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1、我对杰弗里乔叟的评论MyCommentonGeoffreyChaucer姓名:钱勇 班级:09级英语本科二班 学号:19mycommentonGeoffreychaucer1.hislifeGeoffreychaucer,agreatnarrativepoet,isthoughtofas“FatherofEnglishPoetry”.hewasborninawell-to-dowinemerchant’sfamilyinLondonandstudiedatoxfordandcambridge.I
2、n1359,hejoinedinthehundredYearswarandwentwiththeEnglisharmytoFrance,andin1367hebegantoserveinthegovernment.KingEdwardIIIsenthimonseveraldiplomatictripstoEuropeandstayedforsometimeinFranceandItaly.In1386,hewaselectedmemberofParliament,butlostthatpostsoon,du
3、etothemaneuversofhisenemies.hehadsomedifficulttime.In1389,hewasmadeclerkoftheKing’sworksatwestminsterandwindsor.hewasadmiredbyhenryIV,whoissuedhimapension.afterGeoffreychaucerdied,hewasburiedinthewestminsterabbey.TheplacebecamethefamousPoets’corner.Geoffre
4、ychaucerwasacreativeauthor.hiscreativeworkreflectedthechangeswhichhadtakenplaceinEnglishculturesinethesecondhalfofthe14thcentury.duringthat,thefoundationofthefeudalsystemwaschallengedbypeople’sinsurrectionslikethe1381peasantuprising.Inreligion,thegloryofth
5、ecatholicchurchwasalsoonthewane.chaucer’screativecareerisusuallydividedintothreephases:? ThephaseofFrenchinfluence? ThephaseofItalianinfluence? TheEnglishphaseThephaseofrealism,inwhichhismasterpiece,thecanterburytaleswascreated.2.hisworks hisma
6、jorworkiscanterburyTales.Inthiswork,chaucerpresentsapicturesquepanoramaofhiscontemporaryEnglandandshowshisrealistictendency,subtleironyandfreedomofviews,allofwhichhadnoequalintheEnglishliteraturebeforethe16thcentury.althoughchaucerisnotentirelyfreefrommedi
7、evalprejudices,theytakeaveryinconsiderableplaceinthetales.hepraisesman’senergy,intellect,quickwitandtheloveforlife,andmocksattheromancatholicauthoritieswhoexploittheEnglishpeople.allthesemarkhimasanavant-gradeofthecomingageofrenaissanceinEngland. 3.hiscon
8、tributions GeoffreychaucerlearntfrombothFrenchandLatinpoetryandthenworkedoutauniquestylefortheEnglishpoetrythathadabsorbednourishmentsfromthemoreadvancedEuropeanpoetryofthetimeandatthesametimereserveditsangl