《坎特伯雷故事》中的现实主义研究

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1、分类号学校代码一10542密级学号一200808020043RealisminTheCanterbury勖leS《坎特伯雷故事》中的现实主义研究指导教师姓名、职称学科专业研究方向湖南师范大学学位评定委员会办公室二。一一年五月●■，【▲■■■，■■●1—●■■1RealisminTheCanterburyTalesbyXiongCanmeiSupervisedbyProf．XiaoMinghanSubmittedtoForeignStudiesCollegeInpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofArtsinth

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4、lY1912080AbstractTheCanterbury他teSisthemostimportantworkofGeoffreyChaucer,whichwinshimthenameof‘‘FatherofEnglishpoetry．’’Criticismontheworkhaspaidmuchattentiontoitslanguage，str

5、ucture，andverseform，allofwhichhavecontributedtothegreatwork’Ssuccess．However,asagreatwriterinthemedievalage，ChaucerisnotonlyfamousforhisreformoftheEnglishpoetry,butalsoforhisportrayalofrealityinhisworks，especiallyinTheCanterbury勖leS．Basedonearlierstudies，thisthesisattemptstoprobeintorealisminTheC

6、anterburyTales,withthemethodofculturalstudiesandofclosereadingoftheNewCriticism．ThisthesisholdsthatChaucerachievesrealisminTheCanterbury勋teSwithhislargescaleandvividt。‘．’,tionofalifehis)ortrayaof9resentat"andoresentationSOClalllteportralrepresemauveana，individualizedcharacters，andalsohisconcernof

7、suchimportantissueasmarriageinthereallifeofhisage．Takingconsiderationofthesocialandculturalbackground，thisthesisfirstanalyzestheoverallsituationoftheEnglishsocietyinthelatefourteenthcenturypresentedbyChaucer．Byclassifyingthepilgrimsintosixgroups，theauthorfindsthatChaucerrevealsthestratificationof

8、themedievalsociety,includingboththesecularworldandthereligiousorder．Afterasurveyofthegeneralsituationofthesocietyinthatage，thefollowingtwochaptersdiscusstherealisticreflectionofthesecularworldandthereligiousworldinTheCanterburyTales．Thesecularworldisportrayedthroughthedescriptionofthepilgrimsandt

9、hepresentationoftheirconflictsoftheireconomicinterestandviewsonmarriage．TheIpilgrims’choiceoffabric，color,andaimsintheircostumeindicatestheirsocialclassandstatus．Thoughafewclergymenpursueperfectioninthereligiousworld，c