EN 352: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Fall Semester 2005

Wednesday 1:20-3:50 in CNS 106

Syllabus

Subject to revision

Wednesday 9/7: Introduction

Chaucer’s World, Chaucer’s England, Chaucer’s Life, Chaucer’s English

Wednesday 9/14: The General Prologue

Response paper 1.

Wednesday 9/21: The Knight’s Tale, Parts 1 and 2.

Secondary reading: Selections from Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy.

Response paper 2.

Wednesday 9/28: The Knight’s Tale, Parts 3 and 4.

Response paper 3.

Wednesday 10/5: The Miller’s Tale and the Reeve’s Tale

Response paper 4.

Wednesday 10/12: The Wife of Bath’s Prologue

Response paper 5.

Wednesday 10/19: The Wife of Bath’s Tale and the Shipman’s Tale

Response paper 6.

Wednesday 10/26: The Friar’s Tale and the Summoner’s Tale

Mid-term essay due.

Wednesday 11/2: The Clerk’s Tale and the Merchant’s Tale

Response paper 7.

Wednesday 11/9: The Merchant’s Tale (continued) and the Franklin’s Tale

Response paper 8.

Wednesday 11/16: The Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale

Response paper 9.

Thanksgiving Break

Wednesday 11/30: The Prioress’s Tale and the Second Nun’s Tale

Response paper 10.

Wednesday 12/7: Chaucer’s tales; the Nun’s Priest’s Tale; the Parson’s Prologue; Chaucer’s Retraction

Critical research paper due.

Tuesday 12/13: Critical research papers returned with grades and comments.

Monday 12/19: Final exam. Revisions of critical research paper due.