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MEDIEVAL 427

CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY TALES

3 credits.

Study of the most famous and influential medieval English poet through his best-known work and its playful and profound responses to some of the most pressing literary, social, political, and spiritual issues of his time. Readings will be in the original Middle English; no prior experience with the language is required.

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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and critique content, style, and critical issues in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the work's relation to key cultural and historical issues in its own time. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify and apply methods and approaches for analysis of literary and cultural texts to demonstrate literature's contemporary and historical relevance. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Leverage writing as a mode of learning and means of conveying critical analysis. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and critique content, style, and critical issues in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the work's relation to key cultural and historical issues in its own time. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify and apply methods and approaches for analysis of literary and cultural texts to demonstrate literature's contemporary and historical relevance. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Leverage writing as a mode of learning and means of conveying critical analysis. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs. Audience: Undergraduate

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