Approaches to Teaching Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (2) (Approaches to Teaching World Literature #131)

Synopsis

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was the subject of the first volume in the Approaches to Teaching series, published in 1980. But in the past thirty years, Chaucer scholarship has evolved dramatically, teaching styles have changed, and new technologies have created extraordinary opportunities for studying Chaucer. This second edition of Approaches to Teaching Chaucer's Canterbury Tales reflects the wide variety of contexts in which students encounter the poem and the diversity of perspectives and methods instructors bring to it. Perennial topics such as class, medieval marriage, genre, and tale order rub shoulders with considerations of violence, postcoloniality, masculinities, race, and food in the tales.The first section, "Materials," reviews available editions, scholarship, and audiovisual and electronic resources for studying The Canterbury Tales. In the second section, "Approaches," thirty-six essays discuss strategies for teaching Chaucer's language, for introducing theory in the classroom, for focusing on individual tales, and for using digital resources in the classroom. The multiplicity of approaches reflects the richness of Chaucer's work and the continuing excitement of each new generation's encounter with it.

Copyright:

2014

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

243 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781603291958

Related ISBNs:

9781603291415

Publisher:

Modern Language Association of America

Date of Addition:

07/22/23

Copyrighted By:

The Modern Language Association of America

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Education, Language Arts

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Peter W. Travis

Edited by:

Frank Grady