Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
CHAUCER DİNG215 3. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Gül BÜYÜ
Assistants
Goals The aim of the course is to scrutinize the Medieval themes and images in Chaucer’s works.
Course Content Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Legend of Good Women, Troilus and Crisseyde and House of Fame.
Learning Outcomes 1) Students are able to compare Medieval language with those of Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norman-French and Latin and evaluate their interactions.
2) Students get knowledge to examine Medieval Literature and evaluate the historical, political, social, cultural, philosophical and economic structure as well as religious belief and codes of law.
3) The ability to examine Medieval literature in relation to ekphrastic literature, iconography, manuscript miniatures, tombstones, brass drawings and stained glass.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Geoffrey Chaucer as the Father of English Poetry and the Statesman Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
2. Week Dream Vision Poems in Medieval Literature: The Book of Duchess, The House of Fame, Parliament of Fowls Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
3. Week Dream Vision and Mythological Characters in The Legend of Good Women and House of Fame Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
4. Week Mythology in Troilus and Criseyde, The Monk’s Tale and The Knight’s Tale Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
5. Week Medieval Definition of Tragedy, Fortune and Boethius: Troilus and Criseyde and The Knight’s Tale Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
6. Week Costume and Everyday Life in Medieval Manuscript Illuminations, Effigies and Brasses, and Costume and everyday Life in The Canterbury Tales Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Symposium; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
7. Week Irony and Satire in the General Prologue: Ecclesiastical Portraits and Secular Characters Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
8. Week Romance structure and Chivalric Ideal in The Knight’s Tale, and in The Franklin’s Tale, and the parody of romance in Sir Thopas’ Tale Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Seminar
9. Week Fabliaux Tradition in Medieval Literature: The Miller’s Tale, The Summoner’s Tale, The Skipper’s Tale, The Merchant’s Tale Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week “Marriage Group” Tales of Chaucer: The Wife of Bath’s Tale, The Clerk’s Tale, The Merchant’s Tale, The Franklin’s Tale Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Courtly Love Conventions in The Parliament of Fowls, The Book of Duchess, The Franklin’s Tale, and the parody of courtly love in The Miller’s Tale and Merchant’s Tale Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Ortaçağ Edebiyatında Hayvan Günlüğü ve Hayvan Fablı: Parliament of Fowls and Nun’s Priest’s Tale Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework
13. Week Literature, Christianity and the Saint’s Legend: Prioress’ Tale, The Man of Law’s Tale and the pictures of Stained Glass Windows Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Seminar
14. Week Homily structure in The Parson’s Tale and the exempla in The Friar’s Tale, Pardoner’s Tale and The Nun’s Priest’s Tale Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
C.S. Lewis, The Allegory of Love (London: Humanities, 1958)
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Trans. N.Coghill (Harmondsworth: Penguin,1987)
Chaucer, The Riverside Chaucer, Ed. L.Benson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987)
G. Chaucer, Love Visions: The Book of Duchess, House of Fame, Parliament of Birds, Legend of Good Women, Trans. B.Stone (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987)
R.Rossignol, Chaucer A to Z (New York: Facts on File Publications, 1999)
S.S. Hussey, Chaucer: An Introduction (London: Methuen, 1985)

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY25555
PY35555
PY55555
PY145555

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Homework 5 5
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 5 5
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 2 4
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 1 2
Seminar 14 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 4
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 6
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload