EN 352: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Spring Semester 2010
Wednesday 11:00-1:30
Syllabus
Subject to revision
Wednesday 1/20:Introduction: Chaucer’s England, Chaucer’s English
Wednesday 1/27: The General Prologue
Response paper 1.
Wednesday 2/3: The Knight's Tale, Parts 1-2
Supplemental reading: Selections from Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy
Response paper 2.
Wednesday 2/10: The Knight's Tale, Parts 3-4
Response paper 3.
Wednesday 2/17: The Miller's Tale and The Reeve's Tale
Response paper 4.
Wednesday 2/24: The Wife of Bath's Prologue
Response paper 5.
Wednesday 3/3: The Wife of Bath's Tale and The Shipman's Tale
[Spring Break]
Wednesday 3/17: Mid-Term Exam
Wednesday 3/24: The Friar's Tale and The Summoner's Tale
Response paper 6.
Wednesday 3/31: The Clerk's Tale
Response paper 7.
Wednesday 4/7: The Merchant's Tale and The Franklin's Tale
Response paper 8.
Wednesday 4/14: The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
Response paper 9.
Wednesday 4/21: The Prioress's Tale and The Second Nun's Tale
Response paper 10.
Monday 4/26 and Thursday 4/29: Individual conferences on the critical research paper.
Wednesday 4/28: Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas and The Nun's Priest's Tale
Wednesday 5/5: (Last class meeting) The Parson's Prologue and Chaucer's Retraction
Saturday, May 8, 3:00 PM: Final exam.
Critical research paper returned with grades and comments.
Wednesday, May 12, 5:00 PM: Revisions of critical research paper due.