EGL 205 - The Road to Canterbury

Course Units: 1.0

This class will focus on Geoffrey Chaucer’s seminal work, The Canterbury Tales, as a way to introduce the language, culture, and literature of fourteenth-century England. We’ll read selections of the Tales, learning the rudiments of written and spoken Middle English along the way. In addition, students will explore the following topics in relation to Chaucer’s work: narrative and story-telling, literary authority, social and class status, gender, racial, religious, and sexual difference, cultural memory, and more. Prerequisite(s): One 100-level English course or a score of 5 on the AP English Language or Literature and Composition test. CQ: HUL, HUM, WAC, JLIT, JCHF