英国文学Unit1Chau

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1、SelectedReadingsinBritishLiteratureUnit1GeoffreyChaucerGeoffreyChaucer(1343-1400)theCanterburyTalesGeoffreyChaucer(1340?-1400)II.GeoffreyChaucerLiterarycareerTheFrenchperiod(TheBookoftheDuchess)TheItalianperiod(TroilusandCriseyde)Thematureperiod(TheCanterburyTales)diplomat,soldier,scholar,Contro

2、lleroftheCustoms,JusticeofthePeaceandKnightoftheShire(MemberofParliament).thefatherofEnglishpoetryborninamiddleclassfamily,sonofawell-to-dowinemerchant.LifeofChaucerCanterburyTalesArich,tapestryofmedievalsociallifecombiningelementsofallclasses,fromnoblestoworkers,frompriestsandnunstodrunkardsandt

3、hieves.WhenTheCanterburyTaleswerewritten:ChristianitywasthedominantsocialforcethroughoutwesternEurope,includingEngland.TheFeudalSystemwasthewayoflifeinMedievaltimesandifyoufailedtofollowityoucouldbekilledfortreason.Ifyouworkedhardenoughanddidenoughgooddeedsyoucouldadvanceinthesystembutitwasuncomm

4、ontoadvancepastaknightornobleMiddleAges:GeneralTimeline476C.E.FallofRome1066C.E.NormaninvasionofBritain1095-1291C.E.Crusades1306-1321Dante’sDivineComedy1386C.E.ChaucerbeginswritingCanterburyTales1455C.E.PrintingPressBeowulfComposedsometimebetween850C.E.900C.E.1453FallofByzantineEmpirewithinvasion

5、ofOttomanTurks306C.E.ConstantinecomestopowerinEasternRomanEmpire;beginningofByzantineEmpire1347BubonicPlague450C.E.Anglo-SaxonsinvadeEngland1375-1400SirGawain&GreenKnightGeoffreyChaucer’sTheCanterburyTalesHistoryoftheTalesGeoffreyChaucerbeganwritingthetalesaround1387ADUncompletedmanuscriptpublish

6、ed1400AD,theyearhediedFirstbookofpoetrypurposelywrittenintheEnglishlanguageSetaprecedentandpoetsfromShakespearetoDrydenandKeatstoEliotowehimadebtofgratitudeBegun:1386Planned:120talesCompleted:22and2fragmentsRemaining:80manuscriptsMosthighlydecorated:EllesmereManuscriptVarietyofgenres:generalprolo

7、gueisestatessatirePilgrimageasaframingdevicefortalesConventionalspringtimeopeningErnestandgame–instructionandentertainmentPilgrimageVerypopulartogoonpilgrimagePilgrimsoftenwanttoRomeorJerusalemCanterburyCathedral:shrin