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Age of Chaucer

Age of Chaucer. The Father of English Literature. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400). Served as a government page for noble patrons Captured during the Hundred Year’s War (king helped pay ransom) Worked as the king’s ambassador to Europe Became a member of Parliament

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Age of Chaucer

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  1. Age of Chaucer The Father of English Literature

  2. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) • Served as a government page for noble patrons • Captured during the Hundred Year’s War (king helped pay ransom) • Worked as the king’s ambassador to Europe • Became a member of Parliament • Began writing The Canterbury Tales in 1387

  3. The Canterbury Tales • Frame story: a literary device that joins together one or more stories within a larger story, or frame • Outer Frame= 29 pilgrims and the narrator on a trip who are challenged to compete in telling the best tale • Inner frame= individual pilgrim’s tales

  4. Frame Story

  5. Outer Frame • 29 pilgrims and narrator on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas a Becket at Canterbury Cathedral • Start their 55-mile journey at the Tabard Inn • Each pilgrim was charged to tell 2 stories on the way to Canterbury and 2 stories on the way back (How many were supposed to be told in all?)

  6. Inner Frame • “Wife of Bath’s Tale”- feminist reading of marriage and power • “The Pardoner’s Tale”- condemning greed and avarice

  7. Characterization • Chaucer describes each character in detail using characterization: • Describing their physical appearance • Making direct statements about them • Allowing them to express their personalities through dialogue

  8. Irony • Verbal irony- someone states one thing and means another • Situational irony- contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens • Dramatic irony- the readers know more than the characters do

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