English 416 - Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Discussion of the greatest pre-Shakespearean English literary work, in the light of late-Medieval art, thought, and aesthetics. Emphasis on Chaucer's sense of making a book, and his notions of the purpose (and limits) of fictions.

This course is open to Senior and Junior English Majors only. PreReq:English200w/CorE200&201