ENGLISH
4260: CHAUCER
Revised
Syllabus for Weeks 10 – 15
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Contact Information: |
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Frank Grady |
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516-5510 (voicemail that turns to email) |
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Office hours: email me for an appointment via Zoom or chat |
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Updated
Course Requirements |
Status |
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One
short essay (± 800 words) |
15% |
Already
completed |
unchanged |
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History
slideshow presentation |
5% |
Already
completed |
unchanged |
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Term
ID Quiz #1 |
7.5% |
Already
completed |
unchanged |
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Extra
Tale summary |
5% |
Ongoing
until April 8 |
unchanged |
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Term
ID Quiz #2 |
7.5% |
Due
date April 29 |
unchanged |
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One
Chaucerian imitation, 15%; |
15% |
Due
May 6 |
unchanged |
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One
longer essay (±1800 words) |
20% |
Ongoing,
multiple due dates |
now
the only essay |
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New
online assignments/discussion board posts & replies |
25% |
Ongoing
until May 6; see breakdown and schedule
here |
brand-new! |
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Tentative Updated Syllabus: |
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WEEK |
DATE |
READING |
ASSIGNMENTS |
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10 |
Week of
MAR 30 |
The Franklin’s Tale: Love and
"maistrie"; demandes d’amour · Franklin's
Prologue and Tale (673-1624 / pp. 307-28) ·
Kittredge,
“The Marriage Group” (Canvas) |
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11 |
Week of
APR 6 |
The Pardoner's
Tale: Sermon and self-representation; Radix malorum est cupiditas · Pardoner's
Prologue and Tale (314-968 / pp. 233-48) Shipman and Prioresse:
Piety and impiety continued; medieval antisemitism · Shipman’s
Tale ( 1-434 / 359-67) ·
Prioresse's Tale (434-690 / pp. 367-73) |
Summaries due: Friar’s
& Summoner’s Tales |
Optional
ZOOM discussion WED APR
8 11AM |
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12 |
Week of
APR 13 |
The Monk’s Tale: De casibus tragedy and its discontents · Monk's
Prologue and Tale (1889-2807 / 418-440) |
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Optional
ZOOM discussion WED APR
15 11AM |
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13 |
Week of
APR 20 |
The Nun’s Priest’s Tale: Aesop meets Aquinas · Nun's
Priest's Prologue and Tale (2808-3446 / pp. 440-54) · Bose, “The Nun’s
Priest’s Tale” (Canvas) |
Optional
ZOOM discussion WED APR
22 11AM |
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14 |
Week of
APR 27 |
The Parson’s Tale: No more fables · Parson's
Prologue and Tale (1-74, “Lust” / pp. 501-03, 552-61) · Chaucer’s
Retractions (p. 570) · Grady, “Moral Chaucer” (Canvas) ·
Imitation workshop |
ID term quiz #2 |
Optional
ZOOM discussion WED APR 29 11AM |
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15 |
Week of
MAY 4 |
TBA |
Optional ZOOM
discussion WED MAY
6 11AM |
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