ENG404 -- Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales

Prof. Eileen Joy

Fall 2003

ORAL PRESENTATION TOPICS

THURSDAY, Sep. 11th

The Knight's Tale>

• Boccaccio, Teseide    Janella Moy
• Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy    Jennifer Rupel
• Andreas Capellanus, De Amore

THURSDAY, Sep. 18th

The Miller's Tale>

• John Wycliffe and the Lollards    Lori Busby
• Massucio, "Viola and Her Lovers" (analogue) & Fabliaux (medieval literary genre)    Jeremy Witt

The Reeve's Tale>

• Anonymous, "The Miller and the Two Clerks" (analogue)    Adam Laux

THURSDAY, Sep. 25th

The Man of Law's Tale>

• Anonymous, Apollonius of Tyre (classical romance)    Jamie Sommer

THURSDAY, Oct. 2nd

The Wife of Bath's Prologue>

• Jerome, Adversus Jovinianum    Carolyn Bush

The Wife of Bath's Tale>

• Anonymous, The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell    Rachel Garlinghouse
• "Modes of Love" (see Miller, Chaucer: Sources and Backgrounds)    Amanda Gaines

THURSDAY, Oct. 9th

No Presentations -- Mid-Term Exam

THURSDAY, Oct. 16th

The Friar's Tale>

• Exemplum (medieval literary genre)    Arthur Muro

The Summoner's Tale>

• "Anti-Fraternal Tradition" (see Miller, Chaucer: Sources and Backgrounds)    Jeff Lynn

THURSDAY, Oct. 23

No Presentations -- NO CLASS (professor at conference)

THURSDAY, Oct. 30th

The Clerk's Tale>

• Boccaccio, Decameron (10th day, 10th tale)    Justin Smith
• Petrarch's letter to Bocaccio on the tale of Griselda    Gene Canavan

THURSDAY, Nov. 6th

The Merchant's Tale>

• "On Marriage" (from Le roman de la rose)    Michelle Phillips

The Franklin's Tale>

• Marie de France & Breton Lay (medieval literary genre)    DeAnna Swain
• Boccaccio, Filocolo (Fourth Day) Michelle Phillips

THURSDAY, Nov. 13th

The Pardoner's Tale>

• The Pardoner's Sexuality ( see articles by McAlpine, Benson, & Green on Benson website)    Rebekah Olson

The Prioress's Tale>

• Anonymous, "A Little Boy Murdered in Paris" (Vernon MS.)    Jessi Wilson
• Medieval Anti-Semitism (see Medieval Sourcebook, "Jewish Life")    Heather Marshall

THURSDAY, Nov. 20th

Sir Thopas>

• English Romance (medieval literary genre)    Nick Williams

THURSDAY, Nov. 27th

No Presentations -- NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break)

THURSDAY, Dec. 4th

The Nun's Priest Tale>

• Beast Fable (literary genre; discuss Aesop's Fables)    Darla Sensmeyer
• Dante's letter to Can Grande    David McElroy

The Manciple's Tale>

• "The Merchant and His Magpie" (analogue)    Gene Canavan

THURSDAY, Dec. 11th

No Presentations

THURSDAY, Dec. 18th

No Presentations