"people can die of mere imagination" Chaucer's Cantebury Tales and the Middle Age

Chaucer--father of English Literature-
Ye Ole Big Papa

Modern Family--Frame Stories

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales are unique in that Chaucer was the first to develop the idea of a frame story. A frame story is a story within a story--think of the television show Modern Family--you know at the start how each separate family is holding a frame with their family's picture in it and at the end of the title sequence you realize that all of these crazy people are related to one another. See, frame story simply summed up--just to be clear, you realize you don't need an actual frame right? A frame story uses a metaphorical frame for the additional story told.

Pardoner's Tale

As we begin to say good-bye to the first semester we must first jump the hurdle that is the Canterbury Tales and the middle ages. Your final will consists of questions from the introduction of the middle ages (based on your notes), general information about the pilgrims going on the pilgrimage,  The Pardoner's Tale--modern English, you can also watch the Pardoner's Tale animated and  The Wife of Bath's Tale-modern English you may also watch the The Wife of Bath's Tale (animated).  The prologue before each tale are fair game as well.

Wife of Bath's Tale

 In addition to being tested on two of Chaucer's pilgrim stories you will be tested on SAT vocabulary from weeks 1-11. Unsure of what those vocabulary words are? Click on the the purple link to give you list of all the vocabulary for weeks 1-11.

Happy reviewing. Relax it's almost over--you're sooo close to being a grown-up.

Mrs. Ordway