![]() ![]() The course begins with a discussion of the opening lines of the General Prologue, before going on to discuss Chaucer himself, the so-called 'Father of English Poetry'. ![]() In this course, Dr Marion Turner (University of Oxford) provides an introduction to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. ![]() We end with the consideration that the order of speakers never reverts to social hierarchy as planned from the beginning, so perhaps the Miller's subversive tale has had its desired effect? Finally, we discuss the idea of genre the Medieval Romance of the Knight's Tale, in which the patriarchal order is maintained, and the Fabliaux of the Miller's Tale, in which it is undermined. ![]() After that, we compare the Miller's Tale with the preceding Tale, that told by the Knight, noting that, while the Knight's Tale is told in an elevated and poetic language and the Miller's Tale is altogether more vulgar, both are in a sense identical two men are competing to have sex with a woman. We begin by discussing the fact that the Miller himself has ignored attempts for the pilgrims to speak in order of social hierarchy, and has instead insisted in speaking second. In this module, we discuss The Miller's Tale in the context of the Peasants' Revolt, and explore the extent to which this Tale is "a literary Peasants' Revolt", as one critic has described it. ![]()
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