Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
Summer 2010 NEH Seminar for School Teachers
What:
The seminar will explore how Chaucer looks out upon the world, as participants consider the relevance of Chaucer’s poetry for readers now, that is, how his vivid ideas on human relationships and desires mesh with and yet challenge modern attitudes. As we progress through the tales, we will join together in making discoveries about the distance that separates us from the lived details of Chaucer’s fourteenth-century England; about the continuities of artistry, philosophy, emotion, and meaning that render Chaucer’s writings still important; and about the variety of responses to Chaucer that may combine to reach understandings richer than what might be achieved by reading alone. Apply now!
When:
July 19th to August 14th
Where:
Mile End Campus of Queen Mary College, University of London
Directors:
Susanna Fein, Kent State University
David Raybin, Eastern Illinois University
David Raybin, Eastern Illinois University
Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities
