World Masterpieces 271

 

Reading Assignments for Week #8

 

P Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales

 

&   Please read pp. 1696-1718—this includes the introduction to Chaucer and Chaucer’s General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.

 

P The Renaissance

 

& Please read the introduction to The Renaissance, pp. 1883-1893

 

 

Writing Assignments for Week #8

 

$ The Travels with Chaucer Forum

 

$ Web-based Assignment on The Renaissance

 

Enrichment Activities for Week #8

 

&    English  through the Ages—four versions of an excerpt from the Christian Bible.

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             After studying this page, let me know what you think, particularly the Old English    version.

 

       ( Chaucer’s The General Prologue, lines 1-18 read in Middle English