''Canterbury Tales''

Event Details

When
10/24/2008 - 8:30am
Where
Martin L. King, Jr. University Union
600 Lincoln Ave (Eastern Illinios University)
Charleston, IL, 61920-3011
United States
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County: 
Coles
Fee: 
Free and open to the public.
Reservations required.
Sponsor Organization: 
Eastern Illinois University
Where
Martin L. King, Jr. University Union
600 Lincoln Ave (Eastern Illinios University)
Charleston, IL, 61920-3011
See map: Google Maps
County: 
Coles
Fee: 
Free and open to the public.
Reservations required.
Sponsor Organization: 
Eastern Illinois University

The 19th annual Eastern Illinois Literature Conference for Teachers and Lovers of Good Books will be held October 23 and 24 at Eastern Illinois University and will focus on Chaucer's ''The Canterbury Tales.'' 

A woodcut from William Caxton's second edition of the Canterbury Tales printed in 1483.A woodcut from William Caxton's second edition of the Canterbury Tales printed in 1483.Guest speakers and workshop leaders will be experts on Chaucer, medieval literature, and manuscript studies, and will include both coeditors of The Chaucer Review.

This session includes a dramatic reading of ''Nun's Priest's Tale,'' a lecture on ''Chaucer Today,'' and workshops for secondary school teachers on teaching Chaucer.

The October 23rd session includes the lecture and slide show ''Pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral'' and dramatic readings from ''The Canterbury Tales.''

Free and open to the public. Registration deadline is October 16, 2008. Teachers may earn up to six CPDUs toward teacher certification renewal. For more information, or to register, download the registration form, visit eiu.edu/~english, or call 217-581-5116.
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