Module Information

Module Identifier

WEM1620

Module Title

The Four Branches of the Mabinogi i

Academic Year

2016/2017

Co-ordinator

Dr Ian Hughes

Semester

Semester 1

Course Delivery

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Assessed Essay 3,000-3,500 words	40%
Semester Assessment	Critical response to several articles in the field of study each no more than 1,000 words	40%
Semester Assessment	Textual analysis assignment	20%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

will have gained an understanding of the nature of the early Welsh narrative tradition.

will have a basic understanding of the make-up of the Four Branches.

will have been introduced to traditional and more contemporary views as to the stylistic and thematic features of the texts.

will have a basic grasp of some of the grammatical and simpler syntactic features of middle Welsh.

will have been introduced to the texts (in the original and in translation), and will be able to recognize and analyse some of their main literary and stylistic features.

Brief description

Introduction of the texts as a whole and a study of some of the major works of scholarship in the field.

Content

Introduction of the texts as a whole and a study of some of the major works of scholarship in the field.

Module Skills

Skills Type	Skills details
Communication	Textual discussion; discussion of scholarly material in seminars.
Improving own Learning and Performance	though engagement with lecturer and with others in seminars; through feedback and discussions with lecturer.
Information Technology	use of catalogues and assessment of web material.
Personal Development and Career planning	personal advice on career goals offered on a on-to-one basis: not assessed.
Problem solving	reading texts and interpreting them.
Research skills	assessing scholarship in the field; using libraries for printed and manuscript materials;
Subject Specific Skills	Middle Welsh language
Team work	some work to be tackled jointly: no formal assessment.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7