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1、ABriefRevisionGeoffreyChaucerGeoffreyChauceristhe"fatherofEnglishpoetry^andoneofthegreatestnarrativepoetsofEngland・HewasburiedinWestminsterAbbey.Chaucer^slanguage,nowcalledMiddleEnglish,isvividandexact.GeoffreyChauceristhefirstgreatpoetwhowroteintheEnglishlanguage・Chaucermustberank
2、edamongthemostlearnedandaccomplishedofEnglishpoets.TheCanterburyTalesishismasterpieceandoneofthemonumentalworksinEnglishliterature.TheBookoftheDuchesswascomposedbyChaucerprobablyasamemorialpoemfortheDuchessofLancaster,whodiedoftheplague.TheCa/UerburyTalesTheCanterbury^Talesshouldbe
3、animmenseworkof124storiesbutonly24werewritten.Incompleteastheyare,TheCanterbury^Talescoverspracticallyallthemajortypesofmedievalliterature.TheCanterburyTaleswaswritteninheroiccouplet.Generaltone:happy,easy,lively,humorous.Terms:Rhyme:therepetitionofsoundsattheendsofwordsiscalledrhy
4、me・Whenwordsrhymeattheendoflinesofpoetryitiscalledendrhyme.Heroiccouplet:Iambicpentameterlinesrhymedinpairs.ItiscalledheroicbecauseinEngland,especiallyinthe18thcentury,itwasmuchusedforheroic(epic)poems・Iambicpentameterisameterinpoetry,consistingofanunrhymedlinewithfiveiambsorfeet,f
5、eltbymanytobethemostpowerfulofallmetricalformsinEnglishpoetry.RenaissanceGenerally,itreferstotheperiodbetweenthe14山andmid-17lhcenturies.TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.ItfirststartedinItaly,withthefloweringofpainting,sculpture,architecture,andliteratur
6、e・TheRenaissance,therefore,inessence,isahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsmadeattemptstogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinmedievalEurope,tointroducenewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie,andtorecoverthepurityoftheearlychurchfromtheRomanCath
7、olicChurch.HumanismistheesseneeoftheRenaissance・Byemphasizingthedignityofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceofthepresentlife,TheRenaissancehumanistthinkersvoicedtheirbeliefsthatmandidnotonlyhavetherighttoenjoythebeautyofthislife,buthadtheabilitytoperfecthimselfandperformwonders・Renaissance
8、inEnglandThe16thcenturyinE
