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Class meets on Mondays
and Wednesdays, 3:30-4:45 p.m., in the Richard Rawlinson Center
for Anglo-Saxon Studies and Manuscript Research (113E Walwood
Hall). Occasional class meetings in the Rare Book Room of Waldo
Library and an excursion to Hesburgh Library at the University
of Notre Dame may be arranged.
The following required
texts are available for purchase in the University Bookstore
and at the WMU bookstore in the Bernhard Center:
Students are responsible
for a research paper, two seminar reports, a list of manuscript
images on an episode in the Apocalypse, and an annotated bibliography,
as well as the completion of reading assignments and participation
in class discussion. Meetings with the instructor outside of
class time about progress on assignments will unquestionably
help students succeed in the course. A full letter grade will
be deducted for any assignments delivered after their due date.
Written assignments must be submitted in hard copy, unless other
arrangements are made with the instructor in advance.
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Each student will write a research paper (1800-2200 words)
with full documentation. The topic, which will probably be
related to the topic of one of the seminar reports (see below),
will be developed in consultation with the instructor. The
paper should not chronicle everything the student has learned
during the course of research but should instead present a
coherent and focused analysis. Progress reports of 200-400
words are due on February 13 and March 15, the paper (not
a “draft”) is due on April 12, and a revised and
refined version of the paper is due on April 27 at 2:45 p.m.
(30% of the final grade.)
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Each student will present two seminar reports, one on a medieval
manuscript of the Apocalypse and one on the visual treatment
of an episode in the Apocalypse in medieval manuscript art.
The length and timing of these reports will depend in part
on the number of students in the class, with the reports on
manuscripts beginning February 22 and those on illustrations
of episodes in the Apocalypse beginning March 22. (30% of
the final grade)
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Each
student will prepare a list of manuscript images of the episode
from the Apocalypse that is the subject of the second seminar
report. A working version is due on March 22, and the final
list is due on April 12. (10% of the final grade)
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Each student will develop an annotated bibliography that includes
an entry for all essays included in The Apocalypse in
the Middle Ages. A working version is due on April 3,
and the final bibliography is due on April 19. (10% of the
final grade)
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Participation in class discussion is required. A portion of
the class discussion will be focused on assigned readings.
(20% of the final grade)
In accordance with
the WMU Graduate Catalog, grades carry the significance indicated:
A |
Outstanding,
Exceptional |
4.0 |
BA |
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3.5 |
B |
Very
Good |
3.0 |
CB |
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2.5 |
C |
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2.0 |
DC |
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1.5 |
D |
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1.0 |
E |
Failing |
0.0 |
X |
Failure
(Unofficial Withdrawal) |
0.0 |
W |
Official
Withdrawal |
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I |
Incomplete |
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The grade of incomplete
will be given only when illness, necessary absence, or other
reasons beyond the control of the student prevent completion
of course requirements by the end of the term.
There are no prerequisites
for this course, but an elementary knowledge of Latin is assumed.
No knowledge of modern foreign languages is assumed; nevertheless,
students may be working with some texts in foreign languages
for their research papers. The assignments for this seminar
require some work in the Rare Book Room of Waldo Library (or
a comparably richly endowed collection). Students should be
aware that the Rare Book Room has limited hours. They will need
to plan their schedules accordingly.
All written assignments
should be in good strong prose; see Strunk and White, The
Elements of Style, for advice on how to achieve this. All
assignments should be professionally presented, following the
guidelines for Medieval Institute Publications (available as
a PDF file at the MIP
Web site, click on “MIP Stylesheet”), except
that italics are acceptable in place of underlining. Notice
that the MIP Stylesheet assumes that a bibliography of works
cited will be included and that a shortened form of citation
will be used in notes. Please follow this in practice. In citing
internet and other electronic sources (not addressed in the
MIP Stylesheet), please follow Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger,
Online!
A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources (New York,
1998).
Students are expected
to attend class regularly. Any absence must be explained to
the instructor, in advance when possible, in person, via e-mail,
or by phone.
The only e-mail address
that should be used for communication between WMU students and
WMU faculty and staff is the e-mail address associated with
a BroncoNet ID. Students can access this e-mail account or get
instructions for obtaining a BroncoNet ID at GoWMU.wmich.edu.
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