English Literature (ENG) |
118 Prince Lucien Campbell, 541-346-3911
English
College of Arts & Sciences
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G - Pre-major, major, or minor are required to take this course graded to be applied to major/minor requirements
M - Major, minor, pre-major, or concentration restrictions. If restricted by date, click on CRN to see effective dates; courses with no date are restricted through the registration deadline. Contact the academic department for additional information.
r - Registration restricted to ENG majors through March 5, 2025
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Course Data
| ENG 427 Chaucer |
4.00 cr. |
| Close textual study of selected Canterbury Tales in Middle English; instruction in the grammar and pronunciation of Chaucer's language. |
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Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Laskaya A  |
Office:
357 PLC
Phone:
(541) 346-1517
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| Office Hours: |
1030 - 1200 W |
office hrs and appts on Zoom. |
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1300 - 1430 T |
Subject to change |
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Only Open to Majors/Minors:
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English, Medieval Studies
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Not Open to:
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Freshman, Sophomore
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CRN |
Avail |
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Day |
Location |
Instructor |
Notes |
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11920 |
0 |
30 |
1000-1150 |
tr |
102 PETR |
Laskaya A |
GMr |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| September 28: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| October 4: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 4: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 5: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| October 5: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| October 6: |
Add this course |
| October 6: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| October 12: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 12: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 19: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 19: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 26: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| October 26: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| November 16: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| November 16: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| ENG 427 invites students to engage with selections from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Texts will include the more familiar tales, like the Knight's Tale and the Wife of Bath's Tale, but also some less familiar elegiac, philosophic, and comic tales. Chaucer will be read in the original Middle English, providing students a chance to engage rigorously with one of the most influential late medieval English authors.
Besides working on Middle English for the term (to gain a sense of its difference from Modern English but also its sounds and poetic effects), students will gain some exposure to and negotiate a range of interpretations found within contemporary Chaucerian literary criticism and those generated within our class itself. We will examine at least one contemporary adaptation/borrowing from Chaucer: Patience Agbabi’s Telling Tales, 2014.
Discussion, punctuated with occasional lectures, will focus most class sessions, consequently attendance and participation are required. A few lectures will provide literary, cultural, archival, and historical frameworks and will examine linguistic features of texts; however, most work in class--once students gain familiarity with the Middle English--will be discussion-based. We will probe the text, and our own interpretations, locating key interpretative questions and reflecting on our own assumptions from several different analytical perspectives. Close reading, discussion, quizzes, papers, participation, and some informal writing will provide the basis for assessment in the course. One paperback book is required; this course does not use e-books, since research consistently demonstrates that engaging with the material book results in significantly better learning, achievement, and understanding. Course materials cost less than $40.
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