30:329 — Chaucer and his Contemporaries

Dr. Rosanne Gasse

CHO 107

gasse@brandonu.ca / 727-9795

This course is an introduction to the English literature of the late fourteenth century.

required texts: Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (Norton Critical Edition)

Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde

A.C. Cawley and J.J. Anderson eds. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness, Patience (Everyman)

Langland, Piers Plowman (B-text)

Reading List:

First Term: Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales — excerpts from “The Parson’s Tale”

— “The General Prologue”

— “The Knight’s Tale”

— “The Miller’s Tale”

— “The Reeve’s Tale”

— “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue & Tale”

— “The Clerk’s Tale”

— “The Franklin’s Tale”

— “The Pardoner’s Tale”

— “The Prioress’ sTale”

— “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale”

Second Term: Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde

The Pearl-Poet, “Pearl”

“Patience”

“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

Langland, Piers Plowman (B-text)

Marking Scheme: First Term (35%)

– 2 short in class presentations (5% each)

– 1 term paper (25%) — December 8, 2008

Second Term (65%)

– 1 seminar presentation (10%)

– 1 session as seminar presider (5%)

– 1 term paper (25%) — April 8, 2009)

– Final Examination (25%) — April 13, 2009