ENGLISH/MDST
316/WTSG 305: GEOFFREY CHAUCER
10:50-12:05
TTH
TEXTS:
Geoffrey
Chaucer, The Riverside Chaucer, ed. Larry D. Benson (Oxford, 1988), pb.
0192821091 Used $42.50 PR1851 .B46 1987
Cassette
Recording, The General Prologue, by Paul Thomas (Provo: The Chaucer
Studio, 1994).
Boethius,
Consolation of Philosophy, trans. V.E. Watts (Penguin), pb. $11.16
0140447806 B659.C2 E59 1969
Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, trans. Nevill Coghill (Penguin, rpt. 1995) $9.95 0140442391PR1870 .A1 C63 1977
SYLLABUS:
Th Jan. 13 Introduction: “To Rosemounde”
Tu
Jan. 18 Chaucer's Short Poems:
"Gentilesse," "Truth"
Th
Jan. 20 "Envoy a
Scogan," "Envoy a Bukton"
Tu Jan. 25
"Complaint to His Purse"
Short Paper #1 Due
Th Jan. 27
Book of the Duchess
Read Macrobius,
from the Commentary on the Dream of Scipio, in Miller, pp. 44-52
Tu Feb.
2 Read Ovid, “Ceyx and Alcyone,”
from the Metamorphoses, in Miller, pp. 106-12
And Andreas Capellanus, from The Treatise
on Love, “Distinctions concerning Love” and “The Rules of Love,” in Miller,
pp. 291-99
Th Feb. 4 General Prologue to the CT:
Introduction and Retraction to the Canterbury Tales
Listen to
the General Prologue on tape
Tu Feb. 9
The Knight: Read Geoffroi de Charny, from The Book of Chivalry:
“The Making of a Knight,” in Miller, pp. 166-68; Rámon Lull, from The Book
of the Order of Chivalry, on “The Origins and Purpose of Chivalry,” and
“The Office of Knighthood,” in Miller, pp. 180-86
Tu Feb. 16
The Wife of Bath, the Merchant, the Miller, the Reeve
Read Ovid, from Amores, on “The Lover’s
Warfare,” in Miller, pp. 286-88
Tu Feb. 23 Short Paper #2 Due
Th Feb. 25 Boethius,
Consolation of Philosophy, Books 1-3
Tu Mar. 1
Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, Books 4-5
Th Mar. 3
Knight’s Tale, Part One
Read: Giovanni Boccaccio, from the Teseide, “Emilia appears to Palemon and Arcita,” in Miller, pp. 323-28
Fr Mar.
4 Mid-term Exam due at 9 A.M.
Tu Mar. 8
Spring Break
Tu Mar. 15 Knight’s
Tale, Part Two and Three
Read: Giovanni Boccaccio, from the Teseide, “Arcita’s
Prayer to Mars,” “Gloss: The Temple of Mars,” “Gloss: The Temple of Venus,” in
Miller, pp. 329-43
Th Mar. 17 Knight’s
Tale, Part Four
Tu Mar. 22 Miller’s
Tale
Th Mar. 24 Reeve’s Tale
Tu Mar. 29 Wife of Bath's
Prologue
Read: Bartholomaeus Anglicus, from The Properties of
Things, on “Husband and Wife,” in Miller, pp. 385-87; Miller,on “The
Antifeminist Tradition,” pp. 399-402, Theophrastus, from The Golden Book on
Marriage, in Miller, pp. 411-14; and St. Jerome, from The Epistle
Against Jovinian, in Miller, pp. 415-36
Tu Apr. 5 Clerk's
Tale
Read Petrarch’s Story of
Griselda, in Miller, pp. 137-52
Th Apr. 7
Spring Recess
Tu Apr. 12 Merchant's Tale
Th Apr. 14 Franklin's Tale Short
Paper #3 Due
Read Giovanni Boccaccio, from Il Filocolo, “The
Question of Menedon and Fiammetta’s Opinion,” in Miller, pp. 121-35
Tu Apr. 19 Troilus and Criseyde, Book 1 (in
translation)
Th Apr. 21 Troilus and Criseyde, Book 2 & 3
Tu Apr. 26 Troilus and Criseyde, Book 4 & 5
Th Apr. 28 Conclusions
Fr Apr 29
Exam on Second Part of the Course is Due: 9:00 A.M.
Requirements:
1. Several short (2-5 pp.) papers, any of which
can be revised for a possible higher grade
2
Take-home Honor-Code bound e-Midterm and Final Examinations
Papers: 50% of your grade; Exams: 50% of your
grade. Participation (which is required) enhances final grades.
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