A pilgrimage through Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

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    Course

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    London

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    Different dates available

This course picks up on several key themes that Chaucer was concerned with when writing the Canterbury Tales.Through looking at different key Tales from the collection, we will see how Chaucer often playfully defies clear interpretation, but at the same time is focused on certain matters in medieval society, such as the church and the representation of people of different status.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

Understand the world within which Chaucer lived.Have a general knowledge of the structure of the Tales.Be familiar with the key themes of interest to Chaucer.Understand how Chaucer uses language to keep us guessing about his true intentions throughout much of the work.

You can bring pen and paper but course notes will be provided. All extracts of texts we will look at will be provided.

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Subjects

  • Interpretation

Course programme

Consideration of some significant Tales in the collection.
Discussion of what the Canterbury Tales tells us about medieval society, and Chaucer’s views on it.
A look at the different manuscripts that we still have access to.
Consider how the Tales are incomplete and of uncertain order. What does this mean for our interpretation of them?


By presentation and demonstration. Also group discussion.

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