The medieval muse: Chaucer and the classical world
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As well as offering the most significant creative depiction of late medieval England, Geoffrey Chaucer also produced work that engaged with the Classical period, using Classical Greece and Rome as a setting for his creative work, translating the work of Classical writers, or attempting to raise himself to become part of the Classical canon. This course explores Chaucer’s relationship with the Classical period and its great poets and philosophers.
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Describe the reasons why Chaucer wished to translate classical texts, and relate to classical poet figures.
Recognise the works that relate to the Classical world.
Evaluate Chaucer’s work in relation to his Classical predecessors.
Recognise Classical philosophy in Chaucer’s writing.
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The key classical writers who influenced his work.
The way that Chaucer represents the classical world.
Significant texts, for example The Knight’s Tale from the Canterbury Tales and Boece.
Chaucer’s concern to relate himself as a poet to the classical writers, someone ‘on their level’.
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The medieval muse: Chaucer and the classical world