The "Friar's Tale": Animals and the Question of Human Agency.
- Author / Editor
- Steel, Karl.
The "Friar's Tale": Animals and the Question of Human Agency.
- Published
- In The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales. https://opencanterburytales.dsl.lsu.edu, 2017.
- Physical Description
- [8 pp.]
- Description
- Introduces the field of "critical animal studies" and assesses the degree to which characters and animals in FrT can be considered to have agency. Designed for pedagogical use, includes several questions for discussion and suggestions for further study of CT in light of critical animal studies.
- Alternative Title
- The Open Access Companion to the Canterbury Tales.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Friar and His Tale
Canterbury Tales--General