Medieval Literature
Part Two
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Canterbury Tales
Federigo’s Falcon
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Ballads:
-Bonny Barbara Alan
-Sir Patrick Spens
Canterbury
Tales
by Geoffrey
Chaucer
1340-1400
One of greatest English poets
Canterbury Tales is his
masterpiece
Geoffrey Chaucer
• Is considered to be one of greatest English
poets
• Canterbury Tales is his masterpiece
Pages 108-09
• Name his first writing effort
• Despite his writing efforts, his primary
career was_________
• His second major work was_________
• Why did he write it?
• What happened to his cousin?
• What occured during the last two decades
of his life?
• Where is he buried? How did he see
himself?
• 1340-45 Birth of Chaucer
1348-50 The Black Death
1357 Chaucer a page for the Countess of Ulster.
1359-60 Chaucer serves in the war in France.
1360 Chaucer, captured by the French, is ransomed (for 16
pounds).
1366 Chaucer marries Philippa Roet, a lady-in-waiting in the
Queen's household- two sons
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1382 The Bible is translated into English (The "Wycliffte Bible"; a later
versions is made in 1388).
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• 1366-72 travels to Spain, France and Italy.
1367 works as a squire in the court of Edward III;
granted a payment of 20 marks per annum for life.
1368-72 writes "Fragment A" of the Romaunt of the
Rose, The Book of the Duchess, probably a good
many lyrics in French and English, now lost, and
such lyrics as The Complaint unto Pity and The
Complaint to His Lady.
• 1382 The Bible is translated into English (The
"Wycliffte Bible"; a later versions is made in 1388).
1387-92 Chaucer begins The Canterbury Tales
The pilgrims journey begins
1396-1400
• the latest of the Tales, including probably
The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canon's
Yeoman's Tale (though part is probably
earlier), the Parson's Tale are written
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Chaucer dies 1400
• His stories live on…
Poet’s Corner- Westminster Abbey London, England
Words to know
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Pilgrimage
Shrine of Thomas of Becket
Canterbury
Prologue
Tabard Inn
Day three- Canterbury Tales
• EQ:
What elements of a narrative poem does
the author introduce In The Prologue?
Elements of a narrative poem
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Setting
Plot
Characters
Theme
Point of view
Today’s Pilgrims
• How does each provide an insight for
society during the time Chaucer lived?
• Knight
• Squire
• Nun/Prioress
• Monk
• Friar
• Merchant
Day 5
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Today’s Pilgrims:
Guildsmen
Physican
Wife of Bath
Pardoner
Summoner
Today’s handouts:# 6 Pilgrims pg 2
# 7 9 innkeeper’s game plan
HW: what you do not complete in class
Monday---EQ:
• EQ: How does Chaucer establish a frame
story in Canterbury Tales?
• Today’s agenda:
• Frame story
• Genre/ what fits where
• The Pardoner’s Tale
• Tomorrow’s test
A story within a story
• Story about a stories( the Innkeeper’s
contest of tales)
"The Big Read: Coastal Georgia Reads The Great Gatsby"
February 4, 5 - 8 pm
• Free public reception for the opening of The Big
Read Exhibit: Local middle and high school
students create work inspired by The Great
Gatsby and the styles, images, and art
movements of the 1920s
And after you're done circulating through
Downtown enjoying all of our great shops,
galleries, and eateries, please come back
to the Ritz by 8:00 p.m. for a free
screening of "The Roaring Twenties"
starring Cagney and Bogart.
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Silver Screen Saturday at the
Ritz
February 5
3:00 p.m. - Billy Wilder's hilarious classic
"Some Like It Hot" (1959) with Marilyn
Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis
7:00 p.m. - The Oscar-winning musical
"Chicago" (2002) starring Rene Zellweger,
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere
$5 admission each show, all ages
Monday, Feb. 7 day 6
• The Pardoner’s Tale
• EQ: What were the popular literary genres
of the Middle Ages? How can the
relationship between the tale and the teller
be described in the Pardoner’s Tale?
• Handout-13
Genres
• Chivalric romance- a non scholarly
narrative in metrical verse; tale of
adventure, knightly conflict and pageantry
• Myth- retelling of a classic myth
• Beast Fable-animal characters with human
qualities; clever tale that teaches a moral
• Breton Lais – story set in Breton,FR
region- magic, fairies, folklore, love
• Allegory- people and things represent
abstract qualities
• Jokes- sermon- moral tale-
Which genre fits?
• 1. What characters would likely tell a
chivalric romance?
• 2. Who might tell a story about a saint?
• Who might tell a joke?
• How about the Pardoner?
The Pardoners Tale
• Create a web
• Physical
Talents
• description
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• Vices
Main motivations
The Pardoner
Profession Probable Story Types
Tomorrow’s test
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Chaucer biography
Prologue
Pilgrims- Chaucer’s attitude about them
-social classes- who belongs to which
one?
• Chaucer’s genres
• Pardoner’s Tale
• Frame Story
Pilgrims
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Those Chaucer admires most
Knight
Oxford Cleric
Admires least
Friar,
Summoner
Pardoner
List of Pilgrims
• Knight
• Squire-young man training to be knight
• Yeoman-servant to royalty who has
knowledge of the
• woods
• Nun/prioress
• Monk
• Friar- member of religious group sworn to
poverty and living on charitable donations,
• were to teach about Jesus and to live good
lives
Words to know:
prologue: spoken or written introduction to
a work of literature
pilgrimage: long journey to a holy place
begins in April
Tabard Inn- where pilgrimage begins
Shrine of Saint Thomas of Becket: named after
Archbishop who was murdered
in his own cathedral, of located in Canterbury,
located approx. 55 miles from London
characterization- writer develops character’s
personality through description of dress,
way they speak, their thought, feelings and actions
Do Now:
• Using the purple text or notes answer the
following questions;
• 1. Who is older the Knight or The Squire?
