BeowulfFor some nice background information and an overview, check out this link http://www.vhinkle.com/lit/beowulf.html#pictures
Introductory Powerpoint for CTI've found a nice powerpoint with good information about Chaucer and CT which will be helpful for reference. Visit http://www.slideshare.net/Carrielt1/chaucer-canterbury-tales-intro-lesson-presentation to view the slideshow. I would like for you to go to the interactive site and write a brief summary as instructed on the slide.
"General Prologue" of Canterbury TalesGo to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE0MtENfOMU for a great sample of the first stanza of this prologue in Middle English. You will need to recite this by TUESDAY, 8/30, and you will present your pilgrim on FRIDAY, 9/2.
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Swift's "A Modest Proposal"Go to http://www.fullbooks.com/A-Modest-Proposal.html fro the full text of this wonderful satire.
Gulliver's TravelsGo to http://www.gutenberg.org/files/829/829-h/829-h.htm for a full text. Read "The Publisher to the Reader" & "Letter from Captain Gulliver to His Cousin Sympson" by Tuesday. Read Part IV by Thursday.
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