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1、本文档系作者精心整理编辑，实用价值高。OnTheCanterburyTalesCaiHuaClass2,2009,ForeignLanguagesSchool,QingdaoAgriculturalUniversityAbstract:GeoffreyChauceristhefounderofEnglishpoetry.TheCanterburyTalesishismasterpiece.Thispapermainlyfocusesonthedescriptionofthefeaturesandthestructure.Keywords:TheCanterburyTales,thedetai
2、ls,thestructure1.IntroductionGeoffreyChaucer,knownastheFatherofEnglishliterature,iswidelyconsideredthegreatestEnglishpoetoftheMiddleAgesandisthefirstpoettohavebeenburiedinPoet'sCornerofWestminsterAbbey.Amonghismanyworks,heisbestlovedtodayforTheCanterburyTales.TheCanterburyTalesisacollectionofstorie
3、swritteninMiddleEnglishattheendofthe14thcentury.Thetalesaretoldaspartofastory-tellingcontestbyagroupofpilgrimsastheytraveltogetheronajourneyfromSouthwarktotheshrineofSaintThomasBecketatCanterburyCathedral.Thesepilgrimsarefromdifferent,almostallkindsofsocialclasses.Therearemenandwomenwithdifferentst
4、atesandoccupations.Excepttheeminentroyalandthemosthumblepeople,alltheotherkindsofpeoplearethere,includingknight,squire,monk,richbusinessman,academicsofOxford.2.ThedetailsofTheCanterburyTales“WheninAprilthesweetshowersfall/AndpiercethedroughtofMarchtotheroot,andall/Theveinsarebathedinliquorofsuchpow
5、er/Asbringsabouttheengenderingoftheflower/Ithappenedinthatseasonthatoneday/InSouthwark,atTheTabard,asIlay/Readytogoonpilgrimagesandstart/Infellowship,andtheywerepilgrimsall/ThattowardsCanterburymeanttoride”Ourauthorintroducethetime,place,andthecharacterstous.Withbeautifulandbriefwords,itletusseeara
6、iningnightinApril.Newlysproutedleaveshangwithdrops,withspringbreezeblowinggently.Suchdescriptionwritesforthestorythatthesepilgrimscanmeetinacozyinnandgotogether.Thatgivesussuspense,likeaclue.本文档系作者精心整理编辑，如有需要，可查看作者文库其他文档。本文档系作者精心整理编辑，实用价值高。Thebook'scharactersallrepresentacertainclass,showingtheirsp
7、ecialcharacteristics.Heusesmeticulousdescriptionandalsohumorousironicwordstoportraythecharacters.“Somewhatdeafwhichwasapity/ShebetteredthoseofYpresandofGhent/Inalltheparishnotadamedaredstir/Towardsthealters
