A survey of the wide range of Chaucer’s writings: selections may be drawn from Chaucer’s early lyric poetry, to his short stories known collectively as the Canterbury Tales, to his dream visions, to his novel-like romance, Troilus and Criseyde. To better appreciate Chaucer’s debt to tradition and his creative innovations, students will also read literature written by Chaucer’s contemporaries; selections will vary. (Group III)