3. Write an essay on Chaucer’s construction and use of the narrator in two of his dream-vision poems.

 

Write on one of the following:

 

1. What does Chaucer’s poetry imply about the relations between language, narrative, and life?

 

2. Is Chaucer a morally didactic or morally subversive poet?

 

3. Write an essay on Chaucer’s construction and use of the narrator in two of his dream-vision poems.

 

4. Is Troilus and Criseyde a serious tragedy or parody of the genre?

 

5. Discuss the treatment of auctoritee in Chaucer’s poetry.

 

6. What is the function of humour in Chaucer’s poetry? 

 

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