Approaches to Teaching Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and the Shorter PoemsTison Pugh, Angela Jane Weisl This Approaches to Teaching volume aims to provide students with a vision of Chaucer that highlights the great variety, breadth, and depth of his entire body of work. Although Chaucerians recognize that Troilus and Criseyde and the shorter poems are as entertaining and complex as the more familiar Canterbury Tales, teachers of medieval English do not readily include these texts in their courses. The materials collected here offer instructors ideas and strategies for making Chaucer's lesser-taught works as memorable and engrossing for students as any of the narrative gems in Canterbury Tales. Part 1, "Materials," discusses available teaching resources, focusing not only on the many editions of Chaucer's works in Middle English but also on translations for teachers whose students turn to modern English as a study aid. The essays in part 2, "Approaches," begin by exploring the poetry's backgrounds, including sources and genre; the growth of the English vernacular as a literary language; Chaucer's conception of history in its Christian, classical, and English political senses; the role of manuscript study in illuminating the historical record; and Chaucer's representation of gender. The section on teaching the poems features essays that offer suggestions for overcoming students' difficulties with Middle English, consider the relation between Chaucer and his readers, assess various theoretical models, and show how a wide range of visual imagery can be used in the classroom. A final section on course contexts includes essays on teaching these poems for the first time, as well as designing classes for nonmajors and graduate students. The volume concludes with an appendix on reading Chaucer aloud with students. |
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... important , since every new piece of biographical information alters students ' readings of Chaucer's poetry . If ... importance , and Blanche was as loyal as Penelope and Lucrece ( 1080– 82 ) . Similarly , The Legend of Good Women ...
... important , since every new piece of biographical information alters students ' readings of Chaucer's poetry . If ... importance , and Blanche was as loyal as Penelope and Lucrece ( 1080– 82 ) . Similarly , The Legend of Good Women ...
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... important to understanding his literature . Teach- ers of Middle English can adapt valuable practices from research ... importance of sound to medieval poetry . As the class examines the opening lines of The Book of the Duchess , we note ...
... important to understanding his literature . Teach- ers of Middle English can adapt valuable practices from research ... importance of sound to medieval poetry . As the class examines the opening lines of The Book of the Duchess , we note ...
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... important and meaningful , risking in the process having students tune out and learn nothing at all , or on the other whether to give in to students ' desire to read only what interests them , again risking their learning nothing at all ...
... important and meaningful , risking in the process having students tune out and learn nothing at all , or on the other whether to give in to students ' desire to read only what interests them , again risking their learning nothing at all ...
Contents
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Aids to Teaching | 9 |
A Survey of Pedagogical Approaches to Troilus | 23 |
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