EN 352: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Spring Semester 2007
Tuesday and Thursday 5:00-6:15
Syllabus
Subject to revision
Tuesday 1/16:Introduction: Chaucer’s England, Chaucer’s English
Thursday 1/18: The General Prologue
Tuesday 1/23: The General Prologue (cont.)
Response paper 1.
Thursday 1/25: The Knight's Tale, Part 1
Response paper 2.
Tuesday 1/30: The Knight's Tale, Part 2
Thursday 2/1: The Knight's Tale, Part 3
Response paper 3.
Tuesday 2/6: The Knight's Tale, Part 4
Thursday 2/8: The Miller's Tale
Tuesday 2/13: The Reeve's Tale
Response paper 4.
Thursday 2/15: The Man of Law's Tale
Tuesday 2/20: The Wife of Bath's Prologue
Thursday 2/22: The Wife of Bath's Prologue (cont.)
Tuesday 2/27: The Wife of Bath's Tale
Thursday 3/1: The Shipman's Tale
Response paper 5.
Tuesday 3/6: Essay workshop.
Thursday 3/8: The Friar's Tale
Spring Break
Tuesday 3/20: The Summoner's Tale
Thursday 3/22: The Clerk's Tale
Response paper 6.
Tuesday 3/27: The Merchant's Tale
Thursday 3/29: The Franklin's Tale
Response paper 7.
Tuesday 4/3:The Prioress's Tale
Thursday 4/5: No class meeting-- Easter Break.
Tuesday 4/10: The Second Nun's Tale
Response paper 8.
Thursday 4/12: The Pardoner's Prologue
Tuesday 4/17: The Pardoner's Tale
Response paper 9.
Thursday 4/19: Chaucer's Tales ("Sir Thopas" and "Melibee")
Tuesday 4/24: Individual conferences on critical research papers
Thursday 4/26: The Nun's Priest's Tale
Response paper 10.
Tuesday 5/1: The Parson's Prologue and Chaucer's Retraction
Saturday 5/5: Final exam.
Critical research paper returned with grades and comments.
Thursday 5/10: Revisions of critical research paper due.