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Geoffre y Chaucer (c.1343-1400). Study Questions p . 41 Millennium 1. How can we define Chaucer ’s life? Choose from : quiet tragic eventful adventurous How many phases is his poetry generally divided into ?
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Geoffrey Chaucer(c.1343-1400) StudyQuestions p. 41 Millennium 1
How can wedefineChaucer’s life? Choosefrom: • quiet • tragic • eventful • adventurous • Howmanyphasesishispoetrygenerallydividedinto? Itisgenerallydividedintothreephases: the FrenchPhase, the Italianphase and the English one. • In whatlanguagewasThe Canterbury Taleswritten ? Itwaswritten in Middle English, i.e. in the East Midlands and London dialect. • Whyisitimportant? BecauseChaucerwas the first touse English and notonly French, at thattime the languageof culture.