ENL 4311 SEC 1842 “Chaucer” FALL 2009 TR 7/7-8 TUR 2333
Shoaf (4338 Turlington [south side of building, facing Marston Science Library]; [39]2-6650 x 264); ras@ufl.edu; www.clas.ufl.edu/users/ras

AUGUST

25 T INTRODUCTION Canterbury Tales, Complete but Unfinished

27 R (cont.)

SEPTEMBER

1 T General Prologue A &V 14-35; 70-90; 40-45; 57-65; 226 A &V= Companion to Chaucer & his Contemporaries

3 R (cont.)

8 T (cont.)

10 R Knight’s Tale A &V 256-77; 281-85; 289-90

15 T (cont.)

17 R Miller’s Tale A & V 133-60; 105-21; 338

22 T Reeve’s Tale; Cook’s Fragment A & V 168-73

24 R (cont.)

29 T R E V I E W

OCTOBER

1 R EXAM #1

6 T Man of Law’s Tale A & V 91-94; 431-40

8 R Wife of Bath’s Prologue & Tale A & V 125-32

13 T (cont.)

15 R Friar’s & Summoner’s Tales A & V 56-57

20 T Clerk’s Tale A &V 195-215; 303-323

22 R (cont.) A & V 216-19

27 T Merchant’s Tale A &V 413-31; 382-83

29 R Squire’s Tale (frag.) & Franklin’s Tale A &V 351-72; 393-94

NOVEMBER

3 T (cont.)

5 R EXAM #2

10 T Physician’s & Pardoner’s Tales A & V 383-93

12 R (cont.)

17 T FRAGMENT VII (Tales of Shipman, Prioress, Narrator [Thopas & Melibee], Monk, & Nun’s Priest) A & V 232-36; 250; 340-48

19 R (cont.)

24 T (cont.)

DECEMBER

1 T Second Nun’s & Canon’s Yeoman’s Tales A & V 400-405

3 R (cont.) & Manciple’s Tales

8 T Parson’s Tale & Chaucer’s “Retraction” A & V 227-29 ESSAY DUE

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Assessment Two in-class exams + 1 essay (5 pages) = 90% of mark; attendance = 10%. There is no final examination for this course. I am happy to assign paper topics. I prefer that students invent their own.

Attendance The first 150 minutes of class missed (i.e., one week) will be excused; after that, each class missed without a valid excuse reduces your final mark by 10%. There will be spot quizzes.

Texts Complete Canterbury Tales, ed. Fisher & Allen; Companion to Chaucer & his Contemporaries, ed. Amtower & Vanhoutte. No other texts are required or approved.

Office Hours T E1, and by appointment

Special notes

Plagiarism is a crime. Plagiarism, if you are convicted of it, entails an “E” in the course as well as other university sanctions. Plagiarism of web-sites is as much a crime as plagiarism of printed materials.

Attendance is mandatory. What does this mean? In my courses, it means that class is a communal experience that depends upon the participation of everyone, including me and you.

Compensatory assignments are scheduled at my convenience.

Cell phones are not welcome in my class. If your phone rings, you will be expected to leave the class and not return that day.

Post-facto arrangements are repugnant to me. Any reasonable request, made in advance and in a proper manner, will be accommodated if at all possible.

Two statements recommended by University of Florida officials

“Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation.”

University Counseling Services (39)2-1575; Student Mental Health Services (39)2-1171.

RAS