Geoffrey_Chaucer_(杰弗里·乔叟)- Nicoles and Arthur.ppt

无忧PPT整理发布 Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales Arthur Nicholas Chaucer’s Life Chaucer’s active career as courtier, soldier, diplomat, and civil servant provided him not only with knowledge but also experiences which accounted for the wide range of his writings. Chaucer a. a master of realism一个现实主义的能手 b. founder of English literary language英国文学语言的创始人 c. Chaucer’s English: London dialect伦敦方言 d. Father of English poetry 英国诗歌之父 e.the first occupant of the Poets’ Corner in Westminster abbey 第一个诗人角的居住者 Westminster Abbey Edmund Spencer Charles Dickens Thomas Hardy Rudyard Kipling Robert Browning Alfred Tennyson Chaucer’s life experience 1. He was born into a wine merchant family in London. 2. At 17, he became a page in a nobleman’s household. 3. At 19, he went to France with the English army and was imprisoned 4. He was married to a maid of honor to the queen at 26. 5. At 27 he entered the service of the king. 6. From 1372-1373 he went to Italy on diplomatic missions. 7. In 1374, he was made controller of customs in London. 8. He was even made MP for Kent in 1386. 9. He died in 1400 . 10. He was buried in Westminster Abbey—the Poets’ Corner. Literary Career 1. The first or the French period (1360-1372) 1) The Romaunt of the Rose 《玫瑰传奇》 a translation, popular in Middle ages 2) The Book of the Duchess 《悼公爵夫人》 the best work of the time 2. The second or the Italian period (1372-1386) Troilus and Criseyde 《特罗伊洛斯和克瑞西德》 sing for the love and the individual happiness; oppose the feudal formality and asceticism of the day 3. The third or the English period, his best period (1387-1400) The Canterbury Tales《坎特伯雷故事集》 the first complete realistic poem of the medieval period. His masterpiece and a representative works of the Middle Ages. The Canterbury Tales List of all the Tales The General Prologue The Knights Tale The Millers Prologue and Tale The Reeves Prologue and Tale The Cooks Prologue a