I had a moment from a BBC comedy show called "Upstart Crow" make a point about Shakespeare's understanding of antisemitism and Chaucer as well because neither likely met a Jewish person as they both existed during Edict of Expulsion.
"set myself a challenge to find a bad thing about each of the tales" WOW. There is a mature research topic". Gee, some medieval writers were anti-Semitic, homophobic, and mysogynist. Imagine that. Guess we shouldn't read anything earlier than mid-80s. We might stumble across something "unsettling."
Pugh can't seem to decide whether to approach Chaucer in his historical context or by his adherence to modern norms. Our hostess seems to complain that Chaucer didn't write for middle-schoolers. Must Chaucer be a moralist, just because his stories ostensibly have morals? He's an artist. I can understand why teachers might shy away from reading Chaucer in public schools (in American sense of public school). We read a big chunk of Canterbury Tales our sophomore year of high school, in middle English. But that was in the 70s, at a private boys' school. These days probably best deferred until university.
@@stephencuffel4932 yeah university, i even then. we read some of the tales in high school (back in the 70s too) I'm torn between reading an "expurgated" version or not reading them at all.
I had a moment from a BBC comedy show called "Upstart Crow" make a point about Shakespeare's understanding of antisemitism and Chaucer as well because neither likely met a Jewish person as they both existed during Edict of Expulsion.
Thank you.
What I remember most from reading The Canterbury Tales in Highschool was his unfavorable views on Franciscan monks.
Amazed how much a "teacher" misses the point.
"set myself a challenge to find a bad thing about each of the tales" WOW. There is a mature research topic".
Gee, some medieval writers were anti-Semitic, homophobic, and mysogynist. Imagine that. Guess we shouldn't read anything earlier than mid-80s. We might stumble across something "unsettling."
Pugh can't seem to decide whether to approach Chaucer in his historical context or by his adherence to modern norms. Our hostess seems to complain that Chaucer didn't write for middle-schoolers. Must Chaucer be a moralist, just because his stories ostensibly have morals? He's an artist.
I can understand why teachers might shy away from reading Chaucer in public schools (in American sense of public school). We read a big chunk of Canterbury Tales our sophomore year of high school, in middle English. But that was in the 70s, at a private boys' school. These days probably best deferred until university.
@@stephencuffel4932 yeah university, i even then.
we read some of the tales in high school (back in the 70s too)
I'm torn between reading an "expurgated" version or not reading them at all.