Engl 321 explores one of Chaucer's major works, The Canterbury Tales, along with some of his other poetry that can help us understand his works and his world. Academic goals of the course include a familiarity with Chaucer, some fluency in Middle English and an ability to negotiate the literary culture of medieval England.

Texts:
1) The Canterbury Tales: Fifteen Tales and the General Prologue. 2nd
Edition. Kolve, V.A. and Glending Olson, eds. (Norton, 2005).

2) The Yale Companion to Chaucer. Seth Lerer, ed. (Yale University
Press, 2007).