Literature Unit 2: How does literature shape, reflect, and inform our ideas about morality?
Chaucer portrays how a society's social systems influence the behavior of the individual. In the Middle Ages, a code of chivalry directed the ethical behavior of knights, or armored warriors, in matters of virtue, honor, and love. Literature addresses issues of morality by allowing readers to explore and inform their own behaviors by examining the thoughts and actions of fictional characters.
Reading schedule: "The Middle Ages" 116-128
"Geoffrey Chaucer" 135-136
"The Canterbury Tales: Snapshot of an Age" pgs. 137-139
"The Prologue" pgs 141-153; pgs. 154-164
"The Pardoner's Tale" 168-175
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