16.7 2nd and 3rd year Stephanie Trigg. First semester Two 1.5-hour seminars per week. Students who complete this subject successfully:

• will have a reading knowledge of the main forms of Middle English, especially the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer;
• will be familiar with some of the genres of medieval literature and the critical problems involved in their interpretation;
• will be familiar with current historicist approaches to medieval texts;
• will have completed a detailed study of one of the set texts and some aspect of its historical context.

This subject is an introduction to some of the texts and contexts of medieval English writing, with a special focus on the late fourteenth century, and the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer. Written work of not more than 5,000 words. Benson L ed The Riverside Chaucer 3rd ed OUP Burrow J A and Turville-Petre T eds A Book of Middle English Oxford 16.7 Stephanie Trigg. First semester. Two 1.5-hour seminars each week Students who complete this subject successfully:

• will have a reading knowledge of the main forms of Middle English, especially the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer;
• will be familiar with some of the genres of medieval literature and the critical problems involved in their interpretation;
• will be familiar with current historicist approaches to medieval texts;
• will have completed a detailed study of one of the set texts and some aspect of its historical context.

This subject is an introduction to some of the texts and contexts of medieval English writing, with a special focus on the late fourteenth century, and the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer. Written work of not more than 5,000 words. Benson L ed The Riverside Chaucer 3rd ed OUP Burrow J A and Turville-Petre T eds A Book of Middle English Oxford 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Mary Dove. First semester Two 1.5-hour seminars per week. Students completing this subject should:

• be able to read the main dialects of late Middle English, and be familiar with the reference works available in this area;
• be familiar with the main literary traditions within which late medieval poets are writing, with a focus on Chaucer;
• be acquainted with medieval literary theory, and 20th-century theoretical writings on medieval literature;
• have developed their writing skills across a range of forms.

An introduction to the languages and literature of late medieval England. Written work of up to 5,000 words. Benson L ed The Riverside Chaucer 3rd ed OUP Burrow J A and Turville-Petre T eds A Book of Middle English Oxford