Chaucer

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This course surveys the works by Chaucer, including *The Canterbury Tales*, the dream visions, and *Troilus and Criseyde*. Students will learn how Geoffrey Chaucer became the “Father of English poetry,” and how his work has profoundly influenced both the literary canon and the very language itself. Besides reading Chaucer’s poetry in the original Middle English, we will also familiarize ourselves with late-medieval culture by exploring related primary and secondary texts.