COD 2025 - D1088
Webinar - Teaching Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale" (AS&A Level 2024-2028 set text)
Language and Literature teachers interested in teaching literature, in general, and “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale”, in particular. Literature lovers interested in discussing this dramatic piece from a critical perspective
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sessions, start: 26-Mar
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2025
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Cecilia Lasa PhD
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Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 March 2025 | 05:30 pm | 07:30 pm |
Facilitator/s
Cecilia Lasa
Language and Literature teachers interested in teaching literature, in general, and “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale”, in particular. Literature lovers interested in discussing this dramatic piece from a critical perspective
- To identify artistic features in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
- To characterise the main themes and concerns in his work, mainly in "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale".
- To discuss the impact of The Canterbury Tales in the late Middle Ages and the relevance of the Wife of Bath as a fictional character today.
- To analyse, particularly, the construction of the Wife of Bath as a (female) storyteller.
- To reflect upon similarities and differences between the Wife of Bath’s life and the lives of women about whom she narrates.
- To characterise the main themes and concerns in his work, mainly in "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale".
- To discuss the impact of The Canterbury Tales in the late Middle Ages and the relevance of the Wife of Bath as a fictional character today.
- To analyse, particularly, the construction of the Wife of Bath as a (female) storyteller.
- To reflect upon similarities and differences between the Wife of Bath’s life and the lives of women about whom she narrates.
- Chaucer and his context.
- Typical concerns, questions, themes and rhetorical devices in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.
- The construction of the Wife of Bath as a (female) storyteller.
- The relations and tensions between "The Wife of Bath's Tale and Prologue".
- The uses of the romance in "The Wife of Bath's Tale".
- Typical concerns, questions, themes and rhetorical devices in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.
- The construction of the Wife of Bath as a (female) storyteller.
- The relations and tensions between "The Wife of Bath's Tale and Prologue".
- The uses of the romance in "The Wife of Bath's Tale".
- Recovery of attendees' previous knowledge about the poem and its author
- Discussion of aspects related to the context of production
- Introduction to Chaucer's poetic world and the relevance of his poetry
- Exploration of specific features of his poetry –Chaucer the author/Chaucer the poet, rhetorical devices, themes, etc.–
- Guided group analysis of the selection of "The Wife of Bath’s Tale and Prologue".
- Discussion of aspects related to the context of production
- Introduction to Chaucer's poetic world and the relevance of his poetry
- Exploration of specific features of his poetry –Chaucer the author/Chaucer the poet, rhetorical devices, themes, etc.–
- Guided group analysis of the selection of "The Wife of Bath’s Tale and Prologue".
Source text
Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale".
Critical and theoretical material
Beer, Frances (1992). Women and Mystical Experience in the Middle Ages. Woodbridge: Boydell Press.
Boitani, Pietro (2004). "Old books brought to life in dreams: the Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Parliament of Fowls". En Boitani, P. y Mann, J. (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 58-67.
Fisher, J. (1992). A Language Policy for Lancastrian England. En Publications of the Modern Language Association, vol. 107, núm. 5 (October), pp. 1167-1180. En línea: (consulta: 09-04-2018).
Jameson, Fredric (1975). "Magical Narratives: Romance as Genre", en New Literary History, Vol. 7, No. 1, Critical Challenges: The Bellagio Symposium, Otoño, 1975, (pp.135-163).
Lasa, Cecilia E., "Proyecto de escritura en The Parliament of Fowls, de Geoffrey Chaucer". En Pégolo, Liliana (comp.), Un milenio de contar historias II: los conceptos de ficcionalización y narración de la Antigüedad y el Medioevo. Buenos Aires: Editorial de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 2020; pp. 65-80. Disponible en: https://tinyurl.com/bxuhdrye.
Lasa, Cecilia E., "La casa de la fama, de Geoffrey Chaucer: una reflexión sobre la producción textual en las postrimerías del Medioevo inglés". En Pégolo, Liliana y Neyra, Vanina (comp.), Un milenio de contar historias: los conceptos de ficcionalización y narración de la Antigüedad y el Medioevo. Buenos Aires: Editorial de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 2016; pp. 119-130. Disponible en: https://tinyurl.com/yadzb444.
Leyser, Henrietta (2002). Medieval Women: a Social History of Women in England 450-1500. London: Phoenix Press.
Steinberg, Glenn (2000). "Chaucer in the Field of Cultural Production: Humanism, Dante, and the ‘House of Fame", The Chaucer Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 182-203.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations (2018). Learner Guide IGCSE®Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Russell, C (2018). Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Whitthome, E (2018). AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale".
Critical and theoretical material
Beer, Frances (1992). Women and Mystical Experience in the Middle Ages. Woodbridge: Boydell Press.
Boitani, Pietro (2004). "Old books brought to life in dreams: the Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Parliament of Fowls". En Boitani, P. y Mann, J. (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 58-67.
Fisher, J. (1992). A Language Policy for Lancastrian England. En Publications of the Modern Language Association, vol. 107, núm. 5 (October), pp. 1167-1180. En línea: (consulta: 09-04-2018).
Jameson, Fredric (1975). "Magical Narratives: Romance as Genre", en New Literary History, Vol. 7, No. 1, Critical Challenges: The Bellagio Symposium, Otoño, 1975, (pp.135-163).
Lasa, Cecilia E., "Proyecto de escritura en The Parliament of Fowls, de Geoffrey Chaucer". En Pégolo, Liliana (comp.), Un milenio de contar historias II: los conceptos de ficcionalización y narración de la Antigüedad y el Medioevo. Buenos Aires: Editorial de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 2020; pp. 65-80. Disponible en: https://tinyurl.com/bxuhdrye.
Lasa, Cecilia E., "La casa de la fama, de Geoffrey Chaucer: una reflexión sobre la producción textual en las postrimerías del Medioevo inglés". En Pégolo, Liliana y Neyra, Vanina (comp.), Un milenio de contar historias: los conceptos de ficcionalización y narración de la Antigüedad y el Medioevo. Buenos Aires: Editorial de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 2016; pp. 119-130. Disponible en: https://tinyurl.com/yadzb444.
Leyser, Henrietta (2002). Medieval Women: a Social History of Women in England 450-1500. London: Phoenix Press.
Steinberg, Glenn (2000). "Chaucer in the Field of Cultural Production: Humanism, Dante, and the ‘House of Fame", The Chaucer Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 182-203.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations (2018). Learner Guide IGCSE®Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Russell, C (2018). Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Whitthome, E (2018). AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.