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1、TheCanterburytalesGeoffreyChaucerContributionsFatherofEnglishpoetrynChaucer,forthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeinhismasterpieceTheCante
2、rburyTales.nChaucerdevelopscharacterizationtoahigherartisticlevel,i.e.characterswhoaremorallyandsociallytypicalbutexquisitelyindividualandrealisticindetail.nChaucerintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzasofvarioustypestoEnglishpoetrytoreplacetheOldEnglishalliterativev
3、erse.nChaucerusedforthefirsttimeinEnglishtherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameterwhichistobecalledlaterastheheroiccouplet.nChaucergreatlyincreasedtheprestigeofEnglishasaliterarylanguageandextendedtherangeofitspoeticvocabularyandmeters.HeisconsideredasagreatmasteroftheEn
4、glishlanguage.Chaucer’scontributionstoEnglishlanguageqChaucer’slanguage,nowcalledMiddleEnglish,isvividandexact.Hisverseissmooth.HeintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzasofvarioustypes,especiallytherhymedcoupletofiambicpentameterwhichwaslatercalledthe“heroiccouplet”to
5、Englishpoetry.ThoughdrawinginfluencefromFrench,ItalianandLatinmodels,heisthefirstgreatpoetwhowroteintheEnglishlanguage.HisproductionofsomuchexcellentpoetrywasanimportantfactorinestablishingEnglishastheliterarylanguageofthecountry.ThespokenEnglishofthetimeconsisted
6、ofseveraldialects,andChaucerdidmuchinmakingthedialectofLondonthestandardforthemodernEnglishspeech.TheCanterburyTales介绍nTheCanterburyTalesisabookofstories.Thisisanimportantbook,becauseitisoneofthefirsttobewrittenintheEnglishlanguage.Thebookisaboutagroupoftravelersw
7、hoaregoingfromLondontoCanterbury.Astheytravelalong,eachpersontellsatale(astory).ThisiswhythebookiscalledTheCanterburyTales.nTheCanterburyTales,beguninabout1386,consistsofstoriestoldbysomeofthethirtypilgrimswhosetofffromtheTabardInninSouthwark,London,tovisittheshri
8、neofSt.ThomasaBecket,theArchbishopofCanterburymurderedinhisowncathedralin1170.Theaimwastotellfourstorieseach:twoontheway,twoonthewayback.Thetelleroftheb
