Title: CHAUCER

PRQ:

We will read and analyze Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde and its sources, along with a few of the Canterbury Tales.  All Middle English writings will be read in the original language.  Class will be primarily discussion, with very few lectures.  Students should gain an appreciation of Chaucer\'s place in the canon of English literature, and they should be able to discuss coherently, both orally and in writing, problems posed by the texts in question.

Frequent translation assignments and 2-3 short paper assignments (2 pages each); assorted options for final paper/project.

The Riverside Chaucer, ed. Larry D. Benson.

Barry Windeatt, The Oxford Guides To Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde (OUP).