Medieval Literature: Old English to Middle English.

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Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 201 , ENGL 202 , ENGL 203 , ENGL 204 , ENGL 205 , ENGL 206 , ENGL 211 , ENGL 215 , ENGL 217 , ENGL 236 , ENGL 250 , ENGL 291 , ENGL 295 or NEXT 240 . A study of texts in Old and Middle English, and the literary and cultural traditions that influence the rise of English literature over 500 years from the early to the High Middle Ages, or from Bede and Beowulf to Chaucer.