ENG 303-01 - Chaucer (Fall)

4 credits

Chaucer and Dante. This seminar will consider Chaucer’s engagement with one of his most significant literary influences, Dante, with a focus on how these two authors respond to the religious and political controversies of their times. We will read sections of Dante’s Vita Nuova and the entirety of The Divine Comedy along with Chaucer’s major works, including The House of Fame, Troilus and Criseyde, the Legend of Good Women, and selected Canterbury Tales. Students will be required to prepare informal research presentations in addition to an abstract and annotated bibliography that will lead to a final seminar paper.

Prerequisite: ENG 223.
Instructor: Arner