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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer ~ The Basics. Lived from 1343 – 1400 Born into a middle-class family His dad was a wine merchant who made enough to provide him with some education He became a page to an eminent family and later an ambassador to the Crown

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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  1. Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales

  2. Geoffrey Chaucer ~ The Basics • Lived from 1343 – 1400 • Born into a middle-class family • His dad was a wine merchant who made enough to provide him with some education • He became a page to an eminent family and later an ambassador to the Crown • During his service in the army during the Hundred Years’ War he was captured by the French and the king contributed to his rans0m • He married Philippa and had at least two children

  3. Geoffrey Chaucer ~The Writer • Father of English Poetry • Made the English Language Respectable • Before him people thought English could not convey all the nuances and complexities of serious literature. • Everything that was “serious” writing was done in either Latin or French • He wrote in Middle English • Used the vernacular • Writing was not his career; he was actually an advisor to the king.

  4. Geoffrey Chaucer ~ The Legacy • The Canterbury Tales are his most famous work • Some of his other works include House of Fame, Parliament of Fowls, and Troilus & Criseyde • Chaucer was the first person buried in what is now known as the Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey • Neville Coghill said, “The Father of English poetry lies in his family vault,” of Chaucer’s burial place.

  5. The Canterbury Tales ~ The Basics • Is a quest narrative with a pilgrimage and a frame story • Creates a picture of what life was like during the Middle Ages. • Neville Coghill said, “…It is the concise portrait of an entire nation, high and low, old and young, male and female, lay and clerical, learned and ignorant, rogue and righteous, land and sea, town and country, but without extremes…” • Coming from all walks of life, the characters represent “everyman” or all of us, on our universal pilgrimage through life.

  6. The Canterbury Tales ~ The Overview • An fun quick overview • So what is this going to be about?

  7. The Canterbury Tales ~ The Characters • 29 Pilgrims on their way from London to the Shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket at Canterbury Cathedral • The Host • The Narrator (thought to be Chaucer himself)

  8. The Canterbury Tales ~ The Setting • April • Tabard Inn in Southwark, England • Time to go on a Field Trip!!!

  9. Quest Narrative A story about a search for something where the main character goes through test and trials in the process

  10. Pilgrimage A religious journey made to a shrine or holy place

  11. Frame Story Is a story that serves to bind together several different narratives

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