'The lyf so short, the crafts so long to lerne': Reading Chaucer in Translation in the British Literature Survey Class
- Author / Editor
- Oswald, Dana.
'The lyf so short, the crafts so long to lerne': Reading Chaucer in Translation in the British Literature Survey Class
- Published
- SMART 17.1 (2010): 95-118.
- Description
- Advocates the use of translation and translation exercises in teaching Chaucer's works in surveys of British literature. Criticizes major anthologies for promoting original-language study only and offers a syllabus, description of in-class activities, and discussion questions that pertain to GP, WBP, MerT, and FranT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
- Wife of Bath and Her tale
- Merchant and His Tale
- Franklin and His Tale