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StaceyL in Canada
08-06-2009, 02:27 PM
It's been too long since I read the CT to recall which ones would be appropriate and enjoyable for a high school British Lit survey course. If you had time to cover only 2 or 3, which would you pick? And any favourite translation/ version (it would be too challenging to ask the students to work through the original Middle English in the amount of time we will have.) Thanks.
Jean in Wisc
08-06-2009, 07:07 PM
It's been too long since I read the CT to recall which ones would be appropriate and enjoyable for a high school British Lit survey course. If you had time to cover only 2 or 3, which would you pick? And any favourite translation/ version (it would be too challenging to ask the students to work through the original Middle English in the amount of time we will have.) Thanks.

We did:
Prologue
Nun's Priest's Tale
Knight's Tale
Wife of Bath
Clerk's Tale
Chaucer's Retraction

We used the Penguin Classic's Edition (Neville Coghill translator)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Canterbury-Tales-Penguin-Classics/dp/B000B9PJWE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1249599917&sr=8-2

Jean
kate in seattle
08-06-2009, 11:20 PM
Which one is Chanticleer? is that the Nun's Priest's tale - i can't remember, but that was a fun one.
Jean in Wisc
08-06-2009, 11:23 PM
Which one is Chanticleer? is that the Nun's Priest's tale - i can't remember, but that was a fun one.

Yes. :)
CynthiaOK
08-07-2009, 01:02 AM
I'll be using the study guide from TheGreatBooks.com. That guide uses the translation by David Wright and studies the following tales:
Knight
Nun's Priest
Oxford Scholars
Pardoner
Parson's Prologue
Retraction

I haven't used it yet, but was happy to find something already scheduled for me :-)
Sumiller
08-07-2009, 07:36 AM
I'll be using the study guide from TheGreatBooks.com. That guide uses the translation by David Wright and studies the following tales:
Knight
Nun's Priest
Oxford Scholars
Pardoner
Parson's Prologue
Retraction

I haven't used it yet, but was happy to find something already scheduled for me :-)

Cynthia,

I just checked out this site. Great resource! However, I didn't see a study guide for Canterbury tales. Did you purchase this a while ago? Maybe they no longer offer it?
Okie
08-07-2009, 10:10 AM
For Sonlight core 530, we'll be using The General Prologue, The Miller's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Pardoner's Tale, and The Nun's Priest's Tale.
CynthiaOK
08-07-2009, 01:39 PM
ACk! You're right. I'm on vacation right now and don't have my books in front of me. I am using TGB.com for other works as well. I guess I just pulled off which tales to read...sorry.
StaceyL in Canada
08-09-2009, 07:31 PM
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