the new parliament building in Cardiff, Wales).
We’ll talk about the novelist
Mihangel Morgan
and the dramatist
Michael Povey.
We’ll talk about the writer
Brian Stowall
his Vampire novel in Manx.
and And much else….
Film making in the Celtic countries
We will watch a small number of Celtic language movies (with English sub-titles).
At the moment we are hoping that we will have films in Irish, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic.
The purpose will be to observe how ‘Celtic’ societies today are very different one from the other, and how they are fully integrated into the contemporary, fragmented world we live in.
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Not in This Course….
Some things you
won’t
course: encounter in this Folklore Ancient customs Language learning Medieval History Singing.