Presentations on The Canterbury Tales (CT)
Choose two article presentations. Choose one from the top and one from the bottom. All articles must come from The Chaucer
Review.
To locate an appropriate article, browse the stacks or use the website of The Chaucer Review .
Choose one Passage Presentation. On this day you will read aloud a passage of no less than twelve lines of Chaucer’s text. The passage should be the most important passage in the tale.
Date of
Presentation
N/A
T 3/15 ?
Tale
General Prologue (GP)
The Knight’s Tale (KT)
Article
Presentation
None
Stephen
Passage
Presentation
None
Tyler
The Miller’s Tale (MilT) Shelley
F 3/18
The Reeve’s Tale (RvT)
M 3/21
N/A
F 3/25
The Cook’s Tale (CkT)
The Man of Law’s Tale (MLT)
None
Sonya
None
Sonya
The Wife of Bath’s Prologue (WBT) Amy O.
W 4/6 ?
The Wife of Bath’s Tale (WBT) Theresa Theresa
F 4/8
F 4/8*
The Friar’s Tale (FrT) Tyler
The Summoner’s Tale (SumT)
M 4/11
The Clerk’s Tale (ClT) Amy D.
M 4/11*
The Merchant’s Tale (MerT)
Holly Dennis
F 4/15
M 4/18
The Squire’s Tale (SqT) Tammy
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The Franklin’s Tale (FranT) Stephen
M 4/18
The Physician’s Tale (PhyT) Sonya / Tyler
F 4/22
The Pardoner’s Tale (PardT)
Amy D. Amy D.
F 4/22
The Shipman’s Tale (ShipT) Holly
M 4/25
The Prioress’ Tale (PrT) Amy O. Amy O.
M 4/25
The Tale of Sir Thopas (Thop) Theresa Tammy
M 4/25
F 4/29 ?
F 4/29 ?
The Tale of Melibee (Mel)
The Monk’s Tale (MkT)
None
Tammy Tyler
The Nun’s Priest’s Tale (NPT) Shelley Shelley
F 4/29 ?
M 5/2
The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale (CYT) Stephen
The Manciple’s Tale (MancT) Dennis Holly
M 5/2
N/A The Parson’s Tale (ParsT) None
In-Class Presentations
From the Syllabus

Each person in the class will choose two presentations slots. Once you have chosen the slot, you will check the Chaucer
Review index to find the most recent articles on the topics. For example, if you choose
The Pardoner’s Tale
, you will find the most recent articles on that tale (we have all of the copies, more or less, of The Chaucer Review in the library). You will then choose one of them, read and summarize (make your own notes on) it, and present it in class. The presentation should be less than ten minutes and will be judged on the following five qualities (one point for each): organization; professionalism (not stiffness); clear presentation of the main idea; concise presentation of supporting information and examples; completion on time and within the allotted time.
If you are going to use any handouts, please be sure that they are minimal and to the point.
Each person will also present his or her research paper. (This might need to be an abbreviated form of it.) These will be judged by the same criteria as the article summary presentations.
For more information on presentations, see “Making an Effective Presentation” in the Course Packet.
A Change from the Syllabus
Since one of our goals in this course is to be able to read and interpret the original text of Chaucer and since three article presentations may be excessive, we will shift one of the three presentations to a simple reading presentation. You will prepare a short passage (twelve lines or more) and read it to the class. You will also comment briefly on why it is an important passage.
Evaluation Form for Article Presentations
Organization professionalism (not stiffness) clear presentation of the main idea concise presentation of supporting information and examples completion on time and within the allotted time
Comments
Evaluation Form for Passage Presentations
Volume
Pronunciation
Interpretation
Choice of Passage
Not Fainting
Comments