COURSE:  ENG 336W-01                                                                                                        SPRING 2002

TIME AND PLACE:  MWF 9:00-9:50                               MCIVER 227                                             TISDALE

                               

TEXTS:  Chaucers Major Poetry, ed. Albert C. Baugh (Prentice Hall)

             Chaucer:  Sources and Backgrounds, ed. Robert P. Miller (Oxford)

 

DATE                     ASSIGNMENT

               

January

 

  14                          Introduction

 

  16                          The Life of Chaucer, The Language of Chaucer, Versification (xi-xlii)

                                                                               

CHAUCERS EARLY POETRY:  THE DREAM VISIONS

 

Getting Started:  The Black Plague

 

  18                          The Book of the Duchess (ll. 1-290)

 

  21                          Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

 

  23                          The Book of the Duchess (ll. 291-709)

 

  25                          The Book of the Duchess (ll. 710-1033)

 

  28                          The Book of the Duchess (ll. 1034-1334)

 

30                                     The Book of the Duchess (Summary]

 

February

 

 Writers Block:  Wanting to be Famous

 

   1                           The Hous of Fame (Book I:  ll. 1-508)

 

   4                           The Hous of Fame (Book II:  ll. 509-1090)

 

   6                           The Hous of Fame (Book III:  ll. 1091-2158)

 

   8                           The Hous of Fame (Summary)

 

Love:  Whats All the Fuss About?

 

  11                          The Parlement of Foules  (ll. 1-168)

 

  13                          The Parlement of Foules  (ll. 169-699)

 

  15                          Modes of Love (Miller Text:  Chapter VI)

 

  18                          Review Session on Chaucers Dream Visions

 

  20                          In-Class Essay on Chaucers Dream Visions

 

THE CANTERBURY TALES

 

THEOLOGY AND GENDER ISSUES

 

                                                                What Does God Do:  Judge or Love?

 


  22                          General Prologue (ll. 1-42, 747-858)

                                Parsons Prologue (ll. 1-59)

                                End of the World and Last Judgment (Miller Text:  Chapter IX, pp. 484-497)

 

  25                          General Prologue (ll. 43-746)

 

  27                          General Prologue (ll. 43-746)

 

 What Does Man Do:  Grab or Let Go?

 

March

 

   1                           The Knights Tale (ll. 859-1354)

 

   4                           The Knights Tale (ll. 1355-1880)

 

   6                           The Knights Tale (ll. 1881-2482)

 

   8                           The Knights Tale (ll. 2483-3186)

                               

   9-16                      SPRING BREAK

 

  18                          PAPER DUE (First VersionPrimary Sources OnlySee Note Below)

 

  20                          The Knights Tale [Summary]

 

  22                          RETURN PAPERS (Explanation of Second Version)

 

25                                     The Millers Tale

 

Men and Women:  Whos the Boss?

 

  27                          The Antifeminist Tradition (Miller Text: Chapter VIII)

 

  29                          Spring Holiday

 

April

 

   1                           The Wife of Baths Tale (ll. 1-856)

                               

   3                           The Wife of Baths Tale (ll. 1-856)

 

   5                           The Wife of Baths Tale (ll. 857-1264]

 

   8                           Marriage and the Good Woman (Miller Text:  Chapter VII)

 

10                                      The Clerks Tale (ll. 1-1212)

 

  12                          The Franklins Tale (ll. 709-1624)

 

The Garden of Eden:  It Happens Almost Once a Day

 

  15                          The Nuns Priests Tale (ll. 3957-4636)

 

  17                          The Merchants Tale (ll. 1213-2418)

 

  19                          Review Session on Chaucers Theology and Gender Issues

 

  22                          In-Class Essay on Theology and Gender Issues

CHAUCER AND THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH

 

The Medieval Church:  Gateway to Heaven or Pathway to Hell?

 

  24                          Antifraternal Texts (Miller Text:  Chapter V)

 

  26                          The Friars Tale (ll. 1265-1664)

The Summoners Tale (ll. 1665-2294)

 

  30                          The Pardoners Tale (ll. 287-462)

 

May

 

   1                           The Canons Yeomans Tale (ll. 720-1481)

 

   3                           PAPER DUE (Second VersionSee Note BelowAt least four separate footnoted sources required)

 

   6                           Review for Exam

 

  10                          Final Exam:  8:00-12:00

 

NOTES: 1) All assignments of individual authors and works include the preceding introductions.

 

                                2)Class participation:  The instructor assumes that your presence in class means that you have read the assignment.  He will call on you from time to time and expects you to contribute to discussion.  If it is clear that you are consistently not prepared then your final grade will be lowered.  There may be times when pressing duties prevent you from completing the reading.  Please inform the instructor beforehand so that he will know not to call on you.  Always bring your text to class.

 

                                3)Attendance Policy:  Students are allowed seven cuts for whatever reason.  After that a letter grade is dropped from the final average.  After ten cuts, then two grades are dropped, and so on.  Tardiness is counted as a cut.

 

                                4)Bad Weather Policy:  Class will be held unless there is a media announcement that the University is closed.

 

                                5)Leaving the room while class is in session.  Leaving class while it is in session without notifying the instructor is considered impolite.  Leaving and returning, except in the case of an emergency, is considered disrespectful.  Such instances will be noted and counted as a cut.

 

                                6)Writing Intensive Course:  This means that special attention in this class is given to writing skills.  Consult the syllabus for how this works.  In addition, students may voluntarily seek out individual conferences with the instructor.  As the syllabus indicates, there will be five writing assignments:  Two In-Class essays, the exam, and a term paper in two versions.  The first version is to be written in response to a thesis you develop out of the primary material.  The second version involves both a revision and the addition of secondary research from the library.  You are to integrate at least four different secondary sources into your paper as footnotes.

In addition to the writing assignments, the instructor will give 3-5 unannounced short answer quizzes throughout the semester.  Each of the five writing assignments and the average of the short quizzes will count 1/6 of your final grade.     

 

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