Chaucer Syllabus 2012 rev.docVIP

 College of Arts and Science English Department EN 503 Chaucer 2012-13 First Semester Instructor: Dr. Janie Caves McCauley Office: FA (Speech Floor) 309 Office Hours: MWF 2:10-2:50 pm; other times by appointment Phone: Ext. 2815; 244-0464 E-mail: wjmccaul@ (preferred); Jmccaule@ Textbooks: Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Complete Poetry and Prose of Geoffrey Chaucer. 2nd ed. Ed. John H. Fisher. Fort Worth: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1989. Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. Online interlinear text at /cantales.htm or /~chaucer/teachslf/gp-par.htm. Meeting: TTH (3:30-4:50 pm), Section 1 (Al 112) Credit/Load: 3 semester hours / 3 load Catalog Description: [A study of p]oems representative of Chaucer’s three literary periods, with primary emphasis on Canterbury Tales and Troylus and Criseyde. Prerequisite: En 202. Course Context: This course supports the following goals of the graduate program in English: To provide advanced studies in literary texts, periods, and backgrounds and in literary and composition theory To offer theoretical and practical instruction in the teaching of composition and of English as a second language Value written expression that is aesthetically or culturally influential This course supports the following Program Learning Outcomes for the graduate degree in English: Demonstrate a thorough familiarity with the history of the English language, English and American literature, the methods of literary research, and composition and literary theory Discover meaning in a broad range of literary forms Demonstrate in critical writing the analytical research skills appropriate for professional situations and properly employing the conventions of professional academic discourse Provide a mature Christian response to issues surrounding the study of literature` as well as issues of aesthetics and the censorship of objectionable elements Apply skills to reading, research and communication to teaching situations or to further