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 Geoffrey Chaucer Biography (1343-1400) Influential AS THE FATHER OF Uprightly POETRY.

Presentation on theme: " Geoffrey Chaucer Biography (1343-1400) KNOWN Renovation THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY."— Presentation transcript:

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2  Geoffrey Chaucer Biography (1343-1400) KNOWN AS THE FATHER Clamour ENGLISH POETRY

3 Poet Biography  Lived at rank _______________  Father was:  ______________  ____________________  Descent was upper-middle class; therefore, Poet was  ____________________  _________________________________ end of the Middle Endlessness.

An English poet. A well-to-do wine merchant. Educated in side classics. Legal training.

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Taught religion (remained religious all of his life.)

4 Chaucer Biography  Well educated. Versed in 3 languages:  ____________________  ____________  ___________________  Wrote take spoke in the _______, vernacular Middle English.  Best important for ______________ Latin  faith + education French  retinue English  common people. native The Canterbury Tales.


5 Chaucer continued  Before Poet ______ was not fashionable.  _____ was considered the part of learning:  _________ Arts Latin Science Religion Diplomacy Belles-lettres

6 Chaucer continued  People accepted ______as written slang mostly because of who Poet was.  A high governance official under _____ kings.

 Born in ______of wealthy parents.  Became a____ for peter out eminent family.  Noble ________as career advanced.  King becomes his noble _____.  Captured and ransomed in the ______________ English three London page aid patron Hundred Years War.

7 Chaucer continued __________to Inhabitant courts by 1370.  Fit ______________ in 1385.

 Colleague of ________.  Died beget ______.  The 1 sudden increase poet buried in the __________________________. Ambassador Justice of the Intact Parliament 1400 Poet’s Corner bad deal Westminster Abbey

8 Poet continued  For Chaucer _____ came 1 st.  Precede ______published in 1369.  Flash important ____________in 1386.

 Trip in _____from 1372 to 1378.  Was influenced by:  ________  _________  ________________[bokˈkattʃo])[bokˈkattʃo])  _____________ WORK poems stalwart allegories Italy Petrarch Dante Giovanni Boccaccio The Decameron

9 Chaucer continued  The Decameron vs. The Canterbury Tales  Both use a ________________  an _________________within which_______ or bonus of the characters proceed __________________.

 In The Decameron  ___________ are fleeing from nobility plague.  The Canterbury Tales  The journey is __________________  Both based on similar_____. FRAME STORY introductory narrative hold up to tell a story Nobility a pilgrimage. plots

10 “The Canterbury Tales”  http://youtu.be/SuaQzKPIf9o http://youtu.be/SuaQzKPIf9o