INDE SENIOR (4.

SINIF) 2014-2015 / Spring

INDE4032 CHAUCER AND HIS AGE (CHAUCER VE DNEM)
Tuesdays, 14:0015:25, 435

Buket Akgn
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Mondays 11:00-12:00

This course analyzes the works of Geoffrey Chaucer against the social and cultural developments in
the fourteenth century.

Class Policy

There will be a midterm and a final exam. The midterm (40%) and the final (60%) will make up
the grade for the course.

You are expected to read regularly and take an active part in the class discussions. The lectures
will relate to the readings assigned for each week; however, they will also cover outside sources.
Students will be responsible for the assigned readings as well as the lectures. All the prologues
to the stories listed below are also to be read and studied. "The Wife of Bath's Prologue" is given
separately because it is a tale in its own right.

If you are taking this course, please kindly make sure you send a request including your full name
and student number to join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inde4032chaucer. Course material
can be downloaded from the Files and Links tabs at the e-group and/or purchased at antay
Fotokopi, Pandora Beyolu or any place of your own choice.

Course Syllabus
24 Feb

Introduction to the age of Chaucer

3 March

Introduction to The Canterbury Tales and The Prologue

10 March

"The Knight's Tale"

17 March

"The Miller's Tale" and "The Reeve's Tale"

24 March

"The Man of Law's Tale" and "The Prioress's Tale"

31 March

"The Wife of Bath's Prologue" and "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

6-17 April

Midterms

21 April

Discussion of midterm exams

28 April

"The Clerk's Tale"

5 May

"The Merchant's Tale" and "The Franklin's Tale"

12 May

Troilus and Criseyde

19 May

Bank holiday

26 May

Q&A

1-12 June

Finals

22 June-3 July

Final Make-ups
Have a nice term.