Spring 2027

Chaucers Courtly Poetry

Study of Chaucer's courtly poetry, including lyrics, dream visions, and Troilus and Criseyde, read in original Middle English without prior language experience.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Lisa Cooper3.8/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 3.79 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.61 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.45 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and critique critical issues surrounding Geoffrey Chaucer's courtly poetry.

  • Develop ability reading texts written in Medieval English.

  • Identify and apply methods and approaches for analysis of literary and cultural texts to demonstrate literature's contemporary and historical relevance.

  • Leverage writing as a mode of learning and means of conveying critical analysis.

  • Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
ENGL/MEDIEVAL 426

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Lisa Cooper

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 3.79 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

LISA COOPER is recorded teaching in Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 3.79 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.61 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.45 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Short lyrics on love
  • Dream visions
  • Historical romance Troilus and Criseyde
  • Middle English language

Skills

  • Reading texts written in Medieval English
  • Critiquing critical issues in Chaucer's courtly poetry
  • Applying methods for analysis of literary and cultural texts
  • Writing critical analysis

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ENGL/MEDIEVAL 426 · Spring 2027

Chaucers Courtly Poetry

Recorded 2026-10-14
ENGL/MEDIEVAL 426 · Spring 2027

Chaucers Courtly Poetry

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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