CHAUCER
Schedule
SCHEDULE OF READINGS
Sept. 12
Introduction. Chaucer’s Language. Selected Short
Poems
Sept.19
Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy
Sept. 26
The Book of the Duchess
Oct. 3
The House of Fame
Oct. 10
The Parliament of Fowles
Oct. 17
Legend of Good Women (‘Prologue Text F’;
Cleopatra)
Oct. 24
In-class essay; Troilus and Criseyde (Book I)
Oct. 31
Troilus and Criseyde (Book I)
Nov. 7
Troilus and Criseyde (Book II)
Nov. 14
Troilus and Criseyde (Book III)
Nov. 21
Troilus and Criseyde (Book IV)
Nov. 28
Troilus and Criseyde (Book V)
Dec. 5
In-Class Test
CHRISTMAS BREAK
Jan. 9
General Prologue; Knight’s Tale
Jan. 16
Miller’s Prologue and Tale; Reeve’s Prologue
and Tale, Cook’s Prologue and Tale
Jan. 23
Man of Law’s Introduction, Prologue, Tale, and
Epilogue; Prioress’s Tale
Jan. 30
Clerk’s Prologue and Tale; Merchant’s Prologue,
Tale and Epilogue
Feb. 6
Squire’s Introduction and Tale; Franklin’s
Prologue and Tale
Feb. 13
Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale
Feb. 20
READING WEEK
Feb. 27
Physician’s Tale; The Shipman’s Tale
Mar. 6
Pardoner’s Introduction, Prologue and Tale
Second Essay Due
Mar. 13
Friar’s Prologue and Tale; Summoner’s Prologue
and Tale; The Prologue and Tale of Sir Thopas; The Tale
of Melibee
Mar. 20
The Monk's Tale; the Nun’s Priest’s Prologue,
Tale, and Epilogue
Mar. 27
The Second Nun’s Prologue and Tale; The Canon’s
Yeoman’s Prologue and Tale
Apr. 3
The Manciple’s Prologue and Tale; The Parson’s
Prologue and Tale; Chaucer’s Retraction
Apr. 10
Overview and Review
Apr. 21
EXAM 7-10 pm in UC West Hall LO201
Readings
Chaucer, The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., Benson, ed.
(Houghton Mifflin);
Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, trans. Green
(Bobbs-Merril).
Recommended Readings:
Vergil, Aeneid;
Ovid, Metamorphoses;
Jean de Meun, The Romance of the Rose
Short supplementary on-line readings may be assigned
throughout the year.
Evaluation
First Term:
quizzes, translation exercises, lecture minutes 10%
in-class essay 15%
term test 15%
Second Term:
quizzes and translation exercises 5%
essay 20%
final exam 35%
Minutes and Mini Reports:
All minutes and short reports should be sent by attachment
to me electronically (via email) by Monday after your
Thursday presentation or minute-taking duty. This way
I can return them with suggestions in time to receive
a final draft by Wednesday or Thursday at the very latest
You will be assigned a grade out of 5 on your first
draft submitted.
Minutes and Mini Reports should be double-spaced, two
pages in length (approximately) and in black type. No
illustrations, please. They take up too much memory
and make for an inconsistent format. Please include
your sources: text and web. Minute takers: I will give
you my references for the lecture where these are appropriate.
If you use web resources, be selective and use more
than one. Some sites are pretty sketchy. Please check
at least one book source as well. I will be glad to
give you suggestions for reading.
If you have any questions BEFORE you give reports in
class, make sure you get them to me in good time. I
can not always attend to email the moment it comes in.
Allow a day at least—two is safer.
Links
www.utoronto.ca/writing
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