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Geoffrey Chaucer Biography. (1343-1400 ). KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY. Chaucer Biography. Lived at the _______________ Father was: ______________ ____________________ Family was upper-middle class; therefore, Chaucer was ____________________ ____________________
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Geoffrey Chaucer Biography (1343-1400) KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY
Chaucer Biography • Lived at the _______________ • Father was: • ______________ • ____________________ • Family was upper-middle class; therefore, Chaucer was • ____________________ • ____________________ • _________________________________ end of the Middle Ages. • An English poet. • A wealthy wine merchant. • Educated in reading classics. • Legal training. • Taught religion (remained religious all of his life.)
Chaucer Biography • Well educated. Versed in 3 languages: • ____________________ • ____________ • ___________________ • Wrote and spoke in the _______ , colloquial Middle English. • Best known for ______________ • Latin church + education • French court • English common people. vernacular The Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer continued • Before Chaucer ______ was not fashionable. • _____ was considered the language of learning: • _________ • _________ • _________ • _________ English Latin • Science • Religion Diplomacy Literature
Chaucer continued • People accepted ______as written language mostly because of who Chaucer was. • A high government official under _____ kings. • Born in ______of wealthy parents. • Became a____ for an eminent family. • Noble ________as career advanced. • King becomes his noble _____. • Captured and ransomed in the ______________ English three London page patronage patron Hundred Years War.
Chaucer continued __________to European courts by 1370. • Appointed ______________ in 1385. • Member of ________. • Died in ______. • The 1st poet buried in the __________________________. Ambassador Justice of the Peace Parliament 1400 Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey
Chaucer continued • For Chaucer _____ came 1st. • First ______published in 1369. • Two important ____________in 1386. • Travels in _____from 1372 to 1378. • Was influenced by: • ________ • _________ • ________________[bokˈkattʃo]) • _____________ WORK poems epic allegories Italy Petrarch Dante • Giovanni Boccaccio • The Decameron
Chaucer continued • The Decameron vs. The Canterbury Tales • Both use a ________________ • an _________________within which_______ or more of the characters proceed __________________. • In The Decameron • ___________ are fleeing from the plague. • The Canterbury Tales • The journey is __________________ • Both based on similar_____. FRAME STORY one introductory narrative to tell a story Nobles a pilgrimage. plots
“The Canterbury Tales” • http://youtu.be/SuaQzKPIf9o