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1、我对杰弗里乔叟的评论MymentonGeoffreyChaucerMymentonGeoffreyChaucer1.HislifeGeoffreyChaucer,agreatnarrativepoet,isthoughtofas“FatherofEnglishPoetry”.Hewasborninawell-to-dowinemerchant’sfamilyinLondonandstudiedatOxfordandCambridge.In1359,hejoinedintheHundredYearsWarandwentwiththeEng
2、lisharmytoFrance,andin1367hebegantoserveinthegovernment.KingEdwardIIIsenthimonseveraldiplomatictripstoEuropeandstayedforsometimeinFranceandItaly.In1386,hewaselectedMemberofParliament,butlostthatpostsoon,duetothemaneuversofhisenemies.Hehadsomedifficulttime.In1389,hewasmad
3、eClerkoftheKing’sWorksatWestminsterandWindsor.HewasadmiredbyHenryIV,whoissuedhimapension.AfterGeoffreyChaucerdied,hewasburiedintheWestminsterAbbey.TheplacebecamethefamousPoets’Corner.GeoffreyChaucerwasacreativeauthor.Hiscreativeworkreflectedthechangeswhichhadtakenplacein
4、Englishculturesinethesecondhalfofthe14thcentury.Duringthat,thefoundationofthefeudalsystemwaschallengedbypeople’sinsurrectionslikethe1381peasantuprising.Inreligion,thegloryoftheCatholicChurchwasalsoonthewane.Chaucer’screativecareerisusuallydividedintothreephases:? The
5、phaseofFrenchinfluence? ThephaseofItalianinfluence? TheEnglishphase第2页共2页Thephaseofrealism,inwhichhismasterpiece,theCanterburytaleswascreated.2.Hisworks HismajorworkisCanterburyTales.Inthiswork,ChaucerpresentsapicturesquepanoramaofhiscontemporaryEnglandandshowshi
6、srealistictendency,subtleironyandfreedomofviews,allofwhichhadnoequalintheEnglishliteraturebeforethe16thcentury.AlthoughChaucerisnotentirelyfreefrommedievalprejudices,theytakeaveryinconsiderableplaceinthetales.Hepraisesman’senergy,intellect,quickwitandtheloveforlife,andmo
7、cksattheRomanCatholicauthoritieswhoexploittheEnglishpeople.Allthesemarkhimasanavant-gradeoftheingAgeofRenaissanceinEngland. 3.Hiscontributions GeoffreyChaucerlearntfrombothFrenchandLatinpoetryandthenworkedoutauniquestylefortheEnglishpoetrythathadabsorbednourishmentsfro
8、mthemoreadvancedEuropeanpoetryofthetimeandatthesametimereserveditsAnglo-Saxonpoeticfeatures.Andthereali
