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

Contemporary Estates Satire Mean Girls

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. 28 Subject heading: Chaucer

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 ) The Friar (lines ) The Clerk (lines ) The Parson (lines ) 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 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—9 th 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 Summoner l. 625 The Parson l. 479

Squire

Prioress

Monk

Friar

Summoner

Pardoner

Clerk

Franklin

Cook

Shipman

Physician

Parson (line 479)

Miller (line 547)

The Miller

MT:The Miller l. 547 p. 264 (9 th ) Miller Summoner Riding with Reeve and Pardoner Line 544 ff.

Summoner

The Miller’s Tale Follows the Knight’s Tale KT is a romance in high style Classical Allusion/Fate What is the reaction to the KT? Lines 1-5

“Quiting” The Miller “quites” the Knight –Absolon “quites” Nicholas –Estates Satire Chaucer’s “disclaimer” (GP, l. 745 ff) –Peasant’s Rebellion 1381 Whan Adam delved and Eve span, –Who was then the gentleman?

1381 Rebellion—Wat Tyler

Genre vs. Genre Romance (Knight’s Tale) Fabliau (Miller’s Tale)

Cast of Characters A. Carpenter l. 80 ff B. “hende” Nicholas l. 91 ff C. Alison l. 112 ff D. Absolon l. 204 ff

The Seduction l. 163 ff Physical and direct Parody of Courtly Love

The Plot with the Tubs

Absolon at the window Woos Alison with “courtly” language l. 590 ff Comedy emphasized through meter—line 639

No man his reson herde Morality in the fabliaux? How can we understand this genre?

How does this tale “quit” the KT? Emily and Alison –Line 632 “Teehee” vs. –Emily’s plea for Virginity

Quitting the KT Treatment of courtliness/courtly love Treatment of chivalry—the tub plot