ENGL 303 - Chaucer

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University of Richmond

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Description:

Selected early works, "Troilus and Criseyde" and "The Canterbury Tales," with attention to Chaucer's life in context of late 14th-century culture and ideology. Prerequisite(s): English 297 or 298 with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This course explores the range of Chaucer's work. We pay particular attention to the social, economic, and political currents that inform Chaucer's poetry and analyze his aesthetic response to them. Our discussions are informed by methodologies of the new historicism, emphasizing some of the mediations through which modern readers are able to apprehend texts from the past as objects of study. We also pay particular attention to the performance of Middle English.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.richmond.edu

Phone Number:

(804) 289-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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