ENGL 4010 - Chaucer and His World

3 cr. 3 hr. May be offered less than once every two years.

This course focuses primarily on Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales as well as his Troilus and Criseyde and other more minor texts in context of the history and culture of fourteenth-century England. Students learn to read Chaucer’s Middle English and recite it. The Tales are studied both in the framework of the interrelated stories told by the pilgrim characters on the way to Cantebury and individually as they represent various medieval genres and issues of concern and interest to audiences both contemporary and modern. LIT

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1200 and satisfactory completion of one 3 cr. literature course at the 2000 or 3000 level, or permission of instructor.