We read Chaucerts poetry in his Middle English, and I stress the challenges and limitations of modernizations. The Modernization is of your selection of any twenty-five lines, with annotated explanations and justifications of your version of Chaucer. Your Term Paper must be a literary analysis and study of ten to fifteen typed pages. Provided there is a legitimate excuse, I do accept late papers, but not reports. I do not welcome them, and I will turn in an incomplete.
Late papers are always a mistake.
Attendance is required, and I expect you to be prepared talkative about the subject, concentrated and energetic. The Riverside Chaucer , ed.