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Extensively researched, photocopiable material that can be used as the basis of delivering lessons, for student research and preparation, for follow-up homework, or as cover work in the case of teacher absence. Includes a free CD with the text of the pack and additional resources.
Contents
Contexts 1 Chaucer's life 2 The medieval worldview 3 Medieval society 4 Medieval beliefs 5 Tradition and innovation 6 Chaucer and his contemporaries 7 Pilgrimage 8 Story collections 9 Chaucer's audience and purpose 10 The framework of The Canterbury Tales 11 The multiple narrator in The Canterbury Tales 12 Chaucer's verse 13 Chaucer's language Activities 1 The introduction to 'The General Prologue' 2 Humour in 'The General Prologue' 3 Satire in 'The General Prologue' 4 Characterisation in 'The General Prologue' 5 Secular characters 6 Religious characters 7 The final section of 'The General Prologue' 8 Chaucer and Langland 9 The Wife of Bath in 'The General Prologue' 10 The structure of 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue' 11 The structure of 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' 12 The Wife of Bath -- medieval and modern 13 Experience and 'auctoritee' 14 The Wife of Bath and biblical exegesis 15 The Wife of Bath and the anti-feminist tradition 16 'Maistrie' 17 Multiple narrators 18 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and its analogues 19 'Gentillesse' 20 The ending of the Wife of Bath's prologue and the ending of her tale 21 The Wife of Bath -- critical approaches 22 The Wife of Bath's use of language 23 Humour in 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale' 24 Useful quotations Assessment focus 1 Specifications and Assessment Objectives 2 Exam essays 3 Sample essay material Resources 1 The Canterbury pilgrims 2 The 'marriage group' of tales 3 Sources and analogues of 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale' 4 Further study resources 5 Literary terms and concepts 6 'Chaucer's Two Alisons' by Helen Barr 7 'Medieval authorship and authority in The Canterbury Tales' by Rachel Thanassoulis 8 'Reading or listening to Alison?' by Claire Newman
