ENGL-722 Chaucer

Professor Szittya

Critical study of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and its poetics of subversion. There will be occasional excursions into medieval lore, including Gothic art, iconography, medieval astrology and other occult sciences, Boethian philosophy, courtly love, antifeminism, and social symbolism. Emphasis in the study of the Tales themselves will be on narratology, with particular attention to the multiplication of narrators and perspectives, the varieties of irony, and the subversion of authors, authorities, and texts. There will be some examination of the Tales from the perspective of modern critical theory. Weekly short writing assignments; one major paper; a research project. Every student will be asked to lead a discussion twice (or more, depending on class enrollment) with a colleague.

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