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GEOFFREY CHAUCER AND THE CANTERBURY TALES CAXTON( England’s first printer) called him”worshipful father and first founder and embellisher of ornate eloquence.

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2 GEOFFREY CHAUCER AND THE CANTERBURY TALES

3 CAXTON( England’s first printer) called him”worshipful father and first founder and embellisher of ornate eloquence in our English language.” Father of English Poetry Father of English Fiction Father of English Literature LIFE OF CHAUCER

4 BORN INTO RISING MIDDLE CLASS IN WHICH FATHER WAS A MERCHANT BEGAN AS A PAGE IN A HOUSEHOLD ASSOCIATED WITH THE COURT OF KING EDWARD III ROSE QUICKLY IN COURT SERVING AS A SOLDIER IN FRANCE--CAPTURED AND RANSOMED BY THE KING.

5 CHAUCER’S PROFESSIONS COURTIER DIPLOMAT CIVIC ADMINISTRATOR TRANSLATOR KNEW FRENCH, LATIN AND ITALIAN

6 INFLUENCE AS A POET Took models from French and Italian sources Used Middle English which added prestige to the English language. Reflected the influence of the Italian Masters Dante—Divine Comedy Petrarch- Canzoniere Boccaccio-Decameron

7 THE CANTERBURY TALES USED STRUCTURAL DEVICE OF FRAME STORY USED IN ARABIAN NIGHTS AND BOCCACCIO’S DECAMERON SPRINGTIME PILGRIMAGE TO CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL TO VISIT THE SHRINE OF THE MURDERED ST. THOMAS A BECKET--MURDERED TWO CENTURIES BEFORE.

8 TRAVELING TO THE CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL 1. SEEK MIRACLE CURES 2. GAIN REMISSION OF SINS. 3. SATISFY THEIR WANDERLUST. CANTERBURY WAS THE MOST POPULAR SHRINE IN ENGLAND.

9 CANTERBURY PILGRIMS CROSS SECTION OF THREE MOST POPULAR GROUPS FEUDAL ECCLESIASTICAL URBAN KNIGHT SQUIRE FRANKLIN REEVE PLOWMAN YEOMAN MILLER PARSON SUMMONER MONK PRIORESS FRIAR PARDONER STUDENT PHYSICIAN MERCHANT SHIPMAN TRADESMEN COOK WIFE OF BATH (CLOTHMAKER) INNKEEPER

10 CHAUCER’S PLAN FOR THE CANTERBURY TALES: EACH PILGRIM TOLD TWO TALES ON THE WAY UP AND TWO ON THE WAY BACK. ALL TOLD= 124 TALES UNFORTUNATELY, CHAUCER DIED BEFORE HE WROTE ALL THE TALES AND ONLY FINISHED 24 OF THEM.

11 CANTERBURY TALES ARE THE BEST PICTURE OF 14TH C. LIFE SHOWS PROFOUND UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN BEINGS HUMOR CONCERNING THE PEOPLE AND SITUATIONS OF THE DAY. TONE-- COMIC--IRONIC--SATIRICAL FIRST COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES WRITTEN IN POETRY FIVE BEAT IAMBIC PENTAMETER

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