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CMS206

Trans/Atlantic Chaucer: Colonizing Identities in the Middle Ages

Subject code

CMS

Course Number

206

Instructor(s)

S. Federico

Course Long Title

Trans/Atlantic Chaucer: Colonizing Identities in the Middle Ages

Cross Listed Courses

Description

Reading and interpretation of Chaucer's major works, including The Canterbury Tales. Students interrogate the many ways Chaucer’s texts challenge assumptions of fixity, including definitions of gender, race, class, territory, and time. All works are read in Middle English.

Modes of Inquiry

Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]

Writing Credit

W2

Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements

(English: Medieval), (English: Pre-1800)

GEC This Course Belongs To

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Offering Frequency

Normally offered every year