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| IDE6963 | Medieval Literature and Chaucer | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course mainly aims to enable the students to appreciate Medieval English Literature with its main literary traditions, Geoffrey Chaucer and his place in English Literature. It also aims to make students to develop a critical attitude both to the medieval world and the cliches about it. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The course covers the detailed and comprehensive study of the major works of Geoffrey Chaucer within the literary, political, social and historical context of the Middle Ages and especially the fourteenth century. It covers the literary traditions associated with the cultures of early and late medieval England through the study of examplary texts, which is essential for a better understanding and appreciation of Medieval English Literature and Chaucer. It thus introduces and studies romance, frame-tale convention, dream-vision convention and allegory. More specifically, the course focuses on Chaucer, his times and his significance in English Literature by an indepth analysis of his major works. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Social, historical and literary background of the Middle Ages | | | Week 2 | Social, historical and literary background of the Middle Ages | | | Week 3 | Social, historical and literary background of the Middle Ages | | | Week 4 | Key terms and concepts of the Middle Ages and Medieval Literature: Feudalism, chivalry, three estates, romance, courtly love, allegory, dream vision, frame tale | | | Week 5 | Key terms and concepts of the Middle Ages and Medieval Literature: Feudalism, chivalry, three estates, romance, courtly love, allegory, dream vision, frame tale | | | Week 6 | Key terms and concepts of the Middle Ages and Medieval Literature: Feudalism, chivalry, three estates, romance, courtly love, allegory, dream vision, frame tale | | | Week 7 | Romance, courtly love tradition and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | | | Week 8 | Allegory, Dream vision convention and Langlands Piers the Plowman | | | Week 9 | Chaucer, early works- dream-vision poems
Book of the Duchess
The House of Fame
| | | Week 10 | Chaucer, early works- dream-vision poems
Book of the Duchess
The House of Fame
| | | Week 11 | The Parliament of Fowls
The Legend of Good Women
| | | Week 12 | The Parliament of Fowls
The Legend of Good Women
| | | Week 13 | The Canterbury Tales: The General Prologue and the Tales | | | Week 14 | The Canterbury Tales: The General Prologue and the Tales | | | Week 15 | Troilus and Criseyde | | | Week 16 | Final Examination | | | |
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