Read the following selection from the Wife of Bath's Prologue. As you read, ask yourself what this suggests about the intended purpose and audience of the wife's tale.
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DUE: Saturday, October 11, before class.
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Read the following selection from the Wife of Bath's Prologue. As you read, ask yourself what this suggests about the intended purpose and audience of the wife's tale.
DUE: Saturday, October 11, before class.
A list of the biblical allusions found in the wife's prologues -- both those we discussed in class and some additions -- can be found in Class Notes.
The thing to pay attention to here is how the wife uses these allusions for rhetorical effect. Often her reading of the passage results in an inversion of traditional readings. ListeningListen to the following audio recording of the first stanza of the General Prologue to Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales read aloud in the original Middle English language. AUDIO of The General Prologue. As you listen to the recording, follow along with the Middle English text below. WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, The General Prologue, lines 1-18 ReadingRead and annotate the first three stanzas of Chaucer's General Prologue, lines 1-42. TEXT of The General Prologue. DUE: Friday, October 10, before class. Bring to ClassBe sure that you have access to Chaucer's description of the Wife of Bath from the General Prologue as translated by Nevill Coghill.
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