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

2. 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. 14 (llampert@ucsd.edu) Subject heading: Chaucer challengellampert@ucsd.edu

3. 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?

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

6. Chaucer reading

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

9. Canterbury Cathedral

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

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

12. Chaucer’s Voicing Perspective and Point of View Chaucer’s “disclaimer” l. 717 ff

13. Estates Satire The Three Estates Social Commentary

14. Three Estates

15. Contemporary Estates Satire Mean Girls

16. 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

18. Squire

19. Prioress

20. Monk

21. Friar

22. Summoner

23. Pardoner

24. Clerk

25. Franklin

26. Cook

27. Shipman

28. Physician

31. Parson (line 479)

32. Miller (line 547)

33. 1381 Rebellion—Wat Tyler