May 09, 2025  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025 
  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

ENGL 410 - Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales


3 Credit Hours
A close reading of the major Tales in Middle English. This course emphasizes the cultural, historical, and philosophical elements in the texts with a special consideration of Chaucer’s response to the antifeminist tradition of the Middle Ages. This course will include a research assignment. Students are strongly encouraged to complete ENGL 210 Methods Workshop and/or ENGL 205: Lit & the Moral Imagination or equivalent before enrolling. 

Prerequisites: ENGL101 or ENGL115

Course Attributes: Catholicism & Culture Minor, Humanities Elective

Levels: Graduate Undergraduate


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