Classical Literature, Mr. Cleveland

Monday, November 9: You will have a quiz over the characters introduced in the "General Prologue" of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. We have read roughly half of "The Pardoner's Tale." We will finish it on Monday as time allows.

You are to select a tale from the following list to read on your own: "The Prioress' Tale," "The Franklin's Tale," "The Miller's Tale," "The Reeve's Tale."  Have it read by late week.  You will be asked to respond to the "extra" tale on your Chaucer test.

Tuesday, November 10: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.  "The Nun's Priest's Tale"

Wednesday, November 11: Canterbury Tales  "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale"

Thursday, November 12: Canterbury Tales

Friday, November 13: Test on Canterbury Tales

Coming Up:  

Classical Literature Book List                       

Author             Title                                         Author, Editor, or Edition

Aeschylus       The Oresteian Trilogy             Penguin Edition

Sophocles       The Theban Plays                    Penguin Edition

Euripides         Three Great Plays                    Rex Warner

                       The Bacchae                            (provided)

Aristophanes    The Birds                                (provided)

                        Greek Philosophy Excerpts     (provided)

                        The Bible                                 New International Version

Virgil                The Aeneid                             Allen Mandelbaum

Dante               The Inferno                             John Ciardi

                        Mystery and Morality Plays    Dover Edition

Chaucer           The Canterbury Tales              Neville Coghill

                        Epics Excerpts                                                (provided)

                        The Song of Roland                Robert Harrison