ENG 670 - Chaucer and Medieval Traditions

Credits: 3

Examines literary, linguistic and historical aspects of Chaucerian texts. Students investigate genre, style, structure and themes of various stories in Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. Students explore meaning of Chaucerian texts in context of social history, examining such topics as religion, gender, class and commerce. Includes how to pronounce and translate medieval English by reading Canterbury Tales in original form.