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English 113B - Summer Sessions I, 2017
Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
Class Information
Instructor:
Smith, Kendra
CRN:
53728
Time:
TWR 12:10-1:50
Location:
25 Wellman
Description
In this course, we will read and explore the most well-known of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, his famous 14th-century frame narrative that depicts a disparate group of pilgrims making their journey to Canterbury Cathedral. Along the way, pilgrims tell stories that range from the courtly, to the contemplative, to the unexpectedly bawdy.
We will examine how selected Tales relate to their tellers, and also to each other within the greater narrative framework. Parallel to Chaucer's work, we will also attend to the work's literary, cultural, social and religious contexts (including aspects of material culture), and how the Tales provided innovation in the areas of genre, poetics, narrative, character and even the English language.
Grading
Participation 10%
Quizzes/In-class exercises 10% (including Middle English translations)
Midterm exam 20%
Short paper 15%
Long paper 25%
Final Exam 20%
Texts
The Canterbury Tales (Original Middle English Spelling edition)
, Jill Mann