DATES

ACTIVITIES

Week One (Aug. 15)

Introduction to Course & to WebCT

Week Two (Aug. 20 & 22)

(M): CT “Language and Versification”(xxvi-xxxviii) & Piers “Introduction” (9-24); (W): CT “The Canterbury Tales” (1-3)

Week Three (Aug. 27 & 29)

(M): Language and Versification Test & CT “General Prologue” (1.1-269); (W): CT “General Prologue” (1.270-858)

Week Four (Sept. 5)

(W): Piers “Prologue” (1-138) {Choose Research Option by Sept. 5}

Week Five (Sept. 10 & 12)

(M): Piers “Prologue” (139-232); (W): Piers “Passus 1” (1-204) & CT “The Second Nun’s Prologue and Tale” (8.1-553)

Week Six (Sept. 17 & 19)

(M): Piers “Passus 2 & 3”; (W): CT “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale” (3.1-1264)

Week Seven (Sept. 24 & 26)

(M): CT “Prologue and Tale of Sir Thopas” (7.691-966) & Piers “Passus 5” (1-104); (W): CT “The Nun’s Priest’s Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue” (7.2767-3446) {First Response Paper or Installment of Reading Journal due by the end of this week}

Week Eight (Oct. 1 & 3)

(M): CT “NPT” continued; (W): Piers “Passus 5” (105-200) & “Passus 6 (1-349)

Week Nine (Oct. 8 & 10)

(M): Piers “Passus 6” (350-441) & “Passus 7” (1-308); (W): Piers “Passus 8 & 9”

Week Ten (Oct. 15 & 17)

(M): CT “The Clerk’s Prologue and Tale” (4.1-1212g) W: Piers “Passus 9” & “Passus 10” (1-136)

Week Eleven (Oct. 22 & 24)

(M): CT “The Friar’s Prologue and Tale” (3.1265-1664); (W): Piers “Passus 15”

Week Twelve (Oct. 29 & 31)

(M): CT “The Summoner’s Prologue and Tale” (3.1665-2294); (W): CT “The Merchant’s Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue” (4.1213-2440)

Week Thirteen (Nov. 5 & 7)

(M): CT “The Knight’s Tale” (1.859-3108); (W): CT “The Miller’s Tale” and “The Reeve’s Tale” (1.3109-4324)

Week Fourteen (Nov. 12 & 14)

(M): PP “Passus 18 & 19”; (W): PP “Passus 20 & 21” {Second Response Paper or Installment of Reading Journal due by the end of this week}

Week Fifteen (Nov. 19)

(M): CT “The Parson’s Prologue and Tale” (10.1-1080); {Research Prospectus due by Nov. 19}

Week Sixteen (Nov. 26 & 28)

(M): Research Workshop; (W): CT “Chaucer’s Retraction” (10.1089-95), & PP “Passus 22”

Week Seventeen (Dec. 3 & 5)

(All Week): Catch-up or Class Requests; {Research Projects due Dec. 5}