| Course Title: Chaucer: 'The Canterbury Tales' |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| Description: Known as a storyteller par excellence, Chaucer was also a famous reader of classical epic, romance, and philosophy. This research seminar will give students the opportunity to read the Canterbury Tales in light of the work's cultural, historical, and literary contexts. Throughout the semester, students will engage with Chaucer's tales and his favorite sources to examine and discuss his representations of gender and class, his perspectives on religious authority, his use of the English vernacular, and his commitment to poetry. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Wesley Yu | 413-538-2825 | wyu@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Discussion | Tuesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 319 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ENGL-199 and 8 credits in the department. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Meets the English department's legacy pre-1700 requirement. |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 9 | Available: 9 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey Copyright: 2008 Edition: 2 Volume: ISBN: 9781554811069 Publisher: Broadview |
Required | 35.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Order on your own with enough time for delivery. Please arrange to have your textbooks in hand by the first day of class. |