ENGL 313 - Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales

FDR: HL, GE3
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall 2009 and alternate years

Prerequisite: Three credits in 200-level English.This course introduces students to Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and to the literary culture of the late-14th century. We read The Canterbury Tales as well as occasional offerings from Chaucer’s contemporaries in order to explore concerns such as gender roles, genre play, and class consciousness. All medieval English literature is read in the original Middle English, though no previous exposure to the language is expected or required.Jirsa.