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Spraggs, Gillian – Use of English, 1988
Presents an approach for teaching Chaucer's "Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" (from "The Canterbury Tales"). Recommends several reference texts related to the "The Canterbury Tales" and medieval literature in general. (MM)
Descriptors: English Literature, Foreign Countries, Medieval Literature, Secondary Education
Wilcockson, Colin – Use of English, 1980
Examines the use of the second person pronoun in Chaucer's "Clerk's Tale" to demonstrate that students of medieval texts may well miss important areas of meaning if they fail to give adequate attention to the historical study of language. (GT)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English Literature, Higher Education, Language Usage
Dean, Paul – Use of English, 1985
Examines how students' difficulty in understanding Chaucer stems from differences between modern and medieval assumptions about the function and method of narrative. (CRH)
Descriptors: English, English Literature, Higher Education, Language Usage