• 2. Which one plays the flute?
• 3. On what does the Oxford Cleric spend
his money?
• 4. What was his response to his friends
generosity?
• What about him tells us he is humble?
Create ppts of your topics
• Research each of your topics
• Put bullets of information about them on
slides and pictures
• 2-3 per topic
• You will present them to the class
Today’s characters:
• Franklin-(122)
• Doctor- (124) What is his personality like?
• Woman from Bath-(125) What is your
main impression of her? Why?
• The Reeve-(128) What is ironic about
him?
• The Summoner- (130)What does Chaucer
want us to believe about him based on the
condition of his skin?
Day Four- Feb. 3
• EQ: How do the characterizations of the
pilgrims depict Chaucer’s opinions of
the societal values and customs during the
Middle Ages?
Agenda:
Daily 10
Research topics
Completion of character webs
Remainder of prologue
Narrators impressions of the
church in his day
• Some are corrupt –Who are they?
• Hypocritical
• Overly materialistic
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Others are:
Pious
Charitable
honorable
This week Feb. 7-11
• Monday- conclusion of Canterbury Tales
• Tuesday- The Prologue to A Pardoner’s Tale and
Pardoner’s Tale
• Complete handout & review for test
• Wednesday- Canterbury Test:
• Chaucer bio, Canterbury Tales and A Pardoner’s Tale
• Thursday: Wife of Bath’s Tale
• Complete packet is DUE!!!!
• HW: Federigo’s Falcon- answer questions1,2,4 & 5
• Friday: performance next slide
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Chose one of the following
• Produce a love story with dramatic irony in
it and present it to the class
• Act out the conflict in dinner scene from
Federigo’s Falcon
Produce a frame story and present it to the
class
Evaluation; all group members are prepared & participate
33%
Selected scene clearly demonstrates: dramatic irony,
conflict or frame story 33%
Performance is easy to follow 33%
Ballads-Wk 5 day one
• How can the themes and speakers be
compared in
• The three ballads from the Middle Ages
• Sir Patrick Spens
• Barbara Allan
• Get Up and Bar the Door
Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight
Feb. 15-16
• EQ: Why does King Arthur accept the
Green Knight’s challenge?
• Lines 1-300
• History and poem background
• Vocabulary- look up each of the 16 words
quiz on story & words Thursday
Complete the story
• Answer all remaining questions in blue for
tomorrow
• What elements of fantasy are introduced?
• Why will Sir Gawain probably seek out the
Green Knight on the appointed day?
• Why do the king and Sir Gawain laugh
after the Green Knight departs?
Literary-Romance: imaginative
adventure story with noble
heroes, gallant love, a chivalric
code and daring deeds
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How does the appearance of Sir Gawain
Exhibit the charactersitics of a romance?
Symbols:
holly
Green
Cut Gawain receives
Green sash
Sir Gawain Day 2-Feb. 16
HW: answers-Lines 337-end
• Gawain disputes the idea, becauise if his
head were chopped off, he couldn’t
reattach it. He shows greater courage
in facing an ax.
He might explain it as a miracle, divine
intervention or magic
• The Green Knight reveals that he pulls his
punches out of respect for the Gawain.
• He send his wife to test Gawain’s virtue
• When Gawain says, “Foolish cowardice
taught me…” he means his cowardice lead
him to break the chivalric code and
knighthood.
• The Green Knight perhaps gives Gawain
the green sash to remind him of their
struggle.
Plot summary
• Challenge-Green Knight challenges any
knight to strike him with an ax if he can
return the blow in a year and a day
• Sir Gawain accepts the challenge & cuts
off his head
• After a year, G looks for the GK
• G meets a lord & a lady along the way• While lord away; she offers him kisses and
a gift. Honorably he refuses. He does
• Accept a green sash.
• He rides on & meets GK
• The Green Knight raises the ax three
times to represent the 3x his wife has
tempted Gawain- causing only a small cut
• He tells Gawain he knows about the sash.
• Gawain admits his weakness
• GK forgives him and they part friends
Assessment Optionssolo or in pairs
• Create a song or a rap
• that represents the poem. Make certain
that you type out the words and inform me
what tune you would use if you were to
perform it. Extra credit will be
given to those who perform it live
in front of the class
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Reader’s Theater
• Using the text as a script;
• recreate your favorite
passage in the poem, at least two pages in
length.
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Map out his journey
• Colorfully recreate Sir Gawain’s Journey
• His starting point, his intermediate
layovers and his final destination. Where
does the story begin? What type of
landscape do Gawain and his steed
Gringolet travel through? What places
does Gawain stop at, and who does he
meet etc…?Remember, this is for
someonewho hasn’t read the book yet.
How well will your map depict Gawain’s
difficult adventure?
Write a 20 line poem
• using alliteration of your
• favorite hero. It can be someone from the
past, or someone from today. Is
your hero a family member, or is your hero
somebody you know at
school like a school
teacher. Remember to put
in your poem why the
person you chose is a hero
Thursday
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Presentation of projects
Test- includes vocabulary
Troy
Friday- meet in media center