Academic Calendar - 2018 ARCHIVE

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2018ARCHIVE
Western Main Campus

English 3315E

DISENCHANTED CHAUCER: AUTHORITY AND LITERATURE IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND


The authority of crown, family, and church, and even the texts that supported those institutions, was questioned in the late medieval period. While introducing the Middle English language, this course will explore how Geoffrey Chaucer and his contemporaries used literature to critique social and political institutions.

Antirequisite(s): The former English 3116E.

Prerequisite(s): At least 60% in 1.0 of English 1020E or English 1022E or English 1024E or English 1035E or English 1036E or English 1042E or both of English 1027F/G and English 1028F/G, or permission of the Department.

Extra Information: 3 hours.

Course Weight: 1.00
Breadth: CATEGORY B i  
Subject Code: ENGLISH