The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Br. Lit.:

A true classic of medieval English literature English literature, literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants of the British Isles; it was during the 15th cent. that the English language acquired much of its modern form. , Geoffrey Chaucers has commanded the attention and respect of generations of readers from his day to ours. Now high school students in grades 9 through 12 can be engagingly introduced to Chaucers stories of a motley group of pilgrims and the cautionary tales they tell one another as they traveled together toward their Canterbury destination. Offering a English since about 1500. Also called New English.

Noun 1. adaptation that utilizes a combination of model animation and traditional sketch work, enhanced with the dramatic voices of actors drawn from the Royal Shakespeare Company Royal Shakespeare Company RSC, a British repertory theater. The company, established in 1960, was based on the earlier Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at StratfordonAvon. It is a national theater supported by government funds. , the three volumes in this superbly crafted and presented series of 30minute presentations of The will engage young minds and imaginations with respect to all of the core literary themes the stories embodied in the individual stories including greed, deception, betrayal, and lust.