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Academic Year 2005/2006

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
ENGL 209 FA

This course will concentrate on Chaucer¿s best known, though incomplete, works: The Canterbury Tales. We will situate Chaucer¿s text within the vibrant social, cultural, political and religious context of late fourteenth-century England. Special attention will be paid to the tensions between the various elements represented in the pilgrims¿ Tales and their interactions with one another. In addition, the class will also examine the Canterbury Tales as an anthology of medieval literary genres, including romance, fabliau, and saints¿ lives. We will read this text in the original Middle English and, therefore, will carefully work our way through the tales; by the end of the course, you will be able to read and recite Chaucer¿s Middle English with fluency.

MAJOR READINGS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Vines,Amy Noelle   

Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: FISK210;

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 40)

SR. major: 7   Jr. major: 15

SR. non-major: 4   Jr. non-major: 2   SO: 2   FR: X

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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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