Wangaratta U3A is opening their online course on Old English, to members of other U3As.
Not only is Old English the ancestor of the language we now speak, but it is of critical importance in the history of Germanic and world languages by preserving one of the richest bodies of vernacular literature in poetry and prose in the Early Middle Ages. It includes some works, such as Beowulf, that are touchstones of world literature.
This course will develop basic skills in reading Old English, moving towards reading the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, sections from the Old English Heptateuch and Bede’s History, as well as passages from important poems such as The Dream of the Rood and Beowulf itself.
Please send an expression of interest to u3awangaratta@gmail.com and further details of enrolment will be sent when our new Member Wizard system is ready to go.
Monday evenings, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Beginning 3 February, 2025