Chaucer+Project+2


 * Students will create a modern version of the prologue to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. **

1. Brainstorm about 5 strangers from different countries, social classes, etc. meeting in Suvarnabhumi airport or somewhere similar for a journey. Look at Chaucer's prologue to see how he presented his frame narrative story of pilgrims meeting, then try to imagine how these ideas might be updated. Chaucer used gentle satire to mock certain stereotypes and to point out some of the social problems of his time. How would he look at the stereotypical occupations and behaviors of today’s travelers? Look at the social groups and occupations Chaucer described in his Prologue, and try to find modern parallels.

2. Create five unique modern-day characters and write a General Prologue which incorporates interesting descriptions of them. Write 10 lines or more about each of the five characters’ appearance in **iambic pentameter (or at least close to 10 syllables per line) and rhyming couplets (total of 50 lines)**. These descriptions should be humorous and satirical, but not overtly insulting, racist, etc. This might be a delicate balance to find...

3. Include the poem/prologue including the five descriptions of your travelers in a wiki page or slideshow presentation. Use images, maps, video clips, etc. to illustrate the background and personality of your “pilgrims”.


 * // Content objectives: //**// a successful project will show understanding of Chaucer’s style of social satire through revealing, descriptive characterization of varied “types” of people. //
 * // Language objectives: //**// a successful project will show understanding of iambic pentameter and rhyming couplets.

AK 50 Chaucer 2010 AOM Chaucer 2010 // Vee and Kig Chaucer 2010

GRACE,JENNIFER AND MIKA'S CHAUCER 2010

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