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Lecture Goals General Prologue Portraits Discussion of Estates Satire and Chaucer’s voicing Miller’s Tale

Chaucer Challenge Optional contest – extra credit toward course participation grade Write your own General Prologue—set at UCSD E-Submit to Prof. Lampert-Weissig by 5 pm Oct. 22 (llampert@ucsd.edu) Subject heading: Chaucer challenge

Contemporary Estates Satire Mean Girls

Thinksheet Week 2 Due at the beginning of your section Double-spaced, typed. ½ to one full page. No more than one page. Read through each of the following portraits carefully: The Monk (lines 165-207) The Friar (lines 209-271) The Clerk (lines 287-310) The Parson (lines 480-530) Pick ONE of these portraits and respond to the following about it: 1. Make a list of 3-5 important details in the pilgrim’s portrait. 2. What kind of details are these? Ironic? Serious? What is their effect? How do they work to create this effect? 3. How would you characterize the point of view of the narrator?

Chaucer—social chameleon Died. 1400. Wrote in Middle English A poet with a good day job Master of irony “Father of English Poetry”

Chaucer reading

The Canterbury Tales Frame Tale—The General Prologue Pilgrimage First 18 lines Spring fever Virtuoso poetry

Canterbury Cathedral

The Canterbury Tales Frame Tale—The General Prologue Pilgrimage First 18 lines Spring fever Virtuoso poetry

Frame Tale The Host’s Proposal Sentence and Solaas Dramatic feel of the CT

Chaucer’s Voicing Perspective and Point of View Chaucer’s “disclaimer” l. 717 ff GP—8th edition, page 218 9th edition, page 243                                                                                    

Estates Satire The Three Estates Social Commentary

Three Estates

Selected Portraits The Knight l. 43 The Squire l. 79 The Prioress l. 118 The Sergeant of the Law l. 311 The Miller l. 547 The Summoner l. 625 The Parson l. 479

Squire                                                

Prioress

Monk

Friar

Summoner

Pardoner

Clerk

Franklin

Cook

Shipman

Physician

Parson (line 479)

Miller (line 547)

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