Schedule
Week 1 - August 24
Introduction to the Course - Syllabus Review
Week 2 - August 29, August 31
The Lais of Marie de France. Prologue.
Decameron. Prologue and Introduction.
Decameron. Ser Ciappelletto (I, 1)
Week 3
Decameron. Jehannot and Abraham (I, 2), Melchizedek and Saladin (I, 3).
Decameron. Madonna Beritola (II, 6)
Decameron. Andreuccio of Perugia (II, 5)
Week 4
Decameron. Introduction to the 3rd Day, Conclusion of the 6th Day, and Masetto (III, 1)
Decameron. Alibech (III, 10), Dom Felice (III,4), Ferondo (III,8)
Week 5
Paper 1 due
Decameron. Introduction to the 4th Day. Tancredi and Ghismonda (IV, 1).
Decameron. Elisabetta of Messina (IV, 5); Caterina and the nightingale (V, 4).
Week 6
Decameron. Madonna Oretta (VI, 1), Friar Cipolla (VI, 10).
Decameron. Giotto and Messer Forese (VI, 5), Calandrino’s novelle (VIII, 3; VIII, 6: IX, 3; IX, 5).
Week 7
Revision due
Decameron. The scholar and the widow (VIII, 7).
Decameron. Griselda (X, 10), Christine De Pizan, Livre de la Cité des Dames (2.11.2, 2.13)
Week 8
The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue.
The Canterbury Tales. The Knight’s Tale & Boccaccio’s Teseida delle nozze di Emilia (CR) – Quiz 1
Week 9
The Canterbury Tales. The Reeve’s Tale & Decameron Pinuccio (IX, 6).
The Canterbury Tales. The Miller’s Prologue and Tale & Decameron Gulfardo (VIII, 1) and the Priest of Varlungo (VIII, 2). The Shipman’s Tale.
Week 10
Paper 2 due
The Canterbury Tales. The Wife of Bath’s Tale.
The Canterbury Tales. The Man of Law’s Tale & Decameron Alatiel (II, 7) &
Week 11
The Canterbury Tales. The Pardoner’s Tale.
The Canterbury Tales. The Monk’s Prologue and Tale.
Week 12
Revision due
The Canterbury Tales. The Merchant’s Tale & Decameron Lydia and Pyrrhus (VII, 9).
The Canterbury Tales. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale. The Manciple’s Prologue and Tale.
Week 13
The Canterbury Tales. The Franklin’s Tale & Decameron Madonna Dianora (X, 5).
The Canterbury Tales. The Clerk’s Tale & Decameron Griselda (X, 10) - Petrarch’s version (CR). Quiz 2
Week 14
Final Paper due (five pages)